Click here to read on-going columns, addresses and articles authored by IPM's Executive Director, Joseph F. Cistone.
Use the interactive map above to find our current and past projects around the world.
You can now make your donations to IPM online, through Network for Good. To make your donations online, please click on the link below.
International Partners in Mission (IPM)...
works across borders of faith and culture on behalf of children, women, and youth to create partnerships that build justice, peace, and hope.
IPM Core Principles:
• Shared Partnership where mission is a two-way street where we learn and receive more than we can teach or give.
• Global Awareness that we are all part of an interconnected world community through Immersion Experience Programs and outreach activities.
• Personalization where Project Partners work directly with donors and friends
• Facilitation of partnerships that promote technical assistance and training, project replication, sustainability, and much more.
IPM Immersion Experience Program and the Cleveland Community Wealth Collaborative
Click here to read an article about IPM's involvement with the Cleveland Community Wealth Collaborative, and its efforts to promote social entrepreneurship. The Cleveland Community Wealth Collaborative is an initiative led by the Cleveland Foundation and in which IPM participated in further developing the Immersion Experience Program.
Connections Newsletter
Read the latest issue of Connections, IPM's newsletter, online! This issue features reflections from IPM's Immersion Experience Program.
USA Today Features IPM
"After 9/11, many people wonder why there is so much conflict in the world and so much hatred, which sometimes feels directed at the United States," says Joseph Cistone, CEO of the Cleveland group. "Folks often want to go and present another aspect of U.S. culture, or present the United States in a different way, and engage directly in relationships with people."
It is this direct relationship with individuals that makes IPM Immersion Experiences so powerful. Holy Cross student Meg Grognan has been on two Immersion Experience to Kenya with IPM. Her experiences changed how she views the world and her place in it. In addition to her own personal transformation, Meg has engaged two fundraisers for the IPM partners she met in Kenya.
To see the full article click here
If you want to know more about or to engage in an Immersion Experience to Africa, India, or Central America contact Laurie Rodney lrodney@ipmconnect.org or call Laurie at +1.216.702.2514.
Save the Date!
Sunday, September 7 at 2:00
San Francisco, CA
Meet International Guests to learn more about the recent crisis in Kenya and the rebuilding efforts that are going on now and to learn about IPM's work around the world. Join us at the home of Phil & Jill Lighty in Hillsborough, CA. For more information please contact Laurie Rodney at lrodney@ipmconnect.org or call +1.216.702.2514.
09/12/08
Friday, September 12 from
12-1:30pm St. Louis, MO
Please mark your calendar for IPM's 1st Annual Awards Luncheon to be held at Eden Seminary in St. Louis, MO. IPM is extremely pleased to recognize IPM's co-founders Jim & Sammy Mayer and Paul & Vercile Strege as this year's Honorees for their lifetime commitment and dedication to fostering justice, peace, and hope around the world. For more information, please contact Ilze Fender at ifender@ipmconnect.org or call +1.216.932.4082. Additional details to follow soon.
11/07/08
Wednesday, November 5 from
12-1:30pm Cleveland, OH
IPM's Annual Luncheon will be held at Windows on the River. Keep the date in your calendar and look for more information to come. For more information please contact Ilze Fender at ifender@ipmconnect.org or call +1.216.932.4082