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5 things to know this week in Milwaukee: Oct. 14 to Oct. 19 | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Ana Martinez-Ortiz
October 14, 2019
Imagine MKE will feature more than 25 artists in the Amani and Metcalfe Park neighborhoods for Gallery Night. (Photo provided by Imagine MKE)
It’s Monday in Milwaukee, and here are some events we think you shouldn’t miss. If you would like your event to be considered for this column, please email info@milwaukeenns.org and put “5 things” in the subject line by noon Thursday.
1. Indigenous Peoples Park dedication ceremony: Monday, Oct. 14
Columbus Park, 7301 W. Courtland Ave., is going to be renamed Indigenous Peoples Park on Monday, Oct. 14. Students from the Indian Community School will lead the ceremony. The program begins at 9:30 a.m.
2. Teacher appreciation afternoon at The Domes: Tuesday, Oct. 15
The Mitchell Park Domes, 524 S. Layton Blvd., is celebrating Milwaukee teachers and school staff with an appreciation afternoon on Tuesday, Oct. 15. Admission to The Domes will be free for all teachers and school staff from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Those interested in attending are asked to pre-register here.
3. Botanica Galactica night market: Thursday, Oct. 17
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Botanica Galactica, 719 S. 5th St., is hosting a night market on Thursday, Oct. 17. There will be music, dancing, vendors, food and more. The night market will start at 5 p.m. and go to 9 p.m.
4. Gallery Night in Amani and Metcalfe Park: Friday, Oct. 18
Imagine MKE will be highlighting artists in the Amani and Metcalfe Park neighborhoods during Gallery Night on Friday, Oct. 18. The event is free. It will be split into two parts. At the Milwaukee Public Library, 2727 W. Fond du Lac Ave., guests can see the work of Allison Westbrook IV from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and check out the open mic from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. The Wisconsin Black Historical Society, 2620 W. Center St., and BRIC Building, 2741 W. Fond du Lac Ave., will display exhibitions by more than 25 artists from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
5. Hunting Moon Pow Wow: Friday, Oct. 18 – Sunday, Oct. 20
The 15th annual Hunting Moon Pow Wow starts Friday, Oct. 18 and continues through Sunday, Oct. 20. The event is free and open to the public. There will be singing, drumming and dancing. The powwow will be held in the Wisconsin Center, 400 W. Wisconsin Ave. Doors open at 3 p.m. with the grand entry to start at 7 p.m. For more information, click here.

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OPINION: ‘We are here for the long haul’: Bader Philanthropies’ commitment to Harambee | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Daniel J. Bader & Franklin Cumberbatch
October 14, 2019
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Daniel J. Bader, president and CEO of Bader Philanthropies, and Franklin Cumberbatch, its vice president for engagement, discuss Bader’s commitment to the Harambee neighborhood.
The Harambee neighborhood is home to lively individuals and families.
Our neighbors have hopes, dreams and vibrant ideas that come alive whenever we are together for “Chat with Bader,” a monthly event hosted to spark conversations about revitalizing our community.
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Moving from the Historic Third Ward into a neighborhood was not about just moving stuff from one building to another building. It was about moving our hearts, minds, perspectives and culture. The way we “do business” has been altered by a heightened sense of humanity.
Every day offers an opportunity to connect with our neighbors, whether they live right next door, around the corner or throughout the 160-block community.
Conversations with residents amplify the passion people have for making our neighborhood safe, clean and healthy for all ages. And they have given birth to great ideas as they manifested the true meaning of “Harambee,” the Swahili word for “all pull together.” The neighborhood has joined together for annual community cleanups and a youth snow shoveling effort that benefits the elderly, helping them to safely leave their homes this past winter.
Harambee residents are people of action and walking historians on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive who share stories about our global headquarters building (formerly known as the Green Bay building), which has been around since the 1920’s, serving the neighborhood in many capacities. It continues to be a place where members of the community gather together. We never want that to change, in fact, we want to keep making those connections with passionate individuals.
Education and commitment are a passport to the future, and we are here for the long haul. We look forward to hearing the stories of the community as we work together to continue making Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive a place of fascinating activities and connections. During our first year in the new space, we welcomed over 5,000 people to our Harambee neighborhood headquarters, a 100-percent increase from our last year in the Third Ward.
One of the most memorable events was our recent “BBQ with Bader.” More than 300 guests connected with friends, neighbors, colleagues and enjoyed great food and danced to the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music’s jazz ensemble. Seeing the smiles and hearing the laughter illuminate across our patio is one of the many reasons we enjoy being a part of a neighborhood. We experience the power of interactions between people coming together every day, and that guides us in the ways we partner with organizations around the world through our grants and convenings.
We invite you to join us at one of our upcoming “Chat with Bader” sessions, come say hi and talk with us about issues that are most important to you.

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Posts from Community: Gallery Night & Day at The Pfister to bring Wakanda to Milwaukee, October 18 | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
The Pfister Hotel
October 15, 2019
DATE/TIME:          Friday, October 18 5:00-10:00 p.m.
LOCATION:  Rouge Ballroom at The Pfister Hotel, 424 E. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee
COST: Free and open to the public. All ages are welcome.
SUBJECT: During Milwaukee’s Gallery Night & Day on October 18, The Pfister Hotel will host Fall Gallery Night & Day: Milwaukanda and Friends Edition. The inspiration of Rosy Petri, The Pfister’s 11 Artist in Residence, the evening will feature:
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The costume contest will be judged in three categories, each with its own prize:
With each purchase or donation given at the event, guests can also enter a raffle for chance to win a giant chocolate bar reproduction of Petri’s Catwoman work, crafted by The Pfister Hotel pastry chef, Travis Martinez.
As The Pfister’s Artist in Residence, Petri, who is a multidisciplinary artist focused on celebrating diversity and exploring the complex nature of human life and relationships, is developing a collection of photograph and fabric portraits, as well as audio interviews sharing different perspectives about “myths of creation.” Petri is also the owner of Milwaukee-based Paradise Home Goods, a lifestyle brand featuring hand crafted goods and art. Products from Paradise Home Goods will be on display and available for purchase during Milwaukanda on October 18.
More information about The Pfister’s Gallery Night & Day party can be found on Facebook.

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No Studios social justice story awards | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Nō Studios
October 15, 2019
Nō Studios is now inviting submissions of social justice stories, to further engage the community through the upcoming Social Justice Summit.
To recognize the overwhelming amount of social justice stories in Milwaukee that have been documented by community journals, school newspapers, non-profits, and the press – Nō Studios is hosting a Social Justice Story Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 13  at Nō Studios (1037 W. McKinley Ave.) in tandem with a reception for Imagine this Show: a collaborative visual arts show with Imagine MKE, focusing on themes of art activism and social connection.
The Social Justice Summit is taking place Nov. 15 and 16. The Summit will feature a variety of activists, artists, performers, and academics to discuss topics of criminal justice, fair housing, human trafficking, art as a change agent, and social justice for the next generation.
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If you would like to submit your social justice story, be it a written article, photo journalism, podcast, etc. you can do so here: https://www.nostudios.com/sjs-story-submission
Outstanding social justice stories will be recognized by a panel.
Deadline for submissions is November 1st.
Additional information on the Social Justice Summit can be found on the Social Justice Summit Landing Page.
We invite you to socialize this event and opportunity in your networks. This is truly a collaborative effort, and we appreciate any and all support.
Please contact catherine@nostudios.com with any questions regarding the social justice story project.
Any and all questions about the summit in general can be directed to: social-justice@nostudios.com

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Walk-in flu vaccine clinics | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Ascension Wisconsin
October 15, 2019
WHAT:     Influenza (flu) vaccine walk-in clinics at Ascension Prospect Medical Commons
WHEN:    Tuesday, October 22, 2019 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Thursday, October 24, 2019 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
WHERE:  Ascension Columbia St. Mary’s Prospect Medical Commons
2311 N. Prospect Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53211
BACKGROUND:  The Centers for Disease Control recommends that everyone six months of age and older should get a flu vaccine every season. The vaccine takes nearly two weeks to become effective – doctors at Ascension Columbia St. Mary’s encourage everyone to be vaccinated before October 31. No appointment is needed for the influenza vaccine clinics at Ascension Prospect Medical Commons. If you have any questions, or you would like to schedule an appointment with a specific provider at the clinic, please call 414-319-3000 or visit getascensionwisconsincare.com.
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About Ascension Wisconsin
Ascension Wisconsin (ascension.org/Wisconsin) operates 24 hospital campuses, more than 100 related healthcare facilities and employs more than 1,300 primary and specialty care clinicians from Racine to Eagle River. Serving Wisconsin since 1848, Ascension is a faith-based healthcare organization committed to delivering compassionate, personalized care to all, with special attention to persons living in poverty and those most vulnerable. As such, Ascension Wisconsin provided more than $292 million in community benefit, including care of persons living in poverty in Fiscal Year 2018. As one of the leading non-profit and Catholic health systems in the U.S., Ascension operates 2,600 sites of care – including 151 hospitals and more than 50 senior living facilities – in 21 states and the District of Columbia.

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What happened after folks left the ‘Table’? Catching up with On The Table MKE grant winners | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Ana Martinez-Ortiz & Bridget Fogarty
October 15, 2019
The concept is simple: Gather people from throughout the city who share a passion for a specific topic and get them talking over a meal.
And from there, search for solutions.
That’s the idea behind On the Table MKE, which took place last week in various locations across the city and was created by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation in 2017.
During the initiative’s first year, more than 160 topics were discussed, said Laura Glawe, the vice president of marketing and communication at the Greater Milwaukee Foundation. In 2018, On The Table MKE introduced Ideas to Action to fund projects generated from the discussions.
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The Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service decided to catch up with some of the 16 projects to find out what’s happened since the table discussions.
Clarke Square Parents and Friends was a direct result of talks that stemmed from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s On The Table MKE. (Photo provided by Clarke Square Neighborhood Initiative)
Clarke Square Parents and Friends (formerly Mothers on a Mission)
Organization: Clarke Square Neighborhood Initiative
Received $550 to help fund neighborhood cleanups
The idea was to get parents talking to each other about the community, their goals and what could be done to improve the situation, said Ian Bautista, the executive director of the Clarke Square Neighborhood Initiative. One of the main topics that came up during the conversation was how to support one another.
Bautista said the ideas and solutions talked about were implemented immediately.
“They are not the type of individuals who wait,” he said.
One of the group’s ideas was to walk students home from school. It seems like a simple concept, but it’s a very neighborly thing to do, Bautista said. This group of parents walks with neighborhood kids to and from school and ensure they get home safely. They also try to keep the neighborhood clean.
Since the group’s inception, more parents have shown interest in getting involved. School officials and leaders are also in conversation with Clarke Square Parents and Friends.
The funding of $550 provided a means to buy cleaning supplies. Clarke Square Parents and Friends also hired a local artist to create a logo, which leaders put on a T-shirt.
–Ana Martinez-Ortiz
Islands of Brilliance received funding to continue discussing employment and independence for individuals living with autism. (Photo provided by Islands of Brilliance)
Neurodiverse MKE
Organization: Islands of Brilliance
Received $1,000 to create a series of conversations on employment and independence for individuals with autism
Islands of Brilliance is a neurodiverse talent incubator, which works with children as young as 8 and older who fall on the autism spectrum, said Mark Fairbanks, its executive director. The idea is to help children living with autism acquire skills, which can increase their chance of independence.
Last year, during its On The Table discussion, Islands of Brilliance focused on how to transition young adults with autism into the world of employment. People who work in HR were invited to expand their understanding of what it means to hire a person who is neurodiverse or disabled.
Fairbanks said the initial conversation didn’t spark any major changes, but it opened the door to more discussions. Relationships between individuals and organizations were formed because of the conversation.
Fairbanks said employing people living with autism is a topic of conversation at a lot of organizations and companies. Now, there’s more active dialogue between organizations such as Islands of Brilliance about hiring diverse talent.
Through the funding provided, Islands of Brilliance was able to jump-start a series of conversations on employment and independence for individuals living with autism. In April 2019, which is Autism Awareness Month, Islands of Brilliance held its first event for Neurodiverse MKE. More organizations were able to participate in the conversation.
-Ana Martinez-Ortiz
Menomonee Valley Partners wants to launch a shuttle pilot program to help the valley workforce. (Photo provided by Menomonee Valley Partners)
Developing a Valley Workforce Shuttle Pilot
Organization: Menomonee Valley Partners
Received $2,000 award to support planning for a shuttle pilot program
In 2018, the Menomonee Valley Partners, a nonprofit organization, which began 20 years ago as a way to revitalize the Menomonee River Valley, held its second On the Table conversation. Corey Zetts, the executive director, said the main topic was the workforce, with one table focusing on workforce transportation and the other on bridging cultural gaps on age and race in the workforce.
One table discussed how the lack of transportation  makes it difficult to get a job in the valley.
“That last mile from the last bus stop to the [company’s] front door is really challenging,” Zetts said.
The other table examined workforce challenges and how to make the work environment a more inclusive place.
“There hasn’t been a noticeable change, but the conversations are happening on all levels,” Zetts said.
Zetts said the initial conversation has elevated the topic of workforce transportation, and more people are realizing that it is a common issue throughout the community.
Zetts said the conversation has carried over into the Valley Circles, a project of the Menomonee Valley Partners in which employees from different areas such as HR or sales gather to talk and swap ideas.
In addition to the Ideas to Action funding, Menomonee Valley Partners also received funding from the Bader Philanthropies. While no shuttle pilot program has been established, Menomonee Valley Partners has talked with UW-Milwaukee and Marquette University about their shuttle plans and is in conversation with other potential partners.
“We want to collect people from all over the valley, Zetts said. “But [then] we have to take them all over the valley.”
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Best Babies Zone, United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County and Housing Authority of  the City of Milwaukee
Best Babies Zone, or BBZ, focuses on reducing disparities in infant mortality and birth outcomes in Milwaukee’s Westlawn neighborhood. The $1,500 award supported a partnership with Ex Fabula that allowed residents to share birth stories in a series of events, including an introductory storytelling workshop, story circles and a “StorySlam” community event.
Marcia Blackman, health project manager at United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County, said the 2018 discussion served as a planning session on how to use storytelling to mobilize residents and organizations on the topic of infant and mother health.
“We kicked off the discussion with listening pairs – each partner telling a birth story from their own experience,” Blackman said. “Our large group discussion centered on what elements we should incorporate into a storytelling process with residents.”
The Ideas to Action grant then brought that storytelling process to life. Through partnering with Ex Fabula, Blackman said the team developed workshops, coaching and finally, the StorySlam.
Delicia Morris, a case manager for the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee, identified changes through the residents’ willingness to tell their stories at the StorySlam and eagerness to get involved in neighborhood planning. “We have really gained momentum with the on-boarding of health and wellness ambassadors,” she said.
“The community is coming to the awareness that their story was not a one-off situation and that there is an issue that needs to be addressed. The conversation of birth is not one that is normally shared, and I feel the community is still reflecting on it all.”
Conversations surrounding the social and economic determinants of health have continued since the 2018 On The Table and StorySlam through both awareness and action.
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5 Points Neighborhood Association
The group’s $2,000 award funded a performing arts event and meal discussion for residents of the association’s community and its surrounding neighborhood to participate in and enjoy. The organization was formed from a combination of block clubs run by residents in North Side neighborhoods.
“Instead of so many organizations acting separately, why not work together on these common issues in the neighborhood?”
This question echoed as a prominent theme of last year’s On The Table discussion, according to Samuel Sims, the neighborhood association’s president.
Churchill Caruthers, a board member, said the conversation’s format allowed for collaboration between the like-minded groups present. “It’s hard for organizations to figure out how they can connect. On The Table facilitates that so well,” Caruthers said.
Both board members said bringing the discussions back to their own team helped identify which ideas of other organizations might work in their own communities
“That’s the beauty of On The Table, you get to see what fits and what doesn’t,” Caruthers said. “Someone will be doing great things you didn’t think of as an organization, and it’s like an ‘aha’ moment for your group.”
Caruthers said that exposure attracted more neighborhood participants, especially business owners in the neighborhood, to connect with the association and its programs. The board members also said they have seen an influx of sustainable college student volunteers within their neighborhood.
Since last year’s conversation, 5 Points Neighborhood Association has formed stronger relationships with churches and like-minded organizations.
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On the walls: An (admittedly) incomplete guide to murals on the South Side | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Sue Vliet
October 16, 2019
With all the new public artworks going up in recent months, there’s been a buzz about murals in Milwaukee.
Over the summer, NNS photographer Sue Vliet captured images of murals around town, from lesser-known artworks to familiar favorites to pieces whose paint is still wet.
This gallery is not an attempt to be complete or comprehensive, but rather, we sought to document some of the beauty on the walls in our neighborhoods.
This gallery features art on the South Side — be sure to also check out our gallery of North Side murals Thursday.
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OPINION: ‘We are heartbroken’: Beans and Barley apologizes to community | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Jim Neumeyer, Beans & Barley
October 16, 2019
(Photo by Jeff Merlot – UrbanMilwaukee.com)
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Hearing the story of Portia Cobb and other customers experiencing profiling or feeling unsafe or unwelcome at Beans & Barley is incredibly troubling and alarming to us.
For over 40 years we have taken pride in being an establishment that listens to, empowers and gives back to our diverse community. We aspire for our business to be a safe space for all who enter its doors. In hearing that our actions have led to any to feel otherwise, we are heartbroken.
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We sincerely apologize to Portia and to any others for actions or dialogue that have made her or anyone feel as though they were being profiled or discriminated against. We at Beans want to let you know that we are hearing the concerns of our customers, past and present, and we are listening.
Some time has passed since the discussion began with Portia. However, please know that this has not been a time of inaction. Rather, it has been a time of processing and reflection on how to initiate change and lay the foundation for evolution in a business that has over 100 employees and operates in and benefits from a racially diverse community.
We hope that by taking the time to work through the initial situation with our staff and management we can now emerge with clarity and in a better position to outline a path forward. We have taken a hard look at ourselves after this incident and after hearing of concerns by others and have seen that we need to be far more mindful of how something that feels “routine” to us can still affect our customers in a negative way. We take this very seriously.
It has come to light that the major failure on our part is having a system of payment that fails to protect or insulate our customers and community members from any bias, microaggression or prejudice an employee may or may not have or may or may not be aware they are expressing. From these reflections we have increased the visibility of signage regarding payments, and the management has been reiterating the need for continuity of service for all customers.
We also have been initiating conversations with diversity-training groups in a hope to update and improve our methods to better serve our diverse community. We would never be in a position to say whether a negative interaction did or did not have a racial component. The experience of the trauma of racial injustice that so often happens in this country cannot be invalidated. What we can do as a business is to listen and empathize with our customers and try our hardest to make improvements so that the experience that Portia and some others have expressed are not repeated at our establishment.
Beans has always placed a high value on being a community-minded business that embraces diversity and fosters a safe environment for all of our community members, both among our staff and our customers. We are humbled and hope that by sharing our story we can be a catalyst for conversations about how businesses in Milwaukee can remain safe and inclusive for all, honoring the diversity that makes up our beautiful city.
So, we at Beans ask that our community of customers allows us the opportunity to earn back your trust, accept our apology and give us the opportunity to serve you once again and continue to be the place we have always aspired to be.
Any questions can be directed to jim@beansandbarley.com.

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NNS Update: Four things to know about what’s happening at Ascension St. Joseph Hospital | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Andrea Waxman
October 17, 2019
Members of the St. Joe’s Accountability Coalition Markasa Tucker (from left), Rick Banks, Nate Gilliam and Melody McCurtis present the results of the groups’s community survey. (Photo by Andrea Waxman)
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the original report that one of the top concerns reflected in the St. Joseph Accountability Coalition survey was more maternity and pregnancy services.
Here are four things to know about what’s happening at Ascension St. Joseph Hospital.
1. St. Joseph Accountability Coalition releases results from community survey.
The coalition surveyed almost 600 people from June 18 to Sept. 18 and found residents top concerns included an urgent care center in the St. Joe’s service area, healthcare without racial bias and more mental health, chemical dependency and wraparound services.
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The coalition had set a goal of getting 1,000 respondents.
The most important community relations initiative that St. Joseph could pursue, according to 49.8% of respondents, is to “listen to, engage with, and respect community voices.”
2. Tensions between some community members and Ascension Wisconsin leadership continue.
The coalition asked Ascension’s Reggie Newson, chief advocacy officer; Nicole Gladney, director of community services; and Kevin Kluesner, chief administrative officer, to come to a town hall-style meeting last month to hear the survey results. Ascension was not invited to present information.
The St. Joe’s Accountability Coalition town hall drew about 30 people to the Wisconsin Black Historical Society. (Photo by Andrea Waxman)
Newson, Gladney and Kluesner could have engaged with attendees after the presentation, coalition member Markasa Tucker said.
Newson said he and his colleagues declined to attend because they interpreted the invitation to mean they would not be permitted to speak at all.
He said over the last 18 months, Ascension has surveyed and listened to hundreds of residents and community organizations in structured conversations. Ascension has never asked coalition members not to speak at a meeting, he said.
3. What’s happening with coalition’s request for Ascension to sign a Community Benefits Agreement.
The coalition has asked Ascension to commit to negotiating a Community Benefits Agreement for the future of St. Joe’s.
In a statement, an Ascension spokesperson responded:
“Community Benefits Agreements are between community groups and real estate developers. They identify a range of community benefits the developer agrees to provide as part of the development project in cases where the developer is seeking the community’s support of the project and may receive tax incentives or public funding to subsidize the project. These types of agreements do not apply to health systems.”
4. Ascension says it’s responding to community concerns.
Newson said Ascension St. Joseph is listening to the coalition and recently started providing many of the services the community is asking for.
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On the walls: More neighborhood murals you should see | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Sue Vliet
October 17, 2019
There’s so much to see in Milwaukee.
If you take the time.
Over the summer, NNS photographer Sue Vliet captured images of murals around town, from lesser-known artworks to familiar favorites to pieces whose paint is still wet.
This gallery is not an attempt to be complete or comprehensive, but rather, we sought to document some of the beauty on the walls in our neighborhoods.
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Today we feature murals from the North Side.
: Check out these murals on the South Side
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5 things to do this weekend: Oct. 18 to Oct. 20 | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Ana Martinez-Ortiz
October 18, 2019
Black Authors Pop-Up is talking about mental health during its book fair. (Photo provided by Black Authors Pop-Up)
It’s Friday in Milwaukee, and here are some events that can enrich your weekend. If you would like your event to be considered for this column, please email info@milwaukeenns.org and put “5 things” in the subject line by noon Thursday.
1. Milwaukee Justice Center Mobile Legal Clinic:  Friday, Oct. 18
The Milwaukee Justice Center Mobile Legal Clinica project of the Marquette University Law School and the Milwaukee Bar Association, will be stationed at Mill Road Library, 6431 N. 76th St., on Friday, Oct. 18 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Volunteer attorneys will be available to provide legal advice regarding family law, landlord/tenant issues, small claims, general civil issues, expungement and bankruptcy.
2. “On the Wings of a Mariposa” a play: Friday, Oct. 18 – Sunday, Nov. 10
First Stage is performing “On the Wings of a Mariposa” starting Friday, Oct. 18 through Sunday, Nov. 10. The bilingual play will be performed at the Marcus Center’s Todd Wehr Theater, 929 N. Water St. The story follows the journey of a young girl, Pilar, who wants to preserve the memory of her beloved abuelita.
3. The Spirit of Wakanda festival: Saturday, Oct. 19
Near West Side Partners is hosting the Spirit of Wakanda Festival on Saturday, Oct. 19. The festival will take place at the Mobile Design Box, 753 N. 27th St., from noon to 5 p.m. The event is free and family-friendly. There will be a celebration of African American and African culture through art, music and fellowship.
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4. African American Community Leadership Forum: Saturday, Oct. 19
The Milwaukee Area Labor Council is hosting the African American Community Leadership Forum on Saturday, Oct. 19. The forum, which is free, will cover topics such as the census, employment, Unlock the Vote, Real ID and more. It will be held at the Johnson Control Volunteer Center, 200 W. Pleasant St., from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. To register, email Jay at jay@milwaukeelabor.org or call (414) 771-7070.
5. Breaking the silence on mental health: Saturday, Oct. 19
Black Authors Pop-Up will be hosting a book fair and mental health discussion on Saturday, Oct. 19. The fair and talk will take place at the Rise & Grind Cafe #2, 2737 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The fair will feature black authors who write about mental health. The mental health talk will be led by Dr. Shon Lewis.

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5 things to know this week in Milwaukee: Oct. 21 to Oct. 26 | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Ana Martinez-Ortiz
October 21, 2019
An exhibition celebrating Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, begins this week. (Photo provided by the Mitchell Park Domes)
It’s Monday in Milwaukee, and here are some events we think you shouldn’t miss. If you would like your event to be considered for this column, please email info@milwaukeenns.org and put “5 things” in the subject line by noon Thursday.
1. DNC and Milwaukee committee organizers panel: Monday, Oct. 21
Carvd N Stone is hosting a community panel with organizers from the 2020 Democratic National Convention on Monday, Oct. 21. During the event, panelists will discuss convention plans, the expected impact on Milwaukee’s North Side and how youths can get involved. The panel will take place at the Silver Spring Neighborhood Center, 5460 N. 64th St., from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
2. Walk-in flu clinic at Prospect Medical Commons: Tuesday, Oct. 22 and Thursday, Oct. 24
Ascension Wisconsin is hosting two walk-in flu clinics on Tuesday, Oct. 22 and Thursday, Oct. 24. The clinics will be held at the Prospect Medical Commons, 2311 N. Prospect Ave., from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. both days. Patients will be able to receive a flu shot during clinic hours.
3. Lecture on racial equity and economic justice in urban planning: Tuesday, Oct. 22
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John A. Powell, an author and director of the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at the University of California at Berkeley, is giving a lecture titled “Racial equity and economic justice in urban planning practice and community building” on Tuesday, Oct. 22. The lecture will take place at the UWM School of Architecture and Urban Planning, 2131 E. Hartford Ave., in Room 170, from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The event is free. Click here to register.
4. Dia de los Muertos ofrenda exhibition: Wednesday, Oct. 23 to Friday, Nov. 22
Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is fast approaching and Café con Arte and Latino Arts are starting the celebration on Wednesday, Oct. 23. Ofrendas from local and regional artists will be on display at Latino Arts, 1028 S. 9th St. The gallery is open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. with a suggested donation of $1.
5. Milwaukee County budget town hall meeting: Thursday, Oct. 24
Milwaukee residents are invited to participate in a town hall-style meeting, which will focus on the 2020 Milwaukee County budget, on Thursday, Oct. 24. County Supervisors Supreme Moore Omokunde and Sheldon Wasserman will be in attendance. The meeting will be held at the First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee, 1342 N. Astor St., from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Bonus: Safe & Sound’s Fall Festival of Fun: Thursday, Oct. 24 – Sunday, Oct. 27
Safe & Sound is hosting its annual Fall Festival of Fun starting Thursday, Oct. 24 through Sunday, Oct. 27. The festival’s featured night, Trunk-or-Treat, on Saturday, Oct. 26, includes a movie night with the MPD District 3. There will be games, face painting and more at Central City Churches, 3022 W. Wisconsin Ave., from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., with the movie to start at 5:30 p.m. For the full schedule, click here.

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2020 Census recruiting | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
U.S. Census Bureau
October 21, 2019
As part of the launch of the 2020 Census recruitment campaign, more than 120 recruiting events will be held throughout Wisconsin the week of October 21-26, 2019, with the goal of recruiting temporary workers for positions beginning in spring, 2020.  Filling these positions is a critical step towards ensuring a complete and accurate census.
The U.S. Census Bureau needs to hire about 500,000 census takers across the country in 2020. In order to meet this goal, the Census Bureau is starting peak recruiting efforts now. Applying now to work as a census taker is a great way for seasonal workers, students, retirees, and workers in the gig economy to line up spring and summer employment opportunities.
Reserve your place in history by applying now and ensuring everyone in your community is counted next year.
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Applying for one of these jobs is simple. Visit 2020census/jobs or call 855-JOB-2020 and select option 3 for more information. Pay rates for field and clerical jobs can be found at 2020census.gov/jobs/pay-and-locations.
Those who are being considered for a position will receive a telephone interview. If offered a job, they will receive instructions on next steps via email.
Applicants will need to complete paperwork online and make an appointment to get fingerprinted for the background check. Once they are offered the job, there will be a period of time before their start date to allow time for the background clearance process. To search for possible management positions, go to USAjobs.gov.
Most applications will remain active throughout the 2020 Census and may be considered as positions become available.
The Wisconsin recruiting events will feature information on available jobs, and the requirements and duties of each. Events noted as “Recruiting-info and assistance” are informational recruiting events were attendees learn more about Census job opportunities and get assistance in the application process. Applicants may or may not be able to apply on site.  “Applicants Days” are similar, but applicants can apply on site.
If hired, local employees will start work in the spring of 2020. These jobs are critical in helping to ensure people respond to the 2020 Census, shaping the future of our country.
Events in your area:  We hope you will promote the Census Bureau recruiting events in your coverage area.  Below is a list of events with the dates, times, and locations of the confirmed recruiting events in your area.

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Post from Community: Franciscan Peacemakers open brick and mortar store | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Franciscan Peacemakers
October 21, 2019
Franciscan Peacemakers today announced the Grand Opening for their Social Enterprise’s new retail store on Saturday, October 26, 2019 with ribbon cutting at noon. This news comes as the organization embarks on its 25th year of serving women engaged in prostitution and recovering from substance addiction and trauma associated with sex trafficking.
In 1995, the Franciscan Peacemakers were founded by the Capuchin Province of St. Joseph to provide street outreach and support to women engaging in prostitution in Milwaukee. Since 2012 an additional focus for the nonprofit organization has been establishing and growing a Social Enterprise that employs women who have survived sexual exploitation or trafficking. The Social Enterprise involves making, marketing and selling handcrafted bath and body products and jewelry. The product line has achieved success, reaching $130,000 in sales at farmers markets, events and online. The store will be anchored at 3333 W Lisbon Avenue in Milwaukee, an area that experiences high levels of prostitution activity.
“Franciscan Peacemakers feels extraordinarily grateful to have moved onto this very vibrant block in Walnut Hill in a Milwaukee neighborhood most affected by the issue we have been addressing head on for decades,” said Deacon Steve Przedpelski, Executive Director of Franciscan Peacemakers. “We hope the retail store will make visible to the public what we have experienced since we started our social enterprise – that alternative ways of doing business that truly honor human dignity are not only possible, but necessary. Plus – the great smells from our production will feel right at home next to the tempting smells coming from next door at Amaranth Bakery!”
The Grand Opening event will include tours of the facility, including the production space and Hospitality Center from noon until 4 pm. To learn more about the Franciscan Peacemakers Grand Opening Event click here.
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About Franciscan Peacemakers:
Franciscan Peacemakers provides a pathway to a sustainable healthy, safe and productive life for women engaging in prostitution due to trauma, human sex trafficking or drug addiction. The service approach of Franciscan Peacemakers includes:
(1) Outreach: Hospitality to women engaging in street prostitution
(2) Housing and Healing: Clare Community
(3) Employment: Social Enterprise
(4) Education: Speaking and Advocacy
To learn more, purchase products online, or arrange for a speaker from Franciscan Peacemakers to address your church or community group visit www.franciscanpeacemakers.com or email info@franciscanpeacemakers.com.

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Post from Community: Milwaukee Recreation hosts Mother & Son Superhero Night | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Milwaukee Recreation
October 21, 2019
Milwaukee Recreation will host the second annual Mother & Son Superhero Night on Saturday, Nov. 9 at Hamilton High School. Mothers and sons are welcome to come dressed in their favorite superhero attire for an evening of arts and crafts, superheros activities and healthy snacks.
Fee for moms:
$15 for Milwaukee residents/$23 for non-residents
Fee for sons (ages 1-10):
$5 for Milwaukee residents/$8 for non-residents
Participants are strongly encouraged to sign up before November 8 by completing the registration form in Milwaukee Recreation’s Fall 2019 Recreation Guide or registering online at mkerec.net/superhero . Walk-up registrations will only be accepted if space allows.
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Mothers and sons can look forward to activities such as Black Panther Bowling, Race Through Gotham, Flash Dance, Lightsaber Training, and many other superhero activities. Super snacks will be provided.
Milwaukee Recreation is a department of Milwaukee Public Schools, established in 1911 to provide the entire community with affordable and enriching recreational activities. For more information, contact Brian Hoffer ( Brian@MilwaukeeRecreation.net ) at (414) 475-8938.

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Northewest Side CDC receives two grants | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Northwest Side CDC
October 21, 2019
The Northwest Side Community Development Corporation (NWSCDC) has been awarded two grants from the Community Economic Development (CED) program of the Office of Community Services (OCS), Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
One grant will support NWSCDC to   The program will support local entrepreneurs to grow social enterprises which serve social needs in the community and create jobs through economic activity.  The grant will provide funds for business lending capital, as well as helping NWSCDC provide technical assistance and business planning to assist the social enterprises to grow new jobs.
Additionally, another OCS grant awarded in September will support NWSCDC to  (Athea).  NWSCDC will make a business loan to help Athea invest in new equipment and fill growing orders.  Athea is rapidly expanding and expects to create 40 new jobs in the next three years.
“The Athea project is exciting because it’s right in our neighborhood.  These are quality new jobs, located in walking distance from the Garden Homes and Rufus King neighborhoods” said Andrew Haug, Resource Development Manager at NWSCDC.
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Northwest Side CDC has a long history of collaborating with a variety of businesses on economic and workforce development projects. “NWSCDC has lent over $10 million since the year 2000, and our partners have now created over 1,000 new jobs. We are working to keep growing those numbers in our community” said Howard Snyder, Executive Director of NWSCDC.
Community Economic Development (CED) is a federal grant program funding Community Development Corporations that address the economic needs of low-income individuals and families through the creation of sustainable business development and employment opportunities.
More information on the CED Program is at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/ocs/programs/ced
The Northwest Side Community Development Corporation (NWSCDC) has served the economic development needs of Milwaukee’s low-income communities since 1983.
The NWSCDC will lead the transformation of the Northwest Side of Milwaukee into a preferred destination for businesses and residents.
We exist on the Northwest Side to create jobs, build partnerships and strengthen communities.
NWSCDC is a certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) with a business lending fund dedicated to attracting companies and growing new jobs in our target market.
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Safe & Sound is hiring | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Safe & Sound
October 21, 2019
Safe & Sound, Inc. has positions open! We are looking for a…
Community Organizer
Youth Organizer
Neighborhood Safety Coordinator
Neighborhood Safety Coordinator (Bilingual – Spanish)
Development Associate
If you’re interested in any of these positions, click the link below for full position descriptions! To apply, please send your resume, cover letter, three professional references and salary history to hr@safesound.org today! Positions will be posted until filled.
https://safesound.org/get-involved/#4
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New Villard Commons Celebration | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Ald. Ashanti Hamilton
October 21, 2019
Join the Villard Avenue Business Improvement District on Thursday Nov. 7, 2019 at 12:00 pm to celebrate the new Villard Commons development, located at 3619 W. Villard Ave. Spearheaded by Index Development Group in partnership with Brinshore Development, the $ 8.3 million, 4 floor, mixed-use new development is set to break ground on Thursday November 7, 2019.
The Villard Commons development boasts 43 residential units situated above 1,167 square feet of commercial space. In addition to affordable housing, amenities include 26 secured parking spaces, a community room, and fitness center for residents. Rise And Grind Café, currently located on Historic King Drive in the former Growing Power Café will open its 3rd location in the development’s commercial space and will become the first full service dine in restaurant in the Villard Business Corridor.
Index Development Group is a collective of real estate professionals including, Alex Walker, Heidi Henley, Jackie Carter, Que El-Amin and Rafael Garcia that grew out of the ACRE (Associates in Commercial Real Estate) program run by Marquette University and LISC. Community development advocates, business owners, and future business improvement district investors are welcome. Media is invited to attend.
Agenda:
 12:00 Gathering
 12:15 Remarks by Alderman Ashanti Hamilton
 Remarks by Index & Brinshore Team
 Remarks by Havenwoods EDC & Villard Avenue BID
 Reception immediately following at Oasis Lounge located at 3120 West Villard Avenue,
Milwaukee.
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Situated on Villard Avenue between North 20th and 42nd Street, the Villard Avenue BID is home to a variety of locally owned businesses. The district is also home to the Milwaukee Public Library Villard Square Branch which houses apartments on its upper floors. The development set a new precedent for the way the City redevelops its public libraries.

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Spectrum Gives Award to Courage MKE | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Spectrum
October 21, 2019
Spectrum today announced a donation of $2,500 to Courage MKE, as part of the company’s community philanthropic program, Spectrum Employee Community Grants. The grant recipient is a first-of-its-kind organization focused on providing safe and supportive emergency housing, resources and services to displaced and homeless LGBTQ youth in Milwaukee.
As part of a special recognition ceremony, Spectrum presented members of Courage MKE’s Board of Directors with a check to commemorate the donation.
“Through Spectrum Employee Community Grants, we’re proud to provide support to vital community organizations with which our local employees are already volunteering their time and talent,” said Lou Brazzoni, Vice President of Spectrum Stores. “Together, we’re building stronger communities where our customers and employees live and work across America.”
Courage MKE was founded in 2015 with a mission to fuel a collaborate movement to provide the resources LGBTQ youth need to thrive. In 2019, the organization opened Wisconsin’s first home for displaced LGBTQ youth. The Courage House is a licensed group home on Milwaukee’s south side. Its staff and volunteers are committed to creating an environment in which each resident has the same experiences every child deserves in a family setting. Residents receive counseling, life skills and family reunification. The grant money will help continue the organization’s mission to support the needs of LGBTQ youth in Milwaukee.
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Pictured left to right are: Allison Balchan, Retail Manager for Spectrum; Easton Walters, Assistant Retail Manager for Spectrum and Courage MKE’s 2018 Mr. Courage; Courage MKE Board Members Natalie Zanoni, Jil Waxman, Eric Henritz, Meg Strobel and Shelley Sabourin.
In its inaugural year, Spectrum Employee Community Grants provides funding to local nonprofits throughout the company’s 41-state service area. Recipients deliver critical social services, helping underserved residents meet basic needs, including food, shelter, clothing, job training and neighborhood safety. Each awardee is nominated by one of the company’s 98,000 U.S. employees who has volunteered with the organization for at least one year.
About Spectrum
Spectrum is a suite of advanced broadband services offered by Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHTR), a leading broadband communications company and the second largest cable operator in the United States. Spectrum provides a full range of services, including Spectrum TV®, Spectrum Internet®, Spectrum Voice®, and Spectrum Mobile™. Spectrum Business® similarly provides scalable, and cost-effective broadband communications solutions to small and medium sized business organizations, including Internet access, business telephone, and TV services. Spectrum Enterprise is a national provider of scalable, fiber-based technology solutions serving many of America’s largest businesses and communications service providers. Charter’s advertising sales and production services are sold under the Spectrum Reach® brand. Charter’s news and sports networks are operated under the Spectrum Networks brand. More information about Spectrum can be found at spectrum.com.

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Milwaukee PBS announces air times for Bronzeville documentary | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
October 22, 2019
Milwaukee PBS has released the dates and times when it will air the documentary, “Remembering Bronzeville.”
The documentary focuses on the people who lived in Bronzeville, and the legacy they left behind.
Karen Slattery, a Marquette journalism professor who co-produced the documentary with Mark Doremus, uncovered important stories she felt Milwaukee residents needed to learn about the city’s original African American community.
And she wanted to share them. (Doremus is the video content strategist for NNS.)
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Here are the dates and times:
Thursday, Oct. 31: 7:30 p.m. on WMVS (Channel 10)
Friday, Nov. 1: 2 a.m. on WMVS (Channel 10)
Sunday, Nov. 3: 10 a.m. on WMVS (Channel 10)
Sunday, Nov. 3: 4:09 p.m. on WMVT (Channel 36)
Tuesday, Nov. 5: 5 p.m. on WMVS (Channel 10)
Tuesday, Nov. 5: 6 p.m. on WMVT (Channel 36)
Sunday, Nov. 10: 4:30 p.m. on WMVT (Channel 36)
For more about the documentary, check out this NNS story.

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Post from Community: Fundraiser to benefit Milwaukee’s formerly incarcerated | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Project Return
October 22, 2019
Project RETURN will hold its 39th annual Celebrate the Return fundraiser on Saturday, November 2 at the Marquette University Alumni Memorial Union. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel projects reporter and editorial columnist James Causey will be the emcee of the event.
Project RETURN–Returning Ex-incarcerated people To Urban Realities and Neighborhoods–was created in 1981. The nonprofit organization offers various services for those who have been incarcerated in the Milwaukee community, including employment services, alcohol and drug counseling, housing services and support groups.
“We exist to help men and women returning from incarceration with their re-entry needs,” Wendel Hruska, executive director for Project REUTRN, said. “Everything we do is on a one-on-one basis, it really depends on the individual and what they come to us needing help with is what we’re going to assist them with.”
The theme for this year’s event is The Journey Home. “Release from incarceration is a joyous moment, as well as a scary one for many, because lives need to be rebuilt–relationships repaired, jobs secured, housing found. It can be overwhelming,” said Ed de St. Aubin, an associate professor of psychology and board member of Project RETURN. “With this annual event in particular, we take the opportunity to showcase success stories of those who have made ‘the journey home’ to encourage others that they can succeed as well.”  Several formerly incarcerated individuals will give their testimony at the event and the 2019 Elija O’Neal Award for the Formerly Incarcerated will be announced.
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The event is also an opportunity to recognize individuals in the greater Milwaukee community who have made a significant difference for the formerly incarcerated and the work of Project RETURN through their service. Several awards will be given out at the event, including the Don Bein Service Award and the Gwendolynne Moore Commitment to Restorative Justice Award.
“The Celebrate the Return event is an opportunity for individuals, organizations, businesses, faith groups and educational institutions to support the work of Project RETURN, restorative justice and the ex-incarcerated individuals who are working hard to rebuild their lives,” de St. Aubin said. “All are welcomed to attend.”
The event takes place Saturday, November 2 at the Marquette University Alumni Memorial Union. Meet and greet starts at 5:00 p.m. with dinner and program to follow at 6:00 p.m. Individual tickets as well as table sponsorships are available. For more information and to purchase tickets or be a sponsor, contact Amanda Smit at 414-374-8029 or amanda@projectreturnmilwaukee.org  or visit www.projectreturnmilwaukee.org

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Post from Community: How storytelling fuels movements for change | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Next City
October 22, 2019
Movements for change must come with narratives for change, contends Lucas Grindley, executive director for Next City.
“Cities need change. But what I’ve learned over my career in journalism is that in order for change to spread, we need expert reporters who share stories of what’s working,” says Grindley, a special webinar host on Friday, November 1 at 1 p.m. Eastern time. “Hearing those stories enables ideas to travel from one city to the next. Stories also inspire changemakers and give them certainty they aren’t alone.”
During the webinar, Grindley will discuss effective storytelling, explain the role of journalism in fueling movements for change, as well as outline Next City’s role in making that happen in cities across the world.
Grindley will also illuminate a brewing crisis in journalism that, he says, is already affecting urban movements. Today there are nearly half as many people working in newspaper newsrooms compared to 10 years ago, according to the Pew Research Center. Everyone wants their stories told but there’s no one to do it. The problem is about to get worse as the Department of Labor predicts a 9 percent decline in the number of journalists over the next seven years, coinciding with a 9 percent increase in the number of public relations professionals. Public relations reps already outnumber journalists by six to one, according to the U.S. Census.
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“People ask me why I do this job,” says Grindley. “Maybe to some it looks like Next City publishes stories about some amorphous thing called ‘urbanism.’ It might look like policy wonkism. But I see people who care about their neighbors. I see people who will keep trying. They cut down barriers and give opportunity to anyone kept out of the American Dream, no matter how many times it looks impossible to change things. And they won’t let anyone or any history define that dream for them. I want to live in the world they are trying to create. That’s why I do this job.”
Grindley is an award-winning journalist covering policy making and social justice. Grindley was previously editor in chief of The Advocate, the longest running LGBTQ news magazine, where he also served as president of Pride Media, the largest LGBTQ media company. He has twice been named the “LGBTQ Journalist of the Year” by the National LGBTQ Journalists Association (NLGJA). His career began in local news at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune in Florida and spanned federal policymaking in DC while at National Journal magazine. He has won three national Sigma Delta Chi awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, plus numerous others.
This seminar is pay-what-you-wish to register. Pay any amount that you would like or nothing at all. Thanks to NewsMatch, all donations, up to $1,000, made toward this webinar will be matched. New monthly donations will be matched for a full year. Meaning if you donate $10 a month, Next City will receive an additional $120. This is a great chance to multiply your impact. Those who become sustaining members paying at least $10 a month, or making a one-time donation of $60, may receive the book “The Just City Essays: 26 Visions for Urban Equity, Inclusion and Opportunity” edited by Toni L. Griffin, Ariella Cohen and David Maddox. Your contribution toward this seminar will be used to find even more amazing guests, cover hosting fees, and organize seminars like this one more frequently. A video of the webinar will be made available to those who register.
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Post from Community: Milwaukee Public Library selects Dasha Kelly as Poet Laureate | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Milwaukee Public Library
October 22, 2019
Milwaukee Public Library Director Paula A. Kiely has announced the appointment of Dasha Kelly to serve as the library’s Poet Laureate from 2019 to 2021, a celebration of which will be held Sunday, November 10, in the Richard E. and Lucile Krug Rare Books Room of the Central Library, 814 W. Wisconsin Ave. at 2 p.m.
“Dasha Kelly is a familiar name not only in Milwaukee’s poetry community but throughout the city,” said Paula Kiely. “Her personal approach of bringing poetry to schools, libraries, and civic organizations has made poetry come alive to generations of Milwaukeeans. We look forward to hosting a variety of exciting, thoughtful, and engaging poetry events featuring the words and talents of Dasha Kelly.”
Dasha Kelly Hamilton is a writer, performance artist and creative change agent.  Through responsive and respectful intentionality, Dasha leverages the creative process to facilitate critical dialogues around human and social wellness. Dasha has written for national, regional and local magazines; produced three collections of poetry; recorded four spoken word CDs; and published two novels. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University and has taught writing courses at Mount Mary University, Alverno College and UW-Milwaukee. A former Artist of the Year for the City of Milwaukee, and runner-up as the state laureate, Dasha served as an Arts Envoy for the U.S. Embassy to teach, perform and facilitate community building initiatives in Botswana and the island of Mauritius.
Visit www.mpl.org/poetlaureate for more information, including a complete biography, a sample of published works, recommendations from the library’s collection, upcoming appearances and photos.
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About the Milwaukee Poet Laureate Project
The Milwaukee Poet Laureate project was initiated in February 2000, and is sponsored by the Milwaukee Public Library and supported by the Friends of the Milwaukee Public Library. The Milwaukee Poet Laureate project committee selects a local poet who serves as a leading example locally of the poetic voice of their genre to serve a two-year term.
About Milwaukee Public Library
Milwaukee Public Library is an anchor institution that helps build healthy families and vibrant neighborhoods – the foundation of a strong Milwaukee.  Since 1878, Milwaukee Public Library has been a free provider of education and information for residents of Milwaukee and beyond. With 14 locations, and more than three million items in circulation, MPL offers free access to a rich collection of materials both physical and digital, access to technology, classes, exhibitions, programming and more.  From toddlers to scholars, MPL serves more than one million patrons who come through its doors annually and many more around the globe who use its resources at www.mpl.org. To offer this wide array of free programming, MPL relies on both public and private funding. Learn more about how to support Milwaukee Public Library at mpl.org/support.

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Post from Community: Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association at Medical College of Wisconsin wins National Chapter of the Year | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Medical College of Wisconsin
October 23, 2019
The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) chapter of the Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA) recently received an award for chapter of the year for community advocacy work at APAMSA’s national conference at the New York University School of Medicine.
Every year, MCW APASMA conducts numerous events to serve the local Asian American population in Milwaukee. These events include assisting with the Hmong New Year health screenings and monthly health screenings at the Phongsavan market, exhibiting at the Neighborhood House of Milwaukee Health Fair, appearances on Hmong radio and Hmong Nyob Zoo TV, conducting the Hmong Health Education Program and coaching students with pre-med mock interviews.
APAMSA is a national organization of medical and pre-medical students committed to addressing the unique health challenges of Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA) communities. APAMSA serves as a forum for student leaders to engage these health issues and develop initiatives and projects addressing those needs. The local, regional and national activities of APAMSA aim to promote the health of the APIA community and help healthcare workers understand how to care for APIA patients in a culturally sensitive manner. This organization also provides an important venue for medical students to meet, exchange experiences and develop personally and professionally through leadership and service.
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Additionally, APAMSA conducts events for MCW to promote its mission, including: conscious conversations, Asian and Pacific Islander (API) cultural awareness fair, diversity specialties dinner, bone marrow drives and API health disparities lunch discussions.
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About the Medical College of Wisconsin
With a history dating back to 1893, The Medical College of Wisconsin is dedicated to leadership and excellence in education, patient care, research and community engagement.  More than 1,400 students are enrolled in MCW’s medical school and graduate school programs in Milwaukee, Green Bay, and Central Wisconsin in. MCW’s School of Pharmacy opened in 2017. A major national research center, MCW is the largest research institution in the Milwaukee metro area and second largest in Wisconsin. In the last ten years, faculty received more than $1.5 billion in external support for research, teaching, training and related purposes. This total includes highly competitive research and training awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Annually, MCW faculty direct or collaborate on more than 3,100 research studies, including clinical trials. Additionally, more than 1,600 physicians provide care in virtually every specialty of medicine for more than $2.8 million patients annually.

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Post from Community: i.c.stars|* Milwaukee is Hiring! | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
i.c. stars
October 23, 2019
i.c.stars |* Milwaukee is hiring for it’s 5th Cycle!
20 interns train in Business, Leadership & Technology skills for FREE!!
We pay you to learn, $150/weekly stipend.
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8am-8pm, Monday through Friday for 4 months.
Next group starts January 2020!
Get a job at companies like:  Northwestern Mutual, CBRE, Von Briesen & Roper, Cargill, Children’s Hospital, etc.
Learn to code and launch a career!
Minimum Requirements:
-High school diploma/GED
-6 months work experience in any position/volunteering as well
-Motivated for social change
-Tech interest
-Needs based program
-Partial to no college preferred
Apply here:  http://milwaukee.icstars.org/

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NNS Spotlight: ‘I don’t think I’d still be alive’: How one nonprofit is filling the gap for those left out of health insurance system | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Claire Hyman
October 23, 2019
Editor’s note: This story is part of an occasional series  that highlights groups and people worth knowing in Milwaukee. To nominate a person or a group, email info@milwaukeenns.org  and put “Spotlight” in the subject line.
Gloria Edwards, a client and patient at City on a Hill since 2011, dabs the corner of her eyes with a tissue when she talks about the impact the nonprofit has had on her life.
“I don’t think I’d still be alive if I hadn’t been coming here. I didn’t have any insurance,” Edwards said.
According to Kids Forward, an advocacy group for Wisconsin communities and families, Edwards is one of 323,000 Wisconsinites without insurance.
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But the 65-year-old is not uninsured for lack of trying.
Edwards tried to enroll in BadgerCare, a subsidized healthcare plan for Wisconsinites living significantly below the federal poverty level, but was disqualified.
Edwards said two things made her ineligible: her part-time job and receiving her late husband’s death benefits.
When Edwards tried again to get insured, she was told she would have to pay up to $700 a month. With a part-time job that pays $10 an hour, this wasn’t an option.
“It’s just hard. I tried to get insurance, but I couldn’t’t afford it,” Edwards said.
Edwards was stuck between a rock and a hard place. Forced to choose between her job and her health, Edwards started going to City on a Hill for primary care.
Though Edwards did not qualify for insurance, she was able to get the medicine she needed through City on a Hill. This is because City on a Hill specializes in working with people like Edwards — who are left out of the health insurance system.
The faith-based nonprofit also provides services unrelated to healthcare, including children’s programs that help develop leadership skills and free family events for Milwaukee residents. The mission of the nonprofit, located at 2224 W. Kilbourn Ave., is to help break the cycle of poverty in Milwaukee.
In 2016, City on a Hill renovated its free clinic, which is staffed by volunteer physicians. The goal of the clinic is to provide a medical “home” for the homeless: that is, people without insurance.
In addition to the free clinic, the nonprofit also hosts a health outreach event the second Saturday of every month. The event pools together health professionals and resources, providing everything from dental checkups to blood pressure tests.
Putting the ‘care’ in healthcare
Virginia Allen is the medical assistant at City on a Hill. It’s her job to sign patients up with BadgerCare and help them make medical appointments.
At a health outreach event, Allen spoke about the importance of having insurance. Allen said going to the emergency room for health concerns becomes a default for some people, and to their detriment.
“The doctors (at the ER) don’t know you,” Allen said. “They don’t know your condition. They only met you for five minutes. Your primary care doctor knows your history and is better able to take care of you.”
Brooke Chapman, operations director at City on a Hill, said foregoing insurance and going to the emergency room is a habit borne out of a lack of resources.
“In all honesty, we work a lot with people who are in generational poverty,” Chapman said. “So if you’re just sick and you just always go to the ER, that’s just what you do.”
Chapman said even if a person has insurance, it can be extremely difficult to find the transportation and childcare to make it to a visit.
Diane De La Santos, the executive director of City on a Hill, said ,healthcare is more than having a primary care provider.
Healthcare “is walking with people through the process of learning to take care of their health in a different way,” she said.
“You’re seen, you’re given advice, you’re given medications, you’re given exercises, and you don’t follow through,” De La Santos said. “What (healthcare providers) need to understand is if you’re living at a level of poverty, today is more important than the future.”

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OPINION: The Fire and Police Commission needs to scrutinize MPD’s use of confidential informants, coerced confessions and no-knock search warrants | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Paul Mozina
October 23, 2019
The Fire and Police Commission must keep a vigilant eye over the MPD to ensure justice is served. (File photo by Edgar Mendez)
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Paul Mozina, a retired IT professional and community activist, writes that the Fire and Police Commission needs to establish a standard operating procedure for treating people held in the MPD’s jail pending the filing of charges.
Hearsay evidence. Cannabis sale. A military-style assault. Coerced testimony.
These are some of the things the state used to crush Jordan Paul Fricke, who was sentenced on Oct. 3, 2019, to life in prison with no chance of parole for mistaking a police officer for a home invader in a bleary-eyed moment of panic and confusion. MPD Officer Matthew Rittner is dead, and the state would have us believe it’s all Fricke’s fault. Did Fricke have a ghost of a chance by asserting self-defense when the state was determined to convict him of first-degree intentional homicide in a case where one of its members was killed while doing what he was ordered to do?
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A tragic sequence of events led to the shooting of Rittner on Feb. 6, 2019, by Fricke on the landing of the upper flat of his grandmother’s house, and it is wrong, lazy and simplistic to label Fricke a “cop killer.” Can we learn anything from this tragedy? Is this how we want the MPD to “keep us safe?”
The MPD’s use of confidential informants needs to be thoroughly reviewed by the Fire and Police Commission.
A standard operating procedure should be established setting guidelines for establishing the truthfulness of an informant’s accusations – people’s lives are at stake. Confidential informants are notorious for peddling false information in exchange for valuable consideration in their own cases, and they should not be trusted.
If public safety was the main concern of the MPD, and it suspected that Fricke was illegally providing guns to felons, then why didn’t the department use its informant to implicate Fricke in an illegal gun sale? Why was the informant used to make controlled buys of cannabis totaling $60 instead? Because it was an easy way to expedite the acquisition of the search warrant for “maintaining a drug trafficking place”?
The MPD is “privileged” to use force if required to preserve public safety, but this is not a license to ignore common sense and all sense of proportionality. When states all around Wisconsin are legalizing cannabis, how can the MPD and the DA justify putting member’s lives on the line to take down a penny-ante dealer?
The Fire and Police Commission should do a thorough review of the use of no-knock search warrants by the MPD.   Is the MPD following its own rules as outlined in SOP 970 – Search Warrants? Should more stringent criteria be applied to the use of no-knocks? Are we to believe that the only option the MPD had in this case was a military-style assault and no-knock forced entry?
The MPD has become more militarized, especially in its adoption of a need-to-know information-sharing model. Most of the members of the MPD’s Tactical Enforcement Unit are former military. During the Fricke trial, it emerged that unit members who conducted the raid knew nothing specific about the case.
Most of the Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigations team that participated in the collection and presentation of evidence in the case were retired from 25 years of service in the MPD. How likely was it that they would be forthcoming with any exculpatory evidence that might have helped Jordan?
The law permits the MPD to hold a person for up to 72 hours before any charges being filed. This is the most troubling aspect of the case. Fricke was in shock, distraught, horrified by what had happened. Every time the MPD detectives began questioning him, he asked for a lawyer and the interview was ended. Finally, according to a former member of his defense team, Jordan was told that the DA just needed his help in answering a few questions so that he could file charges and then Jordan would be allowed to speak to an attorney. The manipulations and techniques used to induce Fricke to answer questions during three interviews over nine hours – without a lawyer present – were not revealed during the trial.
Fricke was never asked to describe what happened from his perspective, although this would have taken only a couple minutes. Fricke’s defense attorney, Michael Chernin, described his interrogators as being very emotional in their activities. They told Fricke that they had lost a family member and a friend – a relative. But they understood that their job was to elicit incriminating statements from him to give the DA the ammunition needed to file a first-degree intentional homicide charge. During his testimony, Fricke tried to explain how he had been manipulated and “convinced” to say that he heard the word “police” twice. On the witness stand he asserted this was after he fired the shots. But it was too late for the jury, they were locked into what he said during his interrogations, sans lawyer.
Fricke made other statements during the interrogations that were used with great effectiveness by the prosecution, including that he thought maybe 20 seconds had passed from the loud noises that woke him to his firing his weapon, when in fact, only three to four seconds had passed. This was critical to the prosecution’s assertion that Fricke heard the police announcing “police, search warrant” and thus that he knew he was firing his weapon at police.
I asked an MPD Inspector about the way Fricke was pressured into talking without a lawyer present and he said: “That’s his problem, he shouldn’t have talked.”  Why did Jordan Fricke agree to talk? Undoubtedly he was in an extreme state of emotional, physical and mental exhaustion as evidenced by his being taken to the hospital upon conclusion of the interviews. Was he coerced, tricked?
The Fire and Police Commission needs to establish a standard operating procedure for treating people held in the MPD’s jail pending the filing of charges. The idea that it is OK for the police to lie to a person, or manipulate or coerce them, to get the testimony they want without honoring that person’s request to have a lawyer present is anathema to any sense of justice.

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NNS Spotlight: He once was a drug pusher. Now, he’s giving back to the community he once ‘tore down.’ | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Hailey Richards
October 24, 2019
As the clinical director at the nonprofit St. Charles Youth and Family Services, Ken Ginlack stresses the importance of taking advantage of mental health and substance abuse services. (Photo by Hailey Richards)
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to list the new time of Charlamagne Tha God’s and  Chrishaunda Lee Perez’ discussion on “Black emotional wellness” Sunday at Marquette University. The talk has been delayed because of travel difficulties.
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Ken Ginlack was at the height of his addiction to crack cocaine, and he desperately needed money.
On a cold late night in 2007, Ginlack slipped a metal pipe into his pocket, pulled up his hoodie and walked toward a BP gas station on North Sherman Boulevard and West Burleigh Street with one goal in mind: to rob anyone he saw for drug money.
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Ginlack quickly spotted two white men in fine coats who were looking for places to purchase and smoke crack. Stepping into the backseat of the car, Ginlack directed the pair around a corner, where he planned to hit one man in the back of the head and to choke the other.
As they drove, Ginlack slowly slid the metal pipe out of his hand. But then he hesitated.
“A voice just told me ‘don’t do it.’” Ginlack said. “The moment was so real.” The voice said ‘if you do this, this is going to change your life forever.’”
He began to cry profusely. After urging the men to stop the car, Ginlack got out and headed home.
The next day he checked into First Step Community Recovery Center, and he eventually spent six months in residential treatment and then time in a transitional living house.
Now the clinical director at the nonprofit St. Charles Youth and Family Services, 151 S. 84th St., Ginlack holds a bachelor’s degree from Upper Iowa University and a master’s degree from Loyola University in social work.
Ginlack’s journey has been riddled with setbacks and trauma. And success.
The 49-year-old’s mission is to provide mental health and substance abuse services while promoting the importance of mental health education. To Ginlack, he is giving back to the community that he once “tore down.”
Ken Ginlack, 49, earned a bachelor’s degree from Upper Iowa University and a master’s degree from Loyola University in social work. (Photo by Hailey Richards)
Dorothy Thompson, a clinical substance abuse counselor who has known Ginlack for five years, said he is dedicated to counseling and educating residents on how to cope with mental illnesses without reaching for substances.
“He has a passion and dedication in the field. Whenever he sets a goal, he always accomplishes it,” Thompson said.
In his spare time, Ginlack facilitates Narcotics Anonymous group meetings at his church and leads community panels on mental health education.
Ginlack spent his childhood moving back and forth between Milwaukee and Orlando, Florida. When he was 14, he found a stash of cocaine that his father sold. It was the catalyst for him to start drinking, using and selling drugs.
“I just thought this was the way life was … I’m 15 out at 2 or 3 in the morning carrying a pistol,” Ginlack said. Living across the street from a tavern on North Fourth and West Vine streets, he saw everything, from violence to drug deals.
“The prostitutes we knew by their first names,” he said. “There was no way to ignore what was happening. I thought it was normal.”
Looking back, Ginlack attributes his substance abuse, and those of others like him, to this environment.
“It’s not normal to see someone get beat or someone get shot in the head, and if you’re experiencing this in your home, it becomes normal,” Ginlack said.
Author, radio and television personality Charlamagne Tha God, along with writer  Chrishaunda Lee Perez, will discuss “Black emotional wellness” at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27 at Marquette University’s Varsity Theatre, 1326 W. Wisconsin Ave.
The event will feature a candid conversation on black emotional health and trauma between Charlamagne, who has emerged as a leading force on the need for mental health discussion in America and has spoken publicly about his struggles with anxiety and depression, and Perez, a producer, creator and orator best known for her best-selling debut novel, “We come as girls, we leave as women.”
This event is free and open to the public.

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5 things to do this weekend: Oct. 25 to Oct. 27 | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Ana Martinez-Ortiz
October 25, 2019
Pete’s Pops, 3809 W. Vliet St., is closing for the season. To celebrate its last weekend, it will be selling a limited quantity of Mystery 10 packs for $20. (Photo by Robyn Di Giacinto)
It’s Friday in Milwaukee, and here are some events that can enrich your weekend. If you would like your event to be considered for this column, please email info@milwaukeenns.org and put “5 things” in the subject line by noon Thursday.
1. Mitchell Park Domes Dia de los Muertos celebration: Friday, Oct. 25
Celebrate Dia de los Muertos at the Mitchell Park Domes, 524 S. Layton Blvd., on Friday, Oct. 25. In honor of the Mexican celebration, the Desert Dome will be decorated with candles, orange marigolds and other colorful decorations. There will be mariachi music and dancing in the Show Dome as well. The celebration will take place from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tickets cost $10 and can be found here.
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King Drive Commons Gallery & Studio, 2767 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, is hosting two gallery showings, titled “God gave me a song,” on Friday, Oct. 25 and Saturday, Oct. 26. The event is open to the public. The showings will include an art exhibit, music and more. Friday’s event will take place from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday’s will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Franciscan Peacemakers, a group that provides street outreach to women dealing with prostitution, substance addiction and trauma, is opening a retail store on Saturday, Oct. 26. The store, 3333 W. Lisbon Ave., will feature handcrafted bath and body products and jewelry, all made by women who have dealt with sexual exploitation and trafficking. The grand opening will take place from noon to 4 p.m. To learn more about the Franciscan Peacemakers, click here.
4. I-43 reconstruction and HUD consolidated plan:Saturday, Oct. 26
The 5 Points Neighborhood Association is hosting a discussion regarding the I-43 transportation project and the HUD consolidated plan on Saturday, Oct. 26. Participants will learn how routes and businesses will be affected by I43’s plan and about the HUD consolidated plan. Residents, business owners, organizations and more are all invited to offer their input and ask questions. The meeting will be held at Grace Fellowship Church, 3879 N. Port Washington Rd., from 10 a.m. to noon.
5. Latino family expo and festivalThe ninth annual Latino Family Expo & Festival is happening this Saturday, Oct. 26. Latinx families from all over Wisconsin attend this event. There will be a fashion show, trick-or-treating, a cooking workshop and a home-buying seminar. The festival will be held at St. Augustine Preparatory School, 2607 S. 5th St., from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public.
Win free popsicles at Pete’s PopsPete’s Pops, 3809 W. Vliet St., is closing for the season. Its final weekend will take place Friday, Oct. 25 through Sunday, Oct. 27. This weekend is the last chance to get a popsicle until the season starts again in 2020. To celebrate its last weekend, Pete’s Pop is selling a limited quantity of Mystery 10 packs for $20. As a special bonus, three of the boxes have a golden pop, and whoever finds it wins free popsicles for a year. The store will be open all weekend from noon to 6 p.m.

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Post from Community: Marquette Student Government, Black Student Council to host Charlamagne Tha God and Chrishaunda Lee Perez, Oct. 27 | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Marquette University
October 25, 2019
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Marquette University will host “Black Emotional Wellness: A conversation with radio and television personality and best-selling author Charlamagne Tha God and Chrishaunda Lee Perez,” presented by Marquette Student Government and Black Student Council, on Sunday, Oct. 27, at the Varsity Theatre, 1326 W. Wisconsin Ave.
The event will feature a candid conversation between Charlamagne and Perez about his book, the best-selling “Shook One: Anxiety Playing Tricks on Me,” and the topic of black emotional health and trauma. Charlamagne has been a leading force progressing the mental health discussion in America and has spoken publicly about his struggles with anxiety and depression.
This event is free and open to the public.
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Charlamagne drives the daily national conversation about issues related to hip-hop, race, society and politics. He is also the best-selling author of “Black Privilege: Opportunity Comes to Those Who Create It.”
A Milwaukee native, Perez is a writer, producer and orator who focuses on trauma. Her popular debut novel, “We Come as Girls, We Leave as Women,” about high school girls overcoming personal challenges as they head toward graduation, was released in fall 2018 and has been endorsed by Oprah Winfrey. She is also known for her work as co-writer and co-producer of the acclaimed science fiction/magical realism short film, “The Forever Tree,” and memoir of miracles, “Share the Dream: Building Noah’s Ark One Prayer at a Time.”
The event is additionally supported by the Marquette Forum, Near West Side Partners, Social Development Commission, Rent College Pads, and the Office of Community Engagement. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and V100 are the media co-sponsors.

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Post from Community: Political first Fridays | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Real Talk
October 25, 2019
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The event is titled, “Political First Fridays.” Each month for the next four months, in preparation of the DNC, Mayoral election and presidential election, we are creating a platform to bring people together, young and old to discuss not only the importance of voting, but educating them on the important topics on the ballot and allowing them to meet and engage with local officials.
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Post from Community: Sixteenth Street to open new clinic with partners | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers
October 25, 2019
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Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers and Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network announced today the opening of a new clinic targeted at addressing critical issues that drastically affect the health of Milwaukee’s underserved communities — access to community-based primary care, dental hygiene, and pharmacy services. This clinic is made possible by a donation of approximately $6 million from Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network.
“We are beyond grateful for Froedtert & MCW’s support and for the trust they’ve instilled in Sixteenth Street to build upon our existing success and significantly expand the number of people we are able serve,” said Dr. Julie Schuller, president and chief executive officer of Sixteenth Street. “We will also be able to cast a wider net of services and address community-identified issues beyond our exam rooms, which has always been a critical part of how we operate and grow.”
The 13,000-square-foot clinic, located at 1135 S. Cesar E. Chavez Drive, will occupy the ground level of a four-story mixed-use building.  Above it will be three floors of apartments owned and operated by Cardinal Capital Management.  Adds Schuller, “We have long known the important link between housing and health, especially for the vulnerable population we serve. Which is why we’re so excited to be part of a project that is taking direct aim at the housing needs in our community.”
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The location for the new clinic was based on the need for increased access to primary care on Milwaukee’s south side, which has a shortage of health professionals and continues to experience worse health, economic, and social outcomes.
“Our mission is to advance the health of the communities we serve,” said Cathy Jacobson, president and chief executive officer of Froedtert Health. “This is a long-term investment in our community intended to achieve a sustained impact that will truly make a difference in people’s lives. We are happy to have found a site that is uniquely positioned to increase access to community-based primary care. This commitment aligns with our continued investments to serve the heart of Milwaukee and deliver the right care in the right place at the right time.”
Sixteenth Street will offer primary medical care, rotating specialty care, a full-service pharmacy, and dental hygiene services.  The space will be home to four primary medical providers to serve an additional 8,000 primary care patients. The new clinic will also be a site for clinical learners.
The clinic is expected to open in late 2020.
About Sixteenth Street
For 50 years, Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers has been helping and healing our community, providing quality, family-based health care, health education and social services free from linguistic, cultural and economic barriers. Nearly 40,000 individuals rely on Sixteenth Street for adult and pediatric medical services, behavioral health and substance use counseling and treatment, chronic disease management, supportive social services and health education. Sixteenth Street is accredited by The Joint Commission and recognized as a Patient Centered Medical Home by the National Committee for Quality Assurance. Learn more at www.sschc.org.
About Froedtert & the Medical College
The Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin regional health network is a partnership between Froedtert Health and the Medical College of Wisconsin supporting a shared mission of patient care, innovation, medical research and education. The health network operates eastern Wisconsin’s only academic medical center and adult Level I Trauma Center at Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, an internationally recognized training and research center engaged in thousands of clinical trials and studies. The Froedtert & MCW health network, which includes five hospitals, one of which is a nationally ranked academic medical center, more than 1,700 physicians and nearly 40 health centers and clinics, draws patients from throughout the Midwest and the nation. In its most recent fiscal year, outpatient visits exceeded 1.1 million, inpatient admissions to its hospitals were 52,483 and visits to its network physicians totaled 979,143.  For more information, visit  froedtert.com.


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Post from Community: Social Development Commission helps Milwaukee county residents prepare for colder weather | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Social Development Commission
October 25, 2019
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It’s that time of year. The cold weather is back. This means Milwaukee County residents are cranking up the heat. It can add hundreds of dollars to a household budget creating a huge financial burden for local families.
SDC’s Weatherization Team can help.
SDC auditors inspect homes and help residents make changes that make homes more energy efficient. Updates and changes help some families save more than $400 a year on energy bills.
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Serving like a non-profit, the state’s largest community action agency can replace hot water heaters, furnaces and other items to help Milwaukee County’s low-income residents.
Weatherization also saves energy in the home by repairing and improving the building. The goal is to increase the home’s energy efficiency, safety, and comfort by eliminating drafts and performing minor furnace maintenance and repair. Auditors may add insulation in attics, walls, the floor and perimeter.
Weatherization services prevent the loss of heated inside air. It ensures that appliance and heating systems work safely and efficiently. Auditors are available weekday mornings. As long as the home owner gives permission, reporters can follow an auditor and see how they are improve homes for weatherization customers.

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