By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Since the start of the pandemic, low-income and minority neighborhoods have been hit the hardest by coronavirus, especially in Milwaukee. In an effort to mitigate the spread, residents who live in the ZIP codes ranked highest on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Social Vulnerability Index will now be able to […]
MPS Foundation Launches Ruth Bader Ginsburg Scholarship
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz When she was in middle school, Kayla Denyce Jimenez, 18, decided she wanted to be a lawyer, specifically a civil rights attorney. Recently, she applied for the “Ruth Bader Ginsburg Scholarship,” which will help her achieve her dream of becoming an attorney. “As an attorney, you have the power to fight for […]
President Joe Biden Signs COVID-19 Relief Package
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz If all goes according to the federal government’s plan – and for now it looks like it is – Americans can expect to receive another COVID-19 stimulus check. The $1.9 trillion COVID relief package was signed into law by President Joe Biden on Thursday, March 11. The bill was passed by the […]
Alzheimer’s Association Publishes Special Report
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Health equity needs to apply to every aspect of health. From the start of someone’s life to the end, everyone deserves the right to be healthy and live a healthy lifestyle. Eliminating health disparities is especially critical when pertaining to diseases such as cancer or dementia. Earlier this week, the Alzheimer’s Association […]
Northwestern Mutual Donates $5 Million to Children’s Wisconsin
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Cancer is arguably one of the most dreaded words on the planet. For many, the only thing worse than being diagnosed with cancer themselves is having their child diagnosed with cancer. According to a 2020 report by the American Cancer Society, over 11,000 cancers cases were estimated to be diagnosed among children […]
Educators and Childcare Providers Are Eligible for the Vaccine
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz The COVID-19 vaccine is available, but it’s not currently available to everyone. In the City of Milwaukee, the vaccine was limited to essential workers, then senior citizens and other city employees and now another category is joining the group. The Medical College of Wisconsin and Children’s Wisconsin and the City of Milwaukee […]
Dr. Leonard Egede Wants to Give People Hope
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Change happens, but it doesn’t always happen fast – at least not in Milwaukee. Dr. Leonard Egede, who joined the Medical College of Wisconsin in 2017, noted that there’s a sense of hopelessness in Milwaukee, but he, for one, is not without hope. Egede was recently appointed the endowed chair position for […]
From a Side Hustle to a Business to a Company Tiffany Miller is Scaling Up
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Being an entrepreneur is not for the faint of heart. To make a business succeed, it requires hard work, determination, sweat, luck, gumption and an entrepreneurial spirit that can’t be put into words. When the City of Milwaukee Health Department commissioned entrepreneur Tiffany Miller to make 36,000 face masks for its mask […]
Kennita Hickman Centers Black and Brown Creatives in Her Work
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Kennita Hickman is making moves this year. She has plans to bring back the program “Artist Eats,” she’s working with apparel companies to curate brand campaigns and helping independent artists establish their brands. But the one overarching goal that is evident in all of Hickman’s work is her efforts to make space […]
Shavonda Sisson Reflects on What it Means to Be a Leader
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz It’s not easy being a leader in a city like Milwaukee, but Shavonda Sisson isn’t one to back down from a challenge. Sisson is the founder of the Love on Black Women foundation, the director of programming at Public Allies and a board member for Leaders Igniting Transformation or LIT to name […]
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