By Rhea Riley This pandemic has caused many people to lose work opportunities or major forms of income. According to the BBC, the unemployment rate has increased 4.5% leaving 2.7 million Americans unemployed between the months of June and August this year. Young people and artists are amongst those hit hardest. As a 23-year-old Black […]
Water Street Dance Company Makes Debut with Free Summer Production “Evenings”
By Rhea Riley The newly revamped Water Street Dance Company makes their mini debut with their free summer production, “Evenings”. Held at DAYNC studio, founder and artistic director, Morgan “Mo” Williams transformed their rehearsal space into a stage, creating an intimate and engaging night of dance. Evenings is a refreshing change from a night out […]
Social X MKE Kicks off their 3rd Annual Homecoming Week with a Seminar about Mental Health
By Rhea Riley Social X MKE started their homecoming week by tackling the serious topic of mental health at their Minding Your Mental seminar. Held at Rise and Grind café on Martin Luther King Dr., the event welcomed a distinguished panel of local professionals who discussed trends and concerns within the mental health field and […]
US Agencies Gather in Milwaukee to Discuss the Fraud Epidemic Targeting Communities of Color
By Rhea Riley Have you ever received a call claiming your social security has been compromised or that your car warranty is about to expire? Have you been approached about building your credit or reducing your student debt with a money transfer? If so, you’ve been exposed to potential fraud. Fraudulent schemes and scams are […]
Milwaukee Welcomes Midwest Tech and Business Communities for the 2019 Entrepreneurs Conference
By Rhea Riley Brilliant, budding and experienced tech minds came together to encourage and enlighten at the 17th Annual 2019 Entrepreneurs Conference. The conference was hosted by the Wisconsin Technology Council at Milwaukee’s Venue 42 at MKE Brewing Co. The conference was led by Co-chairs, CEO of Syslogic Tina Chang and Scale Up Executive Director […]
New Survey Shows a Third of Teens Believe They won’t be Financially Independent by the Age of 30
By Rhea Riley A survey released by Junior Achievement and Citizens Bank states that 63 percent of teens don’t believe they will be financially independent from their parents by the age of 30. The survey was conducted by Wakefield Research on 1,000 teens between the ages of 13 to 18 who are not enrolled in […]
Students from the Medical College of Wisconsin Celebrate Match Day
By Rhea Riley The hall was a bundle of nerves as students and their families filled the ballroom at the Italian Community Center. In dark green “MCW Match Day 2019” T-shirts, more than 235 students from the Medical College of Wisconsin waited anxiously. Eight years of hard work has led them to this and in […]
We Energies Offers MPS Students Major Opportunity with Hands-on Training Program
By Rhea Riley Milwaukee Public Schools students who’ve trained with We Energies were visited by Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes for a demonstration Tuesday morning. The demonstration was a part of an internship and apprenticeship program created through a partnership between We Energies and the MPS. During the demonstration, students showed Lt. Gov. Barnes various procedures […]
Community Servant Shares Compelling Stories from His Outreach Program
By Rhea Riley Andre Lee Ellis, a community servant, and founder of We Got This discussed his passion for Milwaukee neighborhoods and the youth in the 53206 zip-code on There’s Always Something Good to Talk about. In June of 2014, Ellis was contacted by a local mother who was struggling with her troubled 11-year-old son, […]
The Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation Received Million-Dollar Financial Award
By Rhea Riley One million dollars was awarded to The Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC) by the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI). “We asked for a million dollars and received a million dollars,” said Barbara Kueny, Director of Development at WWBIC. According to Kueny, the WWBIC was one of 264 certified organizations to receive […]