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Milwaukee Mom Writes Children’s Book to Lift Up the Voice of Her Autistic Daughter

March 13, 2021

By PrincessSafiya Byers Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. Amelia Peace’s 5-year-old daughter, Robyn Guiden, is nonverbal and has autism paired with other rare medical conditions. In the past, Peace has found […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Alone Bird A Story About Autism, Amelia Peace, Autism, Books for Kids, Robyn Guiden, Safiya Byers, Stefan Guiden

‘There are No Throwaway People’: Sister MacCanon Brown and Her Mission to Serve Homeless Residents

February 27, 2021

By Princess Safiya Byers Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. A few years after Sister MacCanon Brown moved to Milwaukee in 1986, she was close to homelessness herself. She had come to […]

Popular Interests In This Article: MacCanon Brown Homeless Sanctuary, Safiya Byers, Sister MacCanon Brown

‘The Leader Our Parents Taught Us To Be’: The Evolution Of Nate Hamilton

November 22, 2020

By PrincessSafiya Byers and Bridget Fogarty Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org Almost seven years ago, Nate Hamilton was working as a roofer, trying to create a good life for his two […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Bridget Fogarty, Community Collaborative Commission, Dontre Hamilton, Nate Hamilton, Safiya Byers

How Students of Color are Becoming the Agents of Change in Milwaukee Public Schools

October 31, 2020

By PrincessSafiya Byers Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. This dispatch is part of a series called “On the Ground” with Report for America, an initiative of The GroundTruth Project. Students, teachers […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Cendi Trujillo Tena, Kris English, Leaders Igniting Transformation, Priyana Cabraal, Safiya Byers, Yaniiz Rosario

‘Nowhere to Go’: Wisconsin Renters Face Evictions as Emergency Aid Falls Short

August 29, 2020

By Allison Dikanovic and Clara Neupert (Wisconsin Watch) and PrincessSafiya Byers Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. Kelli Walton waited four weeks to hear whether she qualified for state emergency rental assistance. […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Allison Dikanovic, Clara Neupert, Evictions, Safiya Byers, Wisconsin Rental Assistance Program

‘I Refuse to Lose’: How this Lifelong Musician Remains Resilient Through the COVID-19 Crisis and Beyond

August 15, 2020

By Princess Safiya Byers  Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. Victor Campbell has been providing joy to others through music for years. But after COVID-19 took away his source of income, the […]

Popular Interests In This Article: COVID-19, Safiya Byers, Victor Campbell

Hidden in Plain Sight? Black Female Activists Feel Left Out of BLM Movement

August 8, 2020

By Princess Safiya Byers Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. After spending time in Minneapolis watching protests unfold after the death of George Floyd, Annia Leonard returned to Milwaukee prepared to join […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ajamou Butler, Annia Leonard, Camille Mays, Monique Liston, Safiya Byers, Shavonda Sisson

2 Agencies Struggle to Meet Demand for Wisconsin Rental Assistance Program

July 18, 2020

By Princess Safiya Byers Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. Here’s an update on what’s happening with the Wisconsin Rental Assistance Program, or WRAP, and the agencies tasked with implementing the program. […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Community Advocates, Deborah Heffner, Safiya Byers, Social Development Commission SDC, Wisconsin Rental Assistance Program

‘I Need this Country to Be Better for My Children’: Milwaukee Mothers Rally for Racial Justice

June 20, 2020

Princess Safiya Byers – Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. Darrian “Dee-Dee” Davis, a Lincoln Creek resident, first talked to her son about police brutality when he was 3 years old and […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Mad Moms, Police Brutality, Protests, Racial Justice, Safiya Byers



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