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 […]
‘There are No Throwaway People’: Sister MacCanon Brown and Her Mission to Serve Homeless Residents
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 […]
‘The Leader Our Parents Taught Us To Be’: The Evolution Of Nate Hamilton
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 […]
How Students of Color are Becoming the Agents of Change in Milwaukee Public Schools
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 […]
‘Nowhere to Go’: Wisconsin Renters Face Evictions as Emergency Aid Falls Short
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. […]
‘I Refuse to Lose’: How this Lifelong Musician Remains Resilient Through the COVID-19 Crisis and Beyond
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 […]
Hidden in Plain Sight? Black Female Activists Feel Left Out of BLM Movement
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 […]
2 Agencies Struggle to Meet Demand for Wisconsin Rental Assistance Program
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. […]
‘I Need this Country to Be Better for My Children’: Milwaukee Mothers Rally for Racial Justice
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 […]