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Fully Engaged: Nichelle Nichols Joins the Madison Metropolitan School District Staff

August 7, 2015

by Rob Franklin As the summer is winds down, the time begins when parents start preparing their children for the upcoming school year. For Nichelle Nichols, this is now the time to help parents and schools to prepare their children. Nichols was recently named Director of Family, Youth and Community Engagement for the Madison Metropolitan […]

Popular Interests In This Article: August 7 2015, Community Engagement, Madison Metropolitan School District, Nichelle Nichols, Parent Academy, Rob Franklin, Vol. 25 No. 30

Blacks in Newsroom at All Time Low

August 7, 2015

by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Last week, The Huffington Post offered this bold headline: “There will be more non-white journalists because the public will demand them.” But based on an extensive study published in the Columbia Journalism Review, apparently no one is demanding black journalists; if so, no […]

Popular Interests In This Article: August 7 2015, Black Newsroom, Minority Journalists, Stacy M. Brown, Vol. 25 No. 30

New MCTS Suburban Bus Routes Show Increased Ridership & Employment With Inner City Residents

August 7, 2015

by Mrinal Gokhale The Black Health Coalition (BHC) and MICAH Empowers have officially started their “New Routes. New Moves. Transits & Routes Go Together” campaign, promoting three new MCTS bus routes going to New Berlin, Menomonee Falls and Germantown. “Now, people from the inner city can apply for jobs out in Germantown, New Berlin and […]

Popular Interests In This Article: August 7 2015, Black Health Coalition, Julio Maldonado, MICAH, Milwaukee County Transit System, Mrinal Gokhale, Vol. 25 No. 30, Willie Brisco

Potawatomi Hotel & Casino Addresses City Gun Violence With New Partnership and Program

August 7, 2015

by Maria Corpus A new initiative will seek to address city violence by linking atrisk youth with employment opportunities and support, thanks to Potawatomi Hotel & Casino’s renamed charity program, Heart of Canal Street. Youth Works MKE is a new, pilot program by the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board that will provide the subsidized jobs […]

Popular Interests In This Article: August 7 2015, Gun Violence, Maria Corpus, Potawatomi Hotel and Casino, Tom Barrett, Vol. 25 No. 30, Youth Works MKE

Milwaukee Business Leaders Invest in Future of Young Black Men with Wisconsin Scholars Program

August 7, 2015

by Karen Stokes It’s been three years since the first group of Milwaukee area students and their families gathered at Rufus King International High School for “Signing Day” to commit to participating in a scholarship pilot program, the Wisconsin Scholars. The program finances college for Black males from Milwaukee to Morehouse College in Atlanta. Business […]

Popular Interests In This Article: August 7 2015, Chuck Harvey, Cory Nettles, DeMarcus Harris, John Daniels, Karen Stokes, Morehouse, Scholarships, Vol. 25 No. 30, Wisconsin Scholars Program

Thousands March Nearly 900 Miles in Journey for Justice

August 7, 2015

by Curtis Bunn Urban News Service SELMA, Alabama –The movement that began in a bungalow is traveling nearly 900 miles to the home of Dr. King’s “Dream.” A coalition of organizations, led by the NAACP, embarked Saturday on an 860-mile, 40-day, 40-night march from Selma, Alabama to Washington, D.C. This initiative recalls the original Civil […]

Popular Interests In This Article: August 7 2015, Civil Rights, Cornell William Brooks, Curtis Bunn, Damon Younger, Journey for Justice, Selma March, Vol. 25 No. 30

Black Attorneys Battle Inside a Criminally Unjust Court System

August 7, 2015

Broken Promises, Bias, Brutality and Bail LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) – The National Bar Association’s 90th annual convention’s message of fighting police brutality mirrored the fight Black Americans face every day. The convention, with its theme “A Legacy of Service. A Promise of Justice,” centered on police brutality and highlighted problems and solutions to why Blacks […]

Popular Interests In This Article: August 7 2015, Benjamin Crump, Black Attorneys, Justice or Else, Krystal Muhammad, Nana Gyamfi, National Bar Association, Pamela Meanes, Vol. 25 No. 30

Milwaukee’s ‘Growing Power’ Continues to be a Positive, Innovative Leader in the Community

August 7, 2015

by Karen Stokes Will Allen is passionate about growing food – healthy, nutrient rich food that people need, right in the areas where they live. He is concerned about the health and well being of people who reside in ‘food deserts’ that lack access to fresh fruits and vibrant green vegetables, and he wants to […]

Popular Interests In This Article: August 7 2015, Food Deserts, Growing Power, Karen Stokes, Urban Farming, Vol. 25 No. 30, Will Allen

Save the Date: Fiesta Hispana

August 7, 2015

Centro Hispano of Dane County is having an exciting Summer full of activities and, as always, services that empower youth, strengthen families and engage the Latino Community of our region. Our organization hosts many events throughout the year. However, one of the most well known and well attended, Fiesta Hispana, is coming soon, on September […]

Popular Interests In This Article: August 7 2015, Centro Hispano, Festa Hispana, Save The Date, Vol. 25 No. 30

American Players Theatre Presents “The Island”

August 7, 2015

Popular Interests In This Article: American Players Theatre, August 7 2015, Coupon Code, The Island, Vol. 25 No. 30

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