Esau Jenkins, an early civil rights pioneer in South Carolina, used this VW as his iconic daily drive during his efforts to provide opportunities, and hope to marginalized communities throughout the American south. In Esau’s and Janie B. Jenkins’ lifetimes, they purchased buses to transport children to school and workers to jobs, taught adult passengers […]
Study Reports Milwaukee has One of the Lowest Credit Scores in the Country for Renting
By Hayley Crandall A recent study from RENTCafé found Milwaukee has one of the lowest credit scores in the country, making it an ideal option for those with potentially unfavorable scores looking to rent. With an average credit score of 601, Milwaukee ranks sixth on RENTCafé’s list of “Top 10 Cities with the Lowest Credit […]
‘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 […]
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 […]
Groups, Lawmakers Push to Ease Expungement of Low-Level Criminal Convictions
By Edgar Mendez 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. Shanyeill McCloud has heard countless stories from people who have been hurt by their past criminal record. “If a person cannot find jobs […]
2 Milwaukee Organizations Win Grants to Address Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault
By Matt Martinez 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. Two Milwaukee organizations have each received $125,000 grants from Advocate Aurora Health to bolster domestic abuse and sexual assault advocacy programs. United Migrant […]
Covid-19 Vaccination: Take It Or Leave It?
By Patricia O’Flynn Pattillo Publisher: Milwaukee Community Journal I, like millions of seniors, have been keeping tabs on the distribution of the new COVID-19 vaccines. We see videos of people sleeping overnight to be first in line for the vaccine, and of nursing home staff administering the shot to their patients. Admittedly, I was hesitant […]
Rep. LaKeshia Myers Reintroduces the CROWN Act
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Hair is a lot of things to a lot of different people. It’s an identifier, a statement maker and in some cases, it’s a political statement. No matter how someone chooses to style their hair, the choice should be theirs, but that’s not always the case. Communities of color, specifically the Black […]
We Are Here MKE Spreading Awareness for Culturally Specific Domestic Violence Support Programs
By Hayley Crandall We Are Here MKE, a diverse collective composed of culturally sensitive programs and resources, announced a campaign earlier this month aimed at amplifying Milwaukee-based, people-of-color-led domestic and sexual violence support. “People need to know we are here,” Antonia Drew Vann, executive director of The Asha Project, said. “We are the least recognized, […]
COVID-19 Vaccine Town Hall Meeting Separates Myths From Facts
By Karen Stokes The Milwaukee Health Department hosted a COVID-19 vaccine virtual town hall meeting Wednesday night. The panelists included: Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett; Marlaina Jackson, MPA, interim commissioner of City of Milwaukee Health Department; Julia Means, a registered nurse at Ascension Health – St. Mary’s and City of MKE Board of Health members; and […]
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