The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH) has announced an award of $4 million to the City of Milwaukee’s Office of African American Affairs as a part of a $250 million two-year initiative to identify and implement best practices for improving health literacy to enhance COVID-19 vaccination and […]
Milwaukee Task Force on Climate and Economic Equity Shares Its Plan
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Milwaukee is impacted by climate change, even if people don’t realize it. In recent years, Milwaukee has seen some extreme weather conditions from flooding to extreme heat to an increase in insects such as ticks. Those disasters aren’t just coincidences, but a result of a rapidly changing climate. “We know that climate […]
‘They know they’re playing Russian roulette:’ Treatment Program Offers Hope for Men at Risk of Overdose
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. Kj Bell takes his recovery from drug addiction one step at a time. “I wake up and decide that I’m not going to […]
Get Your Walking Shoes On: Celebrate 15 Years of the Milwaukee River Greenway With the HIKE15 Challenge
By Hayley Crandall The Milwaukee River Greenway Coalition (MRGC) is getting ready to celebrate 15 years with the HIKE15 challenge, which will kick off on Tuesday, July 6. In the spirit of celebrating and nature appreciation, the coalition is challenging residents to hit the 878-acre Greenway, appropriately nicknamed “Milwaukee’s Central Park,” and hike 15 miles […]
Greater Milwaukee Foundation Launches “A Milwaukee for All”
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz “I can hear the grinding, the crunch of bone and hope, city as machine chomps greedily eating everything unhinged, unattached…” Those words were written by Dasha Kelly Hamilton, Wisconsin’s poet laurate, and recited during the Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s kick off event for its new series, “A Milwaukee for All” on Friday, June […]
Milwaukee Succeeds Give Black Male Students Seats at the Table
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz In 2019, Milwaukee Succeeds embarked on a strategic planning mission. The organization wanted to help combat the decreasing high school completion rate, but then things changed. The COVID-19 pandemic followed by nationwide protests forced the group to rethink its approach and who had a say in its strategic process. It was during […]
‘We’ve Come a Long Way Since 1971’: Milwaukee Celebrates Juneteenth Day
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz In September of 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. The document declared that enslaved people throughout most of the country would now be free people. It wasn’t until three years later on June 19, 1865, that Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas bringing news of the Emancipation Proclamation and declaring […]
‘I Give You My Commitment.’: U.S. Secretary of Labor Visits Milwaukee
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Eduardo Perea has lived in Milwaukee for over 30 years. He has a wife and four children, a job in construction and a house. He’s an upstanding member of society, but he’s facing an ongoing uphill battle. Perea lives in fear that one day he could be deported. Because despite living like […]
African Americans Outpace Other Groups in Drug Overdose Deaths in Milwaukee County
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. The number of African Americans who die from drug overdoses in Milwaukee County continues to rise, with Black residents making up 45% of […]
Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month: Milwaukee’s AAPI Community Can be Hard to Find
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Sumathi Thiyagarajan has lived a lot of places. She moved to Chicago from India when she was just over a year old. Since then, she’s lived in San Francisco, Boston and now Milwaukee. Of all the cities she’s lived, it was here in Milwaukee that she experienced the largest culture shock of […]
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