By Pat Baldwin Men’s basketball coach University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee We have big goals as a basketball team, but you don’t reach those big goals without first knocking off the little goals, one at a time, day in and day out. The same holds true for any business, organization or group – give yourselves permission to […]
Mayor Tom Barrett Will Run for Reelection 2020
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz In 2004 Milwaukee elected Tom Barrett as mayor and in 2020, residents will have the opportunity to vote for him again. Earlier this week during a press conference at Shindig Coffee, the café in the Sherman Phoenix, 3536 W. Fond du Lac Ave., Mayor Tom Barrett announced his decision to run for […]
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Slaughtered Opportunity
Now that the Strauss Brands deal to move to the north side of Milwaukee is dead, what does this mean for the residents of 53206 and 53208? There’s a possibility Strauss could consider the option of constructing its new headquarters at a location in Franklin. That’s good for Franklin, not so good for Milwaukee’s central […]
Rep. David Crowley Is Running for Milwaukee County Executive
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz In 2016, Rep. David Crowley (D-Milwaukee) was elected to the state assembly for District 17. As a local Milwaukeean, Crowley helped create policies that would benefit and uplift Milwaukee. Earlier this week, Crowley announced his decision to run for Milwaukee County Executive. According to The Center Square, there are currently six candidates […]
Milwaukee Courier Says ‘Nothing Stinks Like Poverty’
Part One A sequence of events stifled new economic opportunity on the city’s north side. On Oct. 8, the Zoning, Neighborhoods & Development Committee unanimously approved the creation of a tax incremental financing (TIF) district and sale of land for Strauss Brands proposal to build a meat processing plant in Century City. On Oct. 15, […]
SWIM Member Organizations Receive Education on Advocacy Techniques at Workshop
By Karen Stokes Advocates and staff from Scaling Wellness in Milwaukee (SWIM) member organizations gathered at St. Joseph Hospital, Monday afternoon for a workshop discussing information and education on advocacy techniques and tactics. SWIM is a coalition of community groups working to address trauma. It was started by Marquette University President Mike Lovell. John Meurer, […]
The Truth About Gentrification: The Panel
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz What does gentrification really mean? This was the first question posed to a group of panelists during the discussion, The Truth About Gentrification, on Wednesday, Oct. 23. A quick Google search defines gentrification as the following, “the process of renovating and improving a house or district so that it conforms to middle-class […]
Advancing the Community with the M3 Education Partnership
By Mark Mone Chancellor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee It’s important to have partners in life, whether personal, at work, in sports or the arts. A significant partnership involving the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee that’s dedicated to improving our community’s future through education is earning national recognition and showing promising results. These hopeful signs, along with the start […]
Gallery Night In Milwaukee
A gallery night will be held at King Drive Commons Gallery and Studio of African Diaspora Culture on Friday, Oct. 25, 2019, from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. and on Saturday Oct. 26, 2019 from noon to 2 p.m., located at 2767 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive. The community is invited to join us […]
Meccah Maloh’s Mission: Master the Pad
By Dylan Deprey All Meccah Maloh needs is his Akai MPC Live and a wireless speaker to make beats. As he sits on his porch taking in the fall weather, his hands move at lighting speeds scrolling through sounds. He assigns samples, snares and hi-hats to one-of-the-twelve illuminating pads. A booming bass blasts through the […]
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