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Michelle Obama Surprises Milwaukee High School Students Hours Before Show

March 16, 2019

By Nyesha Stone How would you react if Michelle Obama walked into your office right this second? Fourteen high students from around the city got the chance to meet Michelle this prior Thursday, about eight hours before her show at the Miller High Life Theatre. As they were sitting in a circle discussing college, Michelle […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Michelle Obama, Nyesha Stone

Milwaukee to Host 2020 Democratic National Convention

March 16, 2019

By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Earlier this week, Milwaukee received some exciting news. The Democratic National Convention announced that Milwaukee would host the 2020 convention. The DNC will take place July 13–16 in 2020. It is the first time since 1916 that the DNC has chosen to host in the Midwest. Furthermore, it is the first time […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ana Martinez-Ortiz, Democratic National Convention, Tom Barrett, Tom Perez

Southwest Airlines Grant Expands Milwaukee’s Aviation Pipeline Program

March 16, 2019

By Nyesha Stone Milwaukee Public Schools recently received some exciting news, which could turn things around for some of its students. Southwest Airlines selected “Expanding Milwaukee’s Aviation Pipeline,” an MPS program, as a recipient of its 2019 Charitable Grants. The program is a partnership between MPS, the Greater Milwaukee Committee and Milwaukee Area Technical College […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Keith Posley, Nyesha Stone, Southwest Airlines

The PEOPLE Program has a New Office in Milwaukee

March 2, 2019

By Nyesha Stone The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Precollege Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence (PEOPLE) has been around since 1999 and started with 66 students from Milwaukee high schools. The program has grown since then and now has an office in Milwaukee. Earlier this week, Rufus King International Middle School held a grand opening to […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Keith Posley, Milwaukee Public Schools MPS, Nyesha Stone, PEOPLE Program

Milwaukee Celebrates 3rd Annual Black History Program

March 2, 2019

By Ana Martinez-Ortiz All month long, individuals and groups have been celebrating Black History Month. Although every day should be dedicated to celebrating and honoring one’s history, Milwaukee celebrated black history in its own unique way. On Monday, city officials, important city figures and city residents, congregated in City Hall’s rotunda. They gathered to celebrate […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ana Martinez-Ortiz, Black History Month, Janiya Williams, Ko-Thi Dance Company

ACTS Housing Host Panel to Discuss Closing the Black-White Homeownership Gap

March 2, 2019

By Nyesha Stone No matter their circumstances, Black people are continually striving and displaying Black excellence. We’re the trendsetters, the go-getters and the underdog. We’re also seen as a “renter” community. According to ACTS Housing, there is a 40 percent gap between Black and White homeownership that they’ve been working hard to close. So, they […]

Popular Interests In This Article: ACTS Housing, Adam Carr, Nyesha Stone, William Tisdale

The National Tour of The Phantom of the Opera Comes to Milwaukee on March 6-17

March 2, 2019

By Nyesha Stone There’s a space for Black people everywhere and Quentin Oliver Lee is proving that. As a Black man on Broadway, Lee has earned an iconic role as the Phantom, or Gerard Butler, for the play The Phantom of the Opera. Even with his extensive history in the business, Lee didn’t think this […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Broadway Musicals, Marcus Center for The Performing Arts, Phantom of the Opera

Milwaukee’s CBD Wave Fosters Home-Grown, All-Natural Business

March 2, 2019

By Ethan Duran Since CBD’s legalization in 2014, Milwaukee has seen a wave of CBD stores and products both in the city and surrounding neighborhoods. The counters of most smoke and tobacco stores now carry cannabidiol, or CBD, a chemical compound found in cannabis that treats anxiety and pain. Now that CBD has settled in […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Cannabidiol, CBD, Ethan Duran, TruCannaBliss

Greater Milwaukee Foundation grants exceed $80 million in 2018

February 23, 2019

Philanthropic support from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation totaled more than $80 million in 2018, with grants from Wisconsin’s largest community foundation supporting a vast range of nonprofit organizations and programs in the region and beyond. Over the last five years, the community has benefited from over $315 million in grants from the Foundation. As they […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Grants, Greater Milwaukee Foundation

Alverno College to Host Its First Annual Girls Summit in Response to New Report

February 16, 2019

By Nyesha Stone Every few years Alverno College produces The Alverno Report: The Status of Girls in Wisconsin, which contains data detailing how the girls in our state are doing. This year’s 2018-2019 report showed a number of things, but the overall data showed Wisconsin girls are experiencing some troubling patterns, according to a press […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Alverno College, Jodi Eastberg, Marley Dias, Nyesha Stone, The Status of Girls in Wisconsin

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