By Dylan Deprey The Milwaukee Courier Resources, resources everywhere but some are hard to find. Milwaukee has had financial fairs, health fairs and job fairs but few under the same roof. WNOV 860 The Voice has taken the typical resource fair one step further. The 3rd annual Community Resource Fair will unite around 26 sponsors […]
Grant to Aid Juveniles with Legal Assistance
by Dylan Deprey Teenagers who break the law get tickets. Driving tickets, drinking tickets, theft tickets, drug tickets, parking tickets, the list goes on and on. Often, they will pay the fine, feel bad for a while and go on their way. While some tickets can be forgettable, they can haunt those in the future. […]
Hamilton Announces Fight Against Crime and Abandoned Buildings
by Dylan Deprey There is nothing more unpleasing to the eye then half of a demolished building. The jagged wooden boards of what used to be a thriving business hang, moving with sudden gusts of wind. Cigarette butts, syringes, and makeshift beds cover the ground as a new layer of carpet. Criminal acts ranging from […]
President Obama Commends Milwaukee for Winning Healthy Communities Challenge
Citizens Mobilized Over 38,000 People to Sign Up for Obamacare by Mrinal Gokhale The Milwaukee Courier Last Thursday, President Barack Obama congratulated Milwaukee for winning his Healthy Communities Challenge at the Bruce Guadalupe Community School. The White House Healthy Communities Challenge was designed to help communities lacking health insurance sign up for Obamacare. Milwaukee defeated […]
Milwaukee Exhibit Honors Civil Rights Activist
Milwaukee Public Library Features Work Of James Cameron by Chuck Quirmbach An exhibit honoring lynching survivor and African-American civil rights activist James Cameron was unveiled over the weekend in Milwaukee. Cameron founded America’s Black Holocaust Museum in 1984, 54 years after a white mob tried to lynch him in Indiana. The site had exhibits on […]
Black Boys, Black Men, In Black Tuxedos
By The Milwaukee Courier Staff On Saturday, December 12, an estimated 500 boys and men turned heads as they strutted through the streets of downtown Milwaukee. This was the second event held and coordinated by “We Got This” founder Andre Lee Ellis. Ellis shared, “The purpose of the walk is to show our young boys […]
Sisters 4 Cure Celebrates and Educates at Second Annual Gathering
By Karen Stokes Sisters 4 Cure presented their second annual wellness event, Breast and Cervical Prevention & Survivorship, on Thursday at the Briggs and Stratton Corporate Auditorium, 12301 W. Wirth Street. The event celebrated breast and cervical cancer survivors, sharing mind, body and spirit self-care techniques and mindfulness practices known to improve quality of life […]
To Hold On or to Let Go: Combating Workplace Discrimination
by Mrinal Gokhale For many years, Milwaukee has established a national reputation for high segregation, high black unemployment and extreme school achievement gaps between white and African-American students. Some allege that Milwaukee area workplace discrimination and harassment against people of color isn’t discussed enough, although they feel it’s problematic. Dimitri Mack, employment services representative at […]
Black Votes Matter: Local Political, Business Leaders Convene for the First Time
by Ariele Vaccaro In a spirit similar to that of the Black Lives Matter movement, several local business and political leaders are coming together to encourage people of color to vote smart this election year. The group, called Black Votes Matter, convened for the first time this past Tuesday evening at the Skybox Sports Bar […]
Department of Workforce Development Encourages Families to Enroll in Wisconsin Promise
by Ariele Vaccaro In the spirit of Disability Mentoring Day, the Department of Workforce Development (DWD) highlighted an initiative that helps young Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients find educational and employment resources. During a Wednesday press conference, DWD pointed out recent wins for the program, including high interest on the part of local employers. The […]
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