By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Last August, Jacob Blake was shot in the back seven times by Kenosha Police Officer Rusten Shesky. After an investigation into the shooting, Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley announced that no one would be charged. “No Kenosha law enforcement in this case will be charged with any criminal offense based on […]
Exploring Your Own Backyard with the Urban Ecology Center
By Hayley Crandall Believe it or not, backyards are biodiverse places and the Urban Ecology Center is helping people learn more about them. The Urban Ecology Center is hosting its seasonal virtual “Yardversity” program beginning next week on Thursday, Jan. 14 and Friday, Jan. 15. This time around, it is focusing on the identification and […]
How One New Program Hopes to Help Kids Who Test Positive for Lead Poisoning
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. A new program from the Medical College of Wisconsin seeks to create a more efficient response process for children who have tested positive […]
Documentary Tells the Story of ‘Latino Wisconsin’
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz 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. Georgia Pabst’s interest in Wisconsin’s diverse Latino communities is both personal and professional. After all, she’s a fourth generation Mexican American, and as […]
Chytania Brown is Back Home at Employ Milwaukee as the CEO
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz March 16, 2020 is a day that will go down in history. For the United States, it will be remembered as the day when the coronavirus quarantine began, but for Chytania Brown it will also go down as the day she returned home to Employ Milwaukee. Brown’s journey with Employ Milwaukee began […]
Contest Allows Students to Pitch Ideas on Improving Educational Outcomes for Black Males
By Sam Woods 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. Do you have an idea for how to improve high school education? You might be able to get paid to make that idea […]
FACT
FACT (Wisconsin’s youth-led tobacco prevention program) the Wisconsin African American Tobacco Prevention Network and Wisconsin Tobacco Prevention and Poverty Network would like to acknowledge and thank Acting Fire Chief for his continued support of tobacco prevention efforts in Milwaukee. Chief Lipski, who recently assumed the helm of the Milwaukee Fire Department, has served as a […]
LL Coogi’s Top Tier Battle Mentality Meets Meticulous Work Ethic in Nine Project Run with “Cold March 4” Release
By Dylan Deprey As 2020 winds down, some artists have thrown in the towel on this asterisk of a year—not LL Coogi. When large stage battle rap events were put on hold due to travel and capacity restrictions, the local battle rapper decided it was time to focus on music, collaborations and building his own […]
In the Spirit of the Season, One Local Girl Gives Back
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Earlier this week, Khamila Vazquez, a third grader at Rocketship Southside Community Prep, visited Children’s Wisconsin, not because she was sick but because she was making a special delivery. Khamila, along with her parents Magda De Osio and Sal Vazquez, were dropping off toys at Children’s Wisconsin for hospitalized children. As a […]
Milwaukee Organizations Join DJ Jazzy Jeff and Local Music Influencers, for the Hip Hop and Health Virtual Event
The event is designed to inform and entertain Milwaukee while providing an experience of health empowerment. To promote the importance of health information in the Black and Brown community and beyond as we close the year, Milwaukee organizations are coming together to host “Hip Hop and Health”—a live, virtual panel event moderated by Carrie “Noni […]
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