Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) is pleased to recognize Big Brother Michael Brown as our Volunteer of the Month. Michael is a project leader for the State of Wisconsin and he has been matched with his Little Brother Jeremiah for 1.5 years. Michael and Jeremiah have a lot in common and find it very easy […]
Fully Engaged: Nichelle Nichols Joins the Madison Metropolitan School District Staff
by Rob Franklin As the summer is winds down, the time begins when parents start preparing their children for the upcoming school year. For Nichelle Nichols, this is now the time to help parents and schools to prepare their children. Nichols was recently named Director of Family, Youth and Community Engagement for the Madison Metropolitan […]
Blacks in Newsroom at All Time Low
by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Last week, The Huffington Post offered this bold headline: “There will be more non-white journalists because the public will demand them.” But based on an extensive study published in the Columbia Journalism Review, apparently no one is demanding black journalists; if so, no […]
New MCTS Suburban Bus Routes Show Increased Ridership & Employment With Inner City Residents
by Mrinal Gokhale The Black Health Coalition (BHC) and MICAH Empowers have officially started their “New Routes. New Moves. Transits & Routes Go Together” campaign, promoting three new MCTS bus routes going to New Berlin, Menomonee Falls and Germantown. “Now, people from the inner city can apply for jobs out in Germantown, New Berlin and […]
Potawatomi Hotel & Casino Addresses City Gun Violence With New Partnership and Program
by Maria Corpus A new initiative will seek to address city violence by linking atrisk youth with employment opportunities and support, thanks to Potawatomi Hotel & Casino’s renamed charity program, Heart of Canal Street. Youth Works MKE is a new, pilot program by the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board that will provide the subsidized jobs […]
Milwaukee Business Leaders Invest in Future of Young Black Men with Wisconsin Scholars Program
by Karen Stokes It’s been three years since the first group of Milwaukee area students and their families gathered at Rufus King International High School for “Signing Day” to commit to participating in a scholarship pilot program, the Wisconsin Scholars. The program finances college for Black males from Milwaukee to Morehouse College in Atlanta. Business […]
Thousands March Nearly 900 Miles in Journey for Justice
by Curtis Bunn Urban News Service SELMA, Alabama –The movement that began in a bungalow is traveling nearly 900 miles to the home of Dr. King’s “Dream.” A coalition of organizations, led by the NAACP, embarked Saturday on an 860-mile, 40-day, 40-night march from Selma, Alabama to Washington, D.C. This initiative recalls the original Civil […]
Black Attorneys Battle Inside a Criminally Unjust Court System
Broken Promises, Bias, Brutality and Bail LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) – The National Bar Association’s 90th annual convention’s message of fighting police brutality mirrored the fight Black Americans face every day. The convention, with its theme “A Legacy of Service. A Promise of Justice,” centered on police brutality and highlighted problems and solutions to why Blacks […]
Taylor Barrington is the New ‘Maverick’ in Town
Black Women Entrepreneurs Series by Jen Anderson In many ways, Taylor Barrington was groomed to own her own business from the very start. She found her beginnings as a business owner in middle school, making “blinged bandanas” for her classmates. She’s come a long way since her jewels and bandana days to run her own […]
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