By Charlene Crowell Deputy Communications Director for the Center for Responsible Lending Each year as families beam with pride at seeing a son, daughter or another relative graduate from college, that achievement is nearly always the result of a family’s commitment to higher education. And when these institutions are among the more than 100 Historically […]
Milwaukee County Announces Transition to Electronic Monitoring
Proposal calls for the safe reduction of the incarcerated population by enabling individuals in the justice system to maintain employment and connection to community Building on long-term efforts to build a fairer and more effective justice system, Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele and the House of Correction today announced a proposal to expand the electronic […]
Milwaukee Woman Living with Sickle Cell says Every Day is a Question Mark
By Karen Stokes Elodie Ontala Babongui is a beautiful, educated woman that has a great job and is engaged to be married next year. The day I met her she was full of energy. That was a good day. Unfortunately, every day is a question mark concerning her health, living with sickle cell disease. “I […]
UWM Laid The Foundation For Young Business Leaders
By Kathy Quirk Devon Norwood and Ranell Washington met and became friends at UWM’s Lubar School of Business. They were both Lubar Business Scholars, and served with the Delta Sigma Pi professional business fraternity as well as the Black and Gold Committee. They also attended classes together and worked out together at the Klotsche Center, […]
Youth Came to Fight for their Future During International Climate Strike Week
By Nyesha Stone On Sept. 20, over 4 million people around the world went on strike. The goal was to demand leaders, who were heading to the United Nations Climate Action Summit, to have stronger commitments to fighting climate change. Youth activist Greta Thunberg started this strike alone over a year ago. In August 2018, […]
Local Students Participate in ACLU’s Advocacy Institute’s Summer Advocacy Program
High schools from across the nation traveled to the nation’s capital recently to participate in the ACLU’s Advocacy Institute’s Summer Advocacy Program. Among them were Kayla McPike and TaNiya Robinson, local members of FACT, Wisconsin’s Youth-Led Tobacco Prevention Movement. The program brought together the teens for a week long program aimed at creating the next […]
The Republican Controlled State Legislature is Holding Back the City of Milwaukee
By Nyesha Stone Republicans have the power and their holding back the city of Milwaukee. To combat this, Alderman Cavalier Johnson was the primary sponsor of the legislation to place a non-binding referendum to the April 7, 2020 ballot asking voters if the City of Milwaukee should request that the Wisconsin Legislature pass a law […]
Civil Rights Icon Angela Davis has Earned Induction Into the National Women’s Hall of Fame
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Civil rights icon Angela Davis has earned induction into the National Women’s Hall of Fame. The activist, educator, and former Black Panther earned the honors because of her dedicated work during the civil rights movement and Davis’ continued fight to secure equal rights and social justice for […]
Nation’s Largest Teachers Unions, Others, Prepare for Climate Change Summit
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Young people from around the country are expected to unite to help fight climate change on Friday, September 20. The gathering is scheduled just three days before the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York. Officials at the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) said youth plan […]
Goodr is Reusing Food and Saving the Planet
By Nyesha Stone When Jasmine Crowe moved to Atlanta, she noticed how big the homeless population was, so she took matters into her own hands and started cooking for them. At first, she prepared meals every two weeks, but now she’s helping on a larger scale. It started one day when Crowe was upset after […]