By Ana Martinez-Ortiz At the start of the pandemic, older individuals and those with immunocompromised systems were the main concern. As the pandemic has progressed and variants continue to mutate, the new concern is children. Each week, Children’s Wisconsin releases information regarding the number of COVID-19 cases among children. From Sept. 22 to Sept. 28, […]
Doctor Advises Parents to Take Precautions Against COVID-19
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Children don’t always know how to express themselves, especially when they’re feeling sick. If a child is experiencing a loss of taste or smell, they may not be able to tell their parents that, Dr. Brandi Freeman said. Instead, a child may say their food tastes funny or something along those lines. […]
Peace Corps Announces New Peace Corps Prep Program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
The Peace Corps announced the launch of Peace Corps Prep, an undergraduate certificate program, today at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Scheduled to kick off Spring 2022, the program will combine targeted coursework with hands-on experience, building the competencies needed for students to be Peace Corps volunteers or other intercultural fieldworkers. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is one of […]
Thousands Rally for Reproductive Freedom
MADISON, Wis. — Today thousands of people are expected to come together through over 500 events across the country in support of reproductive freedom. The national day of action comes just a day after new research was released showing that 1,274,000 women of reproductive age in Wisconsin and more than 36 million women nationwide, could lose access to abortion if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. We are at a crisis moment […]
Stacey Abrams Talks Voting Rights, Politics, and Being “The First” at Pabst Theater
By Karen Stokes Earlier this week, the Pabst Theater hosted “A Conversation with Stacey Abrams,” a nationwide tour featuring former Georgia lawmaker and author Stacey Abrams on Wednesday, Sept. 22. The nationwide tour kicked off in Texas. During the tour, Abrams shares her insights on voting rights and politics. The hour-long conversation was moderated by […]
MKE Fellows Team With PGA to Go “Beyond The Green”
International Ryder Cup Event Provides Milwaukee Youth with Access to Careers in Professional Golf Industry Earlier this week MKE Fellows, in partnership with the PGA of America, provided a once-in-a-lifetime, behind-the-scenes experience for over 60 Milwaukee youngsters to see “Beyond the Green” when they visited Whistling Straits Golf Course, home of this year’s international Ryder […]
A Milwaukee for All Talks the Necessity of Early Childhood Education
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz When Yimma Davila-Castro’s youngest son was born, she put him in a family care center for daycare. He loved it there, Davila-Castro said. Inspired by her son’s contentment and education, Davila-Castro began asking what’s involved in a family care center. That was six years ago. Now, Davila-Castro is the owner of Yimma’s […]
‘Educators Answered the Call’: First Lady Dr. Jill Biden Visits Milwaukee
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Earlier this week, Milwaukee received a special visitor when First Lady Dr. Jill Biden visited Milwaukee before continuing onto Des Moines. Biden made an appearance at Marvin Pratt Elementary School, 5131 N. Green Bay Ave., where she made some remarks and spoke with parents and teachers during a roundtable discussion. “The school […]
The COVID-19 Equity Task Force is Looking at the Present and the Future
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Disparities in health care, education, food and more existed long before the COVID-19 pandemic began. The pandemic brought these issues into focus and forced everyone to pay attention to the struggles existing within their own communities. While the response to these disparities has varied on a local level, the end goal is […]
Family Doctors Step Up as Last Line of Defense Against Vaccine Hesitancy
By Josephine Reid Although 54 percent of the US population is now fully vaccinated for COVID-19, vaccine hesitancy is still prevalent, now with a newer group—parents of children ages 12 and under. Family doctors and pediatricians are now being called to the front lines to create trust among these parents of children who can now […]
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