Calvin Johnson, 51, who lives in Clarke Square and said he often panhandles at local businesses, urges residents to cast a vote in the upcoming presidential election. He also hopes that people’s perceptions of the poor will change in the future.
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Calvin Johnson, 51, who lives in Clarke Square and said he often panhandles at local businesses, urges residents to cast a vote in the upcoming presidential election. He also hopes that people’s perceptions of the poor will change in the future.
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Edgar is a senior staff reporter for the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service. Mendez is a proud graduate of UW-Milwaukee, where he double majored in Journalism and Sociology, and of Marquette University, where he earned a master’s degree in Communication. As an accomplished journalist, Edgar’s awards include a 2018 Regional Edward R. Murrow award, several press club awards and a Society of Professional Journalists’ regional award for columns dealing with issues such as poverty, homelessness and racism.
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