Representatives of the Health Department, Milwaukee Water Works, the Department of Public Works and others will be on hand to answer questions about the city’s lead crisis on Friday, March 22.
Not so fast: Groups hope to show you that good food can come to those who wait
When it comes to food, sometimes it’s easier to eat something convenient over something healthy. Kohl’s Healthy Families and the American Cancer Society decided to challenge that idea with nutrition education programs.
Is Milwaukee safe? What you need to know about the city’s lead crisis
One in 10 children in Milwaukee have tested with elevated blood lead levels. But what is the source: paint, water, both? Depends on whom you ask.
CORE El Centro focuses on healing from the inside out
CORE El Centro, which opened in 2002, provides natural healing and wellness services to thousands of low-income residents.
Forum surfaces ongoing controversy over prime cause of lead poisoning in Milwaukee
Representatives of the Milwaukee Health Department and advocacy groups continued to disagree on the main source of lead poisoning at a League of Women Voters forum intended to call attention to the issue.
UMedics trainers teach urban first aid for gunshot victims
Martine Caverl and Amika Tendaji, co-founders of the Chicago-based UMedics, brought their workshop to Milwaukee to teach participants how to keep a gunshot victim alive until help arrives.
Benedict Center calls human trafficking ‘public health’ issue
During the Benedict Center’s recent Women and Justice Conference, panelists posited that human trafficking is a public health issue, since it affects not only individuals but communities.
Health fair at Pete’s Fruit Market provides information on disease prevention
Pete’s Fruit Market’s first health fair at its Bronzeville location offered attendees resources to prevent and treat lifestyle-related diseases such as diabetes and heart disease.
Camp Umoja balances fun, discipline to create future leaders
Camp Umoja is a free six-week summer program that aims to put children in kindergarten through high school on a path to success.
Canvassers go door to door to warn Amani residents about lead dangers
Members of the Milwaukee Nutrition & Lead Task Force are knocking on every door in the Amani neighborhood this summer to educate the community about lead.
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