Attendees relax at a reception before the completion ceremony. (Photo by Sue Vliet)
Mayor Tom Barrett welcomes the audience. (Photo by Sue Vliet)
Participants listen attentively. (Photo by Sue Vliet)
Jeanette Mitchell addresses the audience at the Neighborhood Leadership Institute Cohort 2 Completion Ceremony. (Photo by Sue Vliet)
Neva Hill (right), from the Woodlands, and 15 other participants completed the Neighborhood Leadership Institute program. (Photo by Sue Vliet)
Ellen Gilligan, president and CEO of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, addresses the graduating class. (Photo by Sue Vliet)
(from left): Taryn Webb, Jacqueline Ward, Antoinette Vaughn, Britney Roberson, Angela Pruitt, Sherrelia King, Octavia Parker, Neva Hill, Virgina DuPriest, Jim Anderson and Jeanette Mitchell. (Photo by Sue Vliet)
The Neighborhood Leadership Institute, which was developed to help build the capacity and effectiveness of resident and nonprofit leaders, celebrated the program’s completion Thursday. Eight pairs of participants in NLI’s second cohort came from the neighborhoods of Amani, Capitol Heights, Woodlands, Harambee, Layton Boulevard West, Lindsay Heights, Thurston Woods and Washington Park.
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Program cultivates new crop of neighborhood leaders
by Sue Vliet, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
July 10, 2015
