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Books in the Barbershop initiative launched at Chicago Cutz

September 2, 2016 by Clara Hatcher 3 Comments

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  • Jamique Walker (left) stands with Ron Bell, owner of Chicago Cutz barber shop. (All photos by Clara Hatcher)
  • Alderman Cavalier Johnson introduces Books in the Barbershop, an initiative that partners with the Milwaukee Public Library to encourages children to do more reading.
  • Ced Barber gives a haircut to Charles Comer, a fourth-grader at Bethune Academy.
  • Mayor Tom Barrett remarks that barber shops and beauty salons are like town squares.
  • Common Council President Ashanti Hamilton stands with Milwaukee Public Library Director of Public Services Joan Johnson during the Books in the Barbershop news conference.
  • Ron Bell, center, shakes hands with Alderman Cavalier Johnson at the unveiling of Johnson's new program, Books in the Barbershop.
  • Ron Bell (left) talks with Veronica Azi and MacArthur Weddle, executive director of the Northcott Neighborhood House.
  • Ced Barber cleans up his station after giving his last haircut at the event.
  • Dairyon (left) and Dayveon Brown show off their new haircuts from Chicago Cutz. They are in 5th and 7th grade, respectively.

Five months after opening his barbershop, Chicago Cutz, Ron Bell has partnered with aldermen Cavalier Johnson and Ashanti Hamilton on an initiative called Books in the Barbershop. The program, a partnership with the Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee Public Schools, Sharp Literacy and Northcott Neighborhood House, is meant to bridge the achievement gap between white and minority students in Milwaukee by “putting books in the hands of young people where they are,” according to Johnson. Each month, the Milwaukee Public Library will provide sets of books to be available at Chicago Cutz, 6228 W. Capitol Drive.

At the launch event, Bell gave away school supplies and haircuts to any student who came into the barbershop.

Bell is hoping that the program will increase kids’ desire to pick up a book and get excited about education.

“In the end, it doesn’t matter what you read,” Johnson said. “It matters that you read.”

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  1. AvatarJeff Winke says

    September 2, 2016 at 8:31 am

    Be nice to know where it’s located. To me the address / location IS part of the news about a new business and its community giving project, so you’re not jeopardizing your journalistic purity by including it.

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  2. AvatarSharon McGowan says

    September 2, 2016 at 1:12 pm

    We inadvertently left out the address. It is now in the story.

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  3. AvatarMonica M. Klanderud says

    September 29, 2016 at 11:05 am

    Congrats, Ron! You’re a real blessing to your community and an inspiration and role model to the local youth. Best wishes for abundant success from a fellow Cardinal Stritch grad!

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