Angela Harris, a first-grade teacher, created Milwaukee Community Care and Mutual Aid to help connect residents who need support during the COVID-19 pandemic with those who are able to help.
Milwaukee teachers go the virtual distance to keep students engaged
Schools may be closed, but these Milwaukee teachers are finding creative ways to connect with their young charges.
‘More high-tech than high touch’: Youth-serving organizations are getting creative amid pandemic
From livestream Q&As, virtual chess lessons, contests for academic computer programs and weekly phone check-ins, Milwaukee’s youth-serving nonprofit organizations are adapting to closures and finding new ways to support young people.
SPECIAL REPORT: A tale of two cities: New York providers credit ‘aftercare’ for helping youths transition home
Although they already face obstacles, the real challenge for young people in New York’s youth justice system comes when they return home. Leaders say “aftercare’ helps ensure their success.
SPECIAL REPORT: A tale of two cities: New York juvenile justice program stresses ‘safety by relationships’
Advocates say the key to New York’s Close to Home initiative involves a shift from the traditional idea of “corrections” for young people.
SPECIAL REPORT: A tale of two cities: How New York and Milwaukee approach juvenile justice
The closing of Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake youth prisons will affect the future of our state’s most vulnerable youths. Many leaders say New York is a model for how young people should be treated. We travel to the Big Apple to see if there are lessons we can learn for Milwaukee.
Unrest in Sherman Park: Three years later: The weekend
Three years ago this week, unrest in Sherman Park put the neighborhood-and our city-in the national spotlight. But what’s happened to the community since then? That’s the question we seek to answer this week – and our focus for the remainder of the year. Milwaukee County Sheriff’s vehicles patrol Sherman Park as park-goers enjoy the […]
Unrest in Sherman Park: Three years later: 5 things to know
Here are some things you should know about what followed after the unrest in Sherman Park in 2016.
NNS Summer Survival Guide: Here are some resources to help keep our kids safe and engaged
As our city grieves with the family of 3-year-old Brooklyn Harris, who died during a road rage incident Saturday, we wanted to offer resources that will help keep our youths safe and engaged this summer.
EXCLUSIVE: ‘I’m not the only one who has a mom in jail’: Camp reunites locked-up mothers with their kids
Now in its second year, the week-long Camp Reunite allows locked-up mothers the opportunity to reconnect with the children they’ve left behind.
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