Jarrett English, an experienced professional organizer in Milwaukee, weighs in on Police Chief Alfonso Morales’ listening session on the North Side this week. He says the event may have served the chief’s interest, but not the community’s.
OPINION: A ‘development that’s not community centered from the start is a failure from the start’
The Strauss saga is a failure all around and a perfect example of how and why Wisconsin is 10 years behind where it should be.
Let’s flip the script: Milwaukee and ‘the rest’ of Wisconsin need to work together to move Forward
Wisconsin has gotten used to being “the best of the worst.” It doesn’t have to be this way. Join us Sunday as we take actions to move forward.
Setting record straight on ACLU settlement
Jarrett English, senior field organizer of ACLU Wisconsin, writes there are some points that need to be cleared up about the settlement of an ACLU lawsuit regarding the MPD’s “stop and frisk” policies.
Juneteenth and the future of Milwaukee
Jarrett English, senior field organizer of ACLU Wisconsin, writes that as wonderful as the 49th anniversary of Milwaukee’s Juneteenth celebration is, it’s clear, as the 50th anniversary approaches, that black Milwaukee has many more chains from which to free itself.