Milwaukee residents attended several different neighborhood cleanups over the weekend, picking up litter and clearing debris. Organizers say the efforts also help strengthen engagement and community pride.
Jonathan Aguilar / Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service / CatchLight Local
Jonathan Aguilar is a photojournalist as well as a Report for America corps member and Catchlight Local fellow. Before coming to Milwaukee, he spent two years as a photographer at one of America’s oldest daily newspapers, The Blade, in Toledo, Ohio. Aguilar grew up in the Chicago suburbs. He earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from DePaul University and his master’s degree from the Medill School of Journalism.
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