Members of the Milwaukee Nutrition & Lead Task Force are knocking on every door in the Amani neighborhood this summer to educate the community about lead.
Milwaukee museum pulls black people ‘out of the shadows of history’
Clayborn Benson’s Wisconsin Black Historical Society overflows with formerly forgotten stories of African-American residents of Wisconsin.
‘Dr. Carter’ recognized with honorary street sign at 24th and Burleigh
Prominent community member and druggist “Doctor” Lester Carter received an honorary street sign outside of his 50-year-old drug store.
Auer Avenue School draws well-known chef for pilot hot breakfast program
Chef Michael Feker taught volunteers how to cook and serve hot breakfasts for Auer Avenue School students during an eight-week program that took more than a year to plan.
City shorts black-led organizations on federal CDBG grants, report finds
During a presentation of a recently released report that shows the lopsided role white-led nonprofits play in neighborhood development, elected and appointed city officials and nonprofit leaders said that has to change.
Gallery displays portraits of local figures by black artists
The Urban Wood, Urban Heroes gallery provided a venue for African-American artists to display and sell their artwork of prominent figures in Milwaukee history.
Major crime decrease in Milwaukee’s Amani neighborhood
Crime in the Amani neighborhood of Milwaukee continued to decrease another 12.08% in 2017, while at the same time City of Milwaukee crime increased 1.94%.
MATC pilots initiative to help students from 53206 earn degrees
A new MATC program, Commit to Complete, is intended to serve students who live or work in the 53206 ZIP code, and who started college but were unable to finish.
Lifelong advocate focuses efforts on Amani neighborhood
Brenda Hart-Richardson has been retired for more than six years, but remains an active community advocate in Amani, where she grew up.
City’s violence prevention efforts stall as ‘time is ticking’
The city’s Office of Violence Prevention has yet to release its violence prevention plan, more than a year after the process was launched. A prior effort touted by the Common Council has also fizzed out, without substantial results.
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