The Center Street Business Improvement District is encouraging residents to patronize small businesses between 32nd and 60th streets.
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Posted inHarambee, Opinion: Community Voices
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.
Posted inCarousel, Community, Harambee, Home, Neighborhoods, News, North
Juneteenth Day organizers proclaim ‘It’s time to make a change’
Rain did not stop community members from attending the 47th annual Juneteenth Day festival, where they honored black culture and history while calling for change.
Posted inCarousel, Clarke Square, Economic Development, Harambee, Home, Lindsay Heights, Neighborhoods, News, North, South
Pop-Up MKE launches first round of summer businesses
This summer, 17 businesses will cycle through locations on the North and South Sides as part of the Pop-Up MKE program, which provides grants to small-business owners.
Posted inLindsay Heights, Multimedia, On The Block
On the Block: Blaming the victim
Charles Justus took a break from digging up weeds in Alice’s Garden to talk about the unfairness of victim blaming.
Posted inCarousel, Community, Harambee, Home, Neighborhoods, News, North
Community to get first look at new America’s Black Holocaust Museum
Two events celebrating the completion of the building housing the museum and the Griot Apartments are slated for June 18 and 19.
Posted inCarousel, Community, Home, Lindsay Heights, Neighborhoods, News, North
Alice’s Garden birthday party celebrates milestone for Milwaukee infants
Look Who’s Turning One, a birthday party for Milwaukee babies who reached their first birthdays in 2018, also called attention to infant mortality.
Posted inLindsay Heights, Multimedia, On The Block
On the Block: A business and a home
Rodney Anderson has been selling ice cream at Tastee Twist in Lindsay Heights for 39 years, but now he is concerned about gentrification.
Posted inCommunity, North
This is 53206
Few communities are known by their ZIP codes, but Milwaukee’s 53206 is an exception. The statistics are grim. For example, 62 percent of black men in 53206 are incarcerated, the highest percentage in the country, and 44.6 percent of individuals live below the poverty line. But there is much more to 53206 than these statistics.
Posted inAmani, Carousel, Community, Home, Neighborhoods, News, North
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.