Coleone Driver, 48, who is unemployed, talks about the skills he’s acquired over the years.
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Posted inLindsay Heights, Multimedia, On The Block
On The Block: Vendor’s first season
Jasmin Hoover Evans reflects on lessons learned during her first summer as a vendor at the Fondy Farmers Market.
Posted inHarambee, Multimedia, Photos
Thousands pack 2015 Garfield Avenue Festival
The annual Garfield Avenue Festival, held between 7th Street and Dr. Martin Luther King Drive in Bronzeville drew large crowds despite an early-afternoon downpour. Food, music and homemade wares were plentiful at the day-long event.
Posted inAmani, Carousel, Community, Harambee, Home, Lindsay Heights, Metcalfe Park, Neighborhoods, News, North, Sherman Park
Painful childhood helps Boys & Girls Club manager help struggling kids
Ceso Sprewell, who lost his parents at a young age, struggled as a teen growing up in urban Milwaukee. Now 32, he has found his calling helping youth facing similar challenges.
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On the Block: Belief pays
Darlene Rogers talks about the role environment and encouragement play in success.
Posted inCarousel, Health and Wellness, Home, Metcalfe Park, Neighborhoods, News, North
Couple leads effort to serve home-cooked meals to neighbors in need
The self-funded Matilda Ward Youth Empowerment Association has been providing free summer meals at Butterfly Park for more than 10 years.
Posted inHarambee, Posts from Community
Neighborhood youth create Superhero Hide out for the neighborhood
Riverworks Development Corporation has partnered with Artists Working in Education, Inc. (A.W.E.) to engage neighborhood youth in transforming a Tot Lot into a superhero hide out. Youth have been working alongside A.W.E. Satellite Studio lead artist Jasmine West, assistant artists Michaela Murry and Kailee Evans, high school intern Nia Wilson, Riverworks Neighborhood Ambassadors and numerous […]
Posted inAmani, Arts and Recreation, Carousel, Community, Home, Neighborhoods, News, North
Borchert Field C.A.R.E.S. creates master plan
Despite continuing challenges with resident participation and a lack of funds, the Borchert Field C.A.R.E.S association is moving ahead with a neighborhood plan, youth programming and home repair.
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Amani block party celebrates community, challenges perceptions
Community organizations came out to show their support for the Amani neighborhood at its annual block party.
Posted inCarousel, Education, Harambee, Home, Neighborhoods, News, North, Special Report
Special Report: MPS, partners pool resources to change outlook at Carver Academy
With the combined resources of MPS, Teach for America, Schools That Can and City Year, an MPS K-8 school that was nearly closed in 2011 is working to improve student achievement, grow attendance and reduce suspensions.