It’s an ambitious goal: to create a more integrated health care model while serving a higher number of patients. And that’s one of the reasons the Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers’ flagship site is expanding.
NNS Spotlight
An occasional series that highlights groups and people worth knowing in Milwaukee.
Posted inArts and Recreation, Community, NNS Spotlight
NNS Spotlight: Meet Ammar Nsoroma, the muralist who inspired the Milwaukee Bucks’ uniform
Milwaukee muralist Ammar Nsoroma’s artwork “is about the beauty of being Black and feeling all right about it.”
Posted inCommunity, Housing, NNS Spotlight
How Revitalize Milwaukee helps residents repair their homes
Revitalize Milwaukee is a nonprofit organization whose goal is to reduce social, economic and environmental disparities by providing free home repairs throughout Milwaukee and Waukesha counties.
Posted inCommunity, Criminal justice, NNS Spotlight
He spent 20 years in prison. Now he’s spending his life helping those who have been incarcerated.
Ed Hennings spends his time giving back to Milwaukeeans who are in the same position he was once in.
Posted inCommunity, NNS Spotlight, Public Safety
NNS Spotlight: Center teaches students the power of peace
The Peace Learning Center of Milwaukee works with students and others to help teach tools to increase safety.
Posted inCommunity, Economic Development, NNS Spotlight
NNS Spotlight: New Port Director Jackie Q. Carter serves as ‘a picture of the possibility’
Washington Park native Jackie Q. Carter is the first woman and first Black person to serve as the director of Port Milwaukee.
Posted inAmani, Community, Economic Development, Housing, NNS Spotlight
NNS Spotlight: ‘We train them into a job’: How Ezekiel CDC transforms homes, neighborhoods and lives
For 25 years, the nonprofit Ezekiel Community Development Corporation has helped address the need for skilled labor while reducing neighborhood blight.
Posted inCommunity, Health and Wellness, NNS Spotlight
NNS Spotlight: Here’s the tea: Aureal Ojeda wants her company to better the planet
Aureal Ojeda decided to combine her passion for the health benefits of tea with one that bettered the planet, and she opened Outwoken Tea in 2018.
Posted inCommunity, Housing, NNS Spotlight
NNS Spotlight: How Michael Emem is transforming Milwaukee, one project at a time
Michael Emem grew up in Milwaukee and understands the effect the built environment can have on the mental and physical health of a community.
Posted inCommunity, Housing, NNS Spotlight
NNS Spotlight: How Shawn Payne found his purpose (and a job) on the brink of homelessness
Shawn Payne found himself on the brink of homelessness but still found time to volunteer. Now he is the logistics specialist, truck driver and outreach resource coordinator at the Milwaukee Islamic Dawah Center.