The United Community Center offers caregiver training in Spanish for families of people with memory loss.
NNS Spotlight
An occasional series that highlights groups and people worth knowing in Milwaukee.
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NNS Spotlight: A love for data and a love for service: Victor Amaya’s journey
Victor Amaya, president and executive director of Data You Can Use, hopes to empower communities by using data to understand their shortcomings and to celebrate their accomplishments.
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NNS Spotlight: How Your Move MKE uses hip-hop and chess to help youths
Your Move MKE combines chess, hip-hop music and other skills to teach youths self-awareness, discipline and leadership
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NNS Spotlight: At 17, she became an author. And she’s still soaring.
At 17, a young Washington Heights woman channeled her faith to become an author.
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NNS Spotlight: New leader of Neighborhood House seeks to empower residents, youths
As the new executive director of Neighborhood House of Milwaukee, Martha Collins hopes to empower the residents and youths she serves.
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New Common Council President José Pérez draws on past experience to meet current challenges
Born on the city’s South Side, José Pérez has made history as the first Latino to hold the title of Common Council president. “I hope that I can be inspirational for people,” he says.
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NNS Spotlight: How Maroon Calabash is addressing Black maternal deaths by building on a history of midwifery
Maroon Calabash is a reproductive justice nonprofit that seeks to makes pregnancy a community-based experience so parents get the support they need.
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NNS Spotlight: Rooted MKE uplifts Black and Brown stories and children
Ashley Valentine founded Rooted MKE after seeing how the education system did not serve children deserving special education.
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NNS Spotlight: How this Milwaukee native uses the arts to empower her community
Mariah Scott set out to create change in her community and ended up with a successful one-woman show.
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NNS Spotlight: 2 prenatal care organizations partner to focus on young fathers
Two prenatal care organizations in Milwaukee have joined forces to help bring more services to young fathers.