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Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service invites community members to submit opinion pieces of 500-800 words on topics of interest to central city Milwaukee. To send a submission for consideration, please email info@milwaukeenns.org. The views expressed are solely those of the authors.

OPINION: An open letter to the police chief: Surveillance and profiling are the not the building blocks for police reform

February 7, 2023 by Ibtisam M. Abujad 1 Comment

If the aim is to improve the “relationship” between the police and the residents of Milwaukee, I would encourage the police department to look inwardly and seek radical change in its investments in racist systems of surveillance and regulation.

Filed Under: Community, Community Voices Tagged With: #8 Can’t Wait, Black Lives Matter, Campaign Zero, chief of police, fitna, George Floyd, Jeffrey B. Norman, Marquette, Memphis, milwaukee, Muslim, police departments, police violence, racism, Sheriff David Clarke, surveillance, Tyre Nichols

OPINION: Hope is the key to unlocking Milwaukee’s vast potential and moving our city forward

February 2, 2023 by Frank Schneiger 3 Comments

If the starting point for addressing any problem or challenge is naming it, here is what strikes me as some very important ones that are now so “normal” in Milwaukee that most people don’t even see them anymore.

Filed Under: Carousel, Community, Community Voices Tagged With: Alverno, center street, Clarke Square, frank schneiger, Marquette, milwaukee, MSOE, poverty, UWM, washington park

OPINION: Here’s why Milwaukee needs a new movie palace to replace the Oriental Theatre

December 7, 2022 by Dan Bomberg 8 Comments

Despite many Milwaukeeans cherishing the Oriental Theatre as a place to gather and experience quality cinema, the Oriental’s name and design perpetuate racist exoticism of Asian, Pacific Islander and Middle Eastern cultures.

Filed Under: Community, Community Voices Tagged With: Community Voices, Dan Bomberg, oriental theatre

OPINION: Black Americans still lag in COVID-19 vaccination rates. We must use culturally attuned strategies to address the issue.

December 1, 2022 by Dr. Joan Prince 3 Comments

Representing nearly 13% of the U.S. population, the Black community is one of our country’s communities hit hardest by the COVID pandemic. We must fix this.

Filed Under: Community, Community Voices Tagged With: Black Americans, CDC, covid-19, Dr. Joan Prince, vaccinations

OPINION: I killed a man. But is my sentence based more on revenge when it should be about redemption and rehabilitation?

November 15, 2022 by Joseph Cook 4 Comments

Our judicial system is based on revenge when it should be about redemption and rehabilitation.

Filed Under: Community, Community Voices Tagged With: criminal justice, inmate, prison

Inside the NNS Newsroom: Got something meaningful to say? We want to hear from you

October 5, 2022 by O. Ricardo Pimentel Leave a Comment

Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service wants to give seldom-heard voices a platform. Here’s what we are looking for.

Filed Under: Community, Community Voices Tagged With: commentary, Community Voices, Inside the NNS Newsroom, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, north side, south side.

OPINION: MPS needs to be fixed now, and the mayor must lead the effort

August 15, 2022 by Dan Adams 4 Comments

Mayor Johnson simply can’t play the Barrett playbook and ignore schools for the next decade. The district must be fixed, now, and there is no other leader with the responsibility, political ability and moral authority to do it.

Filed Under: Community, Community Voices

OPINION: MPS board rewards Itself – but for what?

May 9, 2022 by Dan Adams Leave a Comment

The district’s academic record does not warrant MPS Board’s decision to give its members a 4.7% pay raise.

Filed Under: Community Voices, Neighborhoods Tagged With: Aisha Carr, Dan Adams, declining enrollment., Education, Milwaukee Public Schools, MPS budget, pay raise

OPINION: ‘The goodness continues’: How the new Table Vocational Center answers a call to serve our community

May 4, 2022 by Venice R. Williams 5 Comments

At 5305 W. Capitol Drive, we are launching The Table Vocational Center. It will focus on both the inner work, and the outer work, humanity needs to be restored to wholeness.

Filed Under: Community, Community Voices, Neighborhoods Tagged With: A Miracle Happened Wellness and Birth Services, Alice’s Garden, Anomaly Catering, Community Voices, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Full Circle Healing Farm, LLC, Matthew Fox, Mystic Phoenix Art, Rural Urban FLOW, Seed, Soil and Soul, The Reinvention of Work, The Table, The Table Vocational Center, Venice Williams, Yoga FloWellness

OPINION: Why I want to be ‘Mixx Wisconsin’

May 3, 2022 by Annia Leonard 1 Comment

As the first nonbinary contestant (that I know of) running in this Wisconsin state pageant, I want to put some respect on my identity and my journey.

Filed Under: Community, Community Voices, Neighborhoods Tagged With: 414Life, Annia Leonard, Ayuda Mutua, beauty pageant, Black Rose Initiative, Brave Green Wave Trybe, Butterfly Collective, ComForce, Enchanted Werk, Future Productions, Kataluna Enriquez, Milwaukee County, Miss Wisconsin, Mixx Wisconsin, MKE Good Food Bus, Priceless Incite, Stecina

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