The team at Near West Side Partners is building a refreshed strategic plan that amplifies the voices of neighbors, addresses housing access and affordability and strengthens public safety.
Opinion: Community Voices
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Opinion: Here’s why we need to make water safety education a priority in Milwaukee
Water safety education is a critical part of drowning prevention to learn about the risks and dangers associated with water; how to respond in emergencies;- and how to stay safe while enjoying activities in, on, and around the water.
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Your Right to Know: When transparency is disregarded
Recent weeks have brought forth two of the most egregious violations of the public’s right to know in Wisconsin.
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Opinion: It’s time to overturn Act 12. Milwaukee deserves better.
Act 12 chose to punish its way out of financial problems. The solution was not only anti-Black, it was outdated and misanthropic. Wisconsinites who are united in seeing a better quality of life for themselves need to work on repealing Act 12, and to create legislation that is life affirming.
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Opinion: Your Right to Know: Want a closed session? Explain yourself!
A recent Wisconsin appeals court ruling regarding closed sessions has positive implications for government openness.
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Opinion: Profit or people? The PSC’s choice will shape Wisconsin’s future
The question at hand is not simply whether the PSC will approve more fossil fuel infrastructure. It’s whether the Commission will continue to serve a political system held hostage by corporate imperatives of growth and profit — or rise to meet the moral demands of our moment: to protect the breath, health, and future of the people it was created to serve.
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Opinion: The teachers who shape teachers: A thank you to my mentor
To Amanda– and all the mentors who stand behind new teachers – thank you. Thank you for your patience, your wisdom, and for modeling what it means to truly show up for students.
Posted inCommunity, Opinion: Community Voices
Opinion: The dire threat to nonprofits that serve the people some want to forget
In many ways, nonprofits – and the people they serve – are the most vulnerable to the current gutting of the federal government and the assault on the nation’s social programs.
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Opinion: We deserve better than blame: A response to Alderman Lamont Westmoreland’s statement on littering
What Milwaukee needs is not scolding, but solution-centered leadership. We need leaders who understand that systemic divestment not individual behavior is the root of neighborhood conditions.
Posted inCommunity, Education, Health and Wellness, Opinion: Community Voices
Opinion: The future of Milwaukee Public Schools: A heart in crisis
MPS struggles under the weight of systemic issues—some new, some chronic—that threaten its ability to function. Without intentional, transformative change, we risk cardiac arrest.