This year we march as a community, we march in peace together in honor of those Children and All of our Loved Ones who have passed into Death. Please join us for our 4th Annual El Día de los Muertos Parade:Noche de Niños. We dedicate this entire parade to all of Los Niños/ The Children. […]
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Business development aid for refugees
A program that helps refugees seeking to start up their own home childcare business is recruiting for its next class. The SDC Refugee Childcare Microenterprise Development Project is beginning signup for its next class. The program is designed to train refugees and asylees (persons who have been granted asylum) to become state certified home-based family […]
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Nohl grant helps YMCA reintegrate art into regular programming
After several years of limited arts programming due to budgetary constraints, the YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee will reintroduce regular visual arts programming, thanks to a $10,000 grant from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Mary L. Nohl Fund. The YMCA will partner with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Peck School of the Arts, Milwaukee Institute of Art and […]
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Building stronger fathers
Fathers across the Milwaukee area are faced with many challenges. They will be offered tools they can use to become stronger fathers and cope with those challenges at the 8th Annual Milwaukee Fatherhood Summit. The Fatherhood Summit will be held Friday and Saturday, October 4th and 5th at Destiny Youth Plaza at 7210 N. 76th […]
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Providing GED testing option
Students trying to complete their GED tests before a December deadline are being offered a testing site by the Social Development Commission (SDC). SDC provides state-certified testing at its 4041 N. Richards Street building. The program offers the GED tests in both English and Spanish for students seeking to earn their diploma. Adult students need […]
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Volunteer tutors needed for GED Classes – Spanish and English
Spanish-Speaking GED Tutors – Volunteer Tutors will help Spanish-speaking GED students prepare for the GED test. Tutoring can take place one-on-one or in a small-group setting. Areas of particular need are math and writing. Volunteers are asked to commit to at least one hour per week. Available times include: Monday: 9-11am Tuesday: 5:30-7pm Wednesday: 9-11am Thursday: 5:30-7pm […]
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Volunteer basketball coaches needed
Head & Assistant 5th Grade Girls– Must be available on Tuesdays/Thursdays for practices from 4:30-6pm. Saturday games will be played @ WCLL (1017 N. 12th Street) Assistant 5th Grade Boys- Must be available on Tuesdays/Thursdays for practices from 4:30-6pm. Saturday games will be played @ Davis Boys & Girls Club (1975 S 24th St) Head & Assistant […]
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Support for SDC programs
Fiscal support has been committed for several programs and activities involving the Social Development Commission (SDC). The Forest County Potawatomi Foundation has announced it is supporting work at the agency with a $30,000 grant. That funding will help the free Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, financial literacy efforts, and a partnership SDC has with […]
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Introducing the 2014 Alice’s Garden Herbal CSA!
Since 2008, Alice’s Garden has provided locally grown herbs and herbal teas to the Milwaukee community, along with herbal education and informational workshops. An herbal product line was created in 2012 and in 2014, Alice’s Garden Healing Herbs will offer the community an Herbal CSA. This CSA, community supported agriculture, will provide a collection of fresh herbs, herbal […]
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Special board election set for SDC
Residents of Milwaukee’s Northwest side and northern suburbs will have the opportunity to select a new representative to the Social Development Commission (SDC) Board. A Special Election for SDC District One will be held Friday, September 13 between 8am and 6pm. The polling location will be at the Silver Spring Neighborhood Center located at 5460 […]