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NNS is seeking a consultant to develop a sustainability and revenue-generating plan for Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, a two-year-old online news organization covering Milwaukee’s central city neighborhoods. The ideal candidate would have experience: For more information, please email info@milwaukeenns.org.

Safe & Sound currently has an exciting opportunity for a dynamic individual in the role of Community Partner Organizer. We are seeking to fill two positions, one bi-lingual. Safe & Sound is a community-based, anti-crime strategy designed to reduce crime and violence. It utilizes the interdependent strategies of positive youth development at Safe Places, neighborhood organizing […]

The Zilber Family Foundation announced today that it had awarded a three-year grant in the amount of $600,000 to United Neighborhood Centers of Milwaukee (UNCOM) to continue its work in support of the Zilber Neighborhood Initiative. The initiative was established by the late real estate developer and philanthropist, Joseph J. Zilber, to, in his words, […]

Victims of domestic and family violence will be able to more easily access support and services needed to help them heal from abuse, thanks to a new building under development by the Sojourner Family Peace Center. The Greater Milwaukee Foundation provided a $50,000 grant during its fourth quarter competitive grantmaking cycle to support preconstruction work […]

Smokers!  Circle this date – Thursday, Nov. 15 – in red letters on your calendar. That’s the date of the 37th annual Great American Smokeout, organized by the American Cancer Society to encourage smokers to quit. “Quitting smoking is hard to do, but it’s hard to think of anything that’s better for your health,” said […]

Over the past two weeks College Possible students took a break from preparing for the ACT and filling out college applications to give back to their communities. Nearly 500 students from 10 College Possible Milwaukee partner high schools engaged in community service projects to improve their schools, neighborhoods and parks. It was their way of […]

Did you know that one of the risks factors for mothers who deliver babies prematurely is smoking cigarettes or being exposed to cigarette smoke?  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in eight babies are born prematurely in the United States every year.  In the African American community, that number is […]

Volunteer Wisconsin, in partnership with Serve Wisconsin, local Volunteer Centers, and community nonprofits, is proud to support Make A Difference Day. In Wisconsin Make a Difference Day season is October 20 through November 10. More than 50 volunteer service projects are planned in 22 counties throughout the state including Milwaukee. Project activities range from raking […]

A recent study released in The Wisconsin Medical Journal confirms that exposure to secondhand smoke has significantly declined since the 2010 Wisconsin smoke-free air law took effect. This is good news for the Wisconsin African American Tobacco Prevention Network (WAATPN), which has been working tireless to educate Wisconsin residents about the hazards of secondhand smoke […]