Tus kws kos duab Rozalia Hernandez-Singh ua haujlwm nrog cov tub ntxhais hluas ntawm COA Riverwest Center, 909 E. Garfield Ave. los tsim cov duab kos rau sab hnub tuaj. (Duab los ntawm Edgar Mendez)

Thaum muaj hnub nyoog 3 xyoos, Rozalia Hernandez-Singh twb tau taug qab nrog nws txiv, tus kws kos duab zoo nkauj Reynaldo Hernandez, thaum nws ua haujlwm siab rau sab nraum zoov phab ntsa ntawm Martin Luther King Jr. Tsav tsheb hauv Harambee zej zog. Txawm hais tias lub mural tau raug pleev xim rau, ntau ntawm nws txiv lwm yam haujlwm tseem nyob, thiab tau dhau los ua qhov tseem ceeb hauv cov zej zog uas lawv nyob, nws hais.

Tej zaum qhov piv txwv zoo tshaj plaws hauv Milwaukee ntawm kev cuam tshuam ntawm pej xeem kev kos duab yog ib qho ntawm ntau txoj haujlwm uas Hernandez-Singh thiab nws cov nus muag tau ua haujlwm nrog lawv txiv xyoo 1993: lub cim South Side "Mural of Peace."

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Hernandez-Singh hais tias, "Peb tau pleev xim rau hauv ib lub tsev rau 4 x 8 boards," hais txog Hernandez-Singh, ntawm cov phab ntsa sab qab teb ntawm lub tsev Mercantile Lofts, yav tas los Esperanza Unida Building ntawm 611 W. National Ave., uas tuaj yeem pom los ntawm Interstate 43.

Hernandez-Singh tab tom ua rau nws txiv txoj kev hlub ntawm kev tsim duab rau zej zog.

Tam sim no, nws tab tom ua haujlwm ntawm ob daim duab kos duab sab hauv COA Riverwest Center, 909 E. Garfield Ave. Thawj, uas nyuam qhuav ua tiav, yog nyob rau sab hnub tuaj stairwell ntawm qhov chaw thiab nta cov laus laus Green Bay Packer Donald Tsav Tsheb, Milwaukee Bucks lub hnub qub Giannis Antetokounmpo thiab tus neeg ua si Milwaukee Brewers tsis meej. Hauv keeb kwm yav dhau yog Milwaukee skyline raws li pom los ntawm Riverwest Center.

Lub ntsiab lus ntawm daim duab no tau xaiv los ntawm cov tub ntxhais hluas uas nquag COA, raws li Tom Schneider, tus thawj coj ntawm lub koom haum.

Schneider tau hais tias "Cov tub ntxhais hluas tau sib sau ua ke thiab pov npav qhov lawv xav tau hauv cov duab kos, thiab lawv kuj tau pab pleev xim rau nws," Schneider tau hais. Nws hais ntxiv tias Hernandez-Singh tau raug coj los pleev xim rau ob qho tib si vim nws cov duab zoo thiab nws muaj peev xwm ua haujlwm nrog cov hluas.

Ib tug ntawm cov menyuam yaus uas xav ua haujlwm ntawm qhov project yog ib tug menyuam yaus hnub nyoog 7 xyoo, hais tias Hernandez-Singh. Nws nug cov lus nug xws li muaj pes tsawg lub tsho tiv no ntawm cov xim uas lawv xav tau thiab ua kom nws muaj nws cov duab kos duab. Nws yog nyob ntawm ntau cov tub ntxhais hluas uas tau zoo siab los nthuav qhia lawv tus kheej sab hauv tus kws kos duab ntawm qhov project, nws hais ntxiv.

Rozalia Singh-Hernandez thiab nws cov kwv tij tau pab lawv txiv, Reynaldo Hernandez, pleev xim rau lub cim "Mural of Peace" hauv xyoo 1990. (Duab los ntawm Edgar Mendez)

"Lawv zoo siab heev thiab nug cov lus nug. Kuv nyiam nws vim kuv xav tias kev kos duab yog kev khiav tawm. Nws pab kom cov tub ntxhais hluas tsis muaj teeb meem thiab yog qhov kev xaiv zoo rau cov neeg uas tab tom nrhiav kev mus rau hauv lub neej zoo," nws hais.

Kev kos duab yog ib qho ntawm ntau yam ntawm cov tub ntxhais hluas cov kev pab cuam muaj nyob rau ntawm COA, raws li Schneider, uas tau hais tias nws yog ib qho ntawm ntau yam dej num uas cov hluas hauv lub chaw teb zoo rau.

Nws tau hais tias "Peb muaj qee tus kws ua yeeb yam zoo kawg nkaus ntawm COA," nws hais.

Txij li thaum tseem hluas, Hernandez-Singh thiab nws cov nus muag tau kawm txog kev kos duab, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov duab kos duab, tuaj yeem cuam tshuam rau zej zog, raws li nws txiv.

"Kuv tau qhia lawv txog keeb kwm ntawm cov duab kos duab, thiab lawv yuav ua li cas ua kev zoo siab rau tus phab ej thiab txawm tias muaj kev tawm tsam hauv '60 thiab 70s. Kuv kuj tau qhia lawv tias cov duab kos tuaj yeem ua rau lub nroog zoo dua, "hais tias Hernandez, uas tseem pleev xim thiab kos.

Kev ua kis las-themed mural ntawm COA thiab thib ob mural Hernandez-Singh yuav tsim muaj hloov cov duab kos uas tau pleev xim rau 20 xyoo dhau los, Schneider tau hais. Lawv tab tom ploj mus, thiab nws yog lub sijhawm rau cov tub ntxhais hluas koom nrog txoj haujlwm kom muaj lawv tus kheej ua haujlwm ntawm phab ntsa, nws hais ntxiv.

Schneider tau hais tias "Nws yog ib txoj haujlwm uas ua rau lawv paub txog kev ua tswv cuab thiab kev txaus siab,"

Schneider tau hais tias tsis muaj kev npaj yuav nug cov neeg ncaws pob, suav nrog Bucks lub hnub qub Antetokounmpo, txhawm rau txheeb xyuas cov duab kos rau ntawm tus kheej. Tab sis pab neeg no tau muaj zog txhawb nqa ntawm cov tub ntxhais hluas txoj haujlwm ntawm COA, tau muab cov qhab nia tshiab thiab daim pib dawb rau kev ua si, nws tau sau tseg.

Qhov thib ob mural yuav nthuav tawm lub ntsiab lus mus pw hav zoov, uas yog ib feem tseem ceeb ntawm COA txoj haujlwm. COA khiav ob lub caij ntuj sov thiab lub caij ntuj no camps, thiab yog qhov chaw pw ntev tshaj plaws hauv Wisconsin, Schneider tau sau tseg. Lub mural yuav pleev xim rau ntawm qhov chaw nruab nrab ntawm sab qaum teb stairwell.

Hernandez-Singh kuj ua haujlwm nrog nws txiv thiab cov nus muag ua tus kws kos duab kos duab. Nws cov ntaub ntawv tsis ntev los no suav nrog kev piav qhia Deanna Singh phau ntawv, "Kuv Yog Ib Tug Ntxhais Xim" thiab ua haujlwm ntawm "Peb Kev Zoo Nkauj Hauv Lub Zog," ib daim duab loj loj hauv Bay View uas tau tsim los ntawm txhua tus poj niam ua yeeb yam ntawm lub caij ntuj sov dhau los.

Hernandez-Singh, uas tseem qhia kos duab rau MPS cov tub ntxhais kawm ua ib feem ntawm nws txoj haujlwm nrog Arts @ Loj, hais tias nws txaus siab rau nws lub sijhawm ua haujlwm nrog cov hluas ntawm COA ntawm cov duab kos.

"Tsuas saib cov kev cuam tshuam ntawm cov menyuam yaus thaum lawv pom cov khoom tiav ntawm ib yam dab tsi uas lawv tau ua haujlwm tau zoo heev," nws hais.

Hernandez-Singh hais ntxiv tias "Kuv tsis muaj peev xwm muab tag nrho kuv lub sijhawm mus rau hauv kuv qhov kev ua yeeb yam vim tias kuv tsis khoom nrog kuv ob tug menyuam thiab tus txiv, tab sis tam sim no kuv nyob hauv txoj haujlwm kom tau tawm ntawm kuv tus kheej thiab ua haujlwm ntau dua hauv zej zog," Hernandez-Singh ntxiv.

Nws yog ib txoj hauv kev uas tsis muaj kev ntseeg siab rau nws txiv.

Hernandez tau hais tias "Kuv ib txwm xav kom nws ua nws rau zej zog; kom muaj peev xwm tsim cov duab uas muaj kev cuam tshuam ntau dua - thiab qhov ntawd yog qhov nws ua," Hernandez tau hais.

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Loj hlob hauv ib cheeb tsam Sab Qab Teb Sab Qab Teb uas nws tseem nyob, Edgar Mendez yog tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service. Mendez yog ib tus neeg kawm tiav zoo siab ntawm UW-Milwaukee, qhov chaw nws tau kawm ob zaug hauv kev sau xov xwm thiab kev coj noj coj ua, thiab ntawm Marquette University, qhov chaw nws tau kawm tiav qib siab hauv kev sib txuas lus. Nws yeej 2018 Regional Edward R. Murrow Award thiab 2014, 2017, thiab 2018 Milwaukee Press Club Awards rau nws tshaj tawm txog taverns, tub ceev xwm yeeb tshuaj xas, thiab ua tus thawj coj hauv kev pabcuam dej. Hauv xyoo 2008, nws yeej lub Koom Haum ntawm Cov Kws Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij hauv cheeb tsam cov khoom plig rau txhua kab hais txog cov teeb meem xws li kev txom nyem, tsis muaj tsev nyob thiab kev ntxub ntxaug lwm haiv neeg. Nws sau ntawv tau luam tawm los ntawm Associated Press, Reuters, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel thiab lwm yam xov xwm. Nws kuj tau sau peb tsab xov xwm luam tawm hauv cov ntawv xov xwm scholarly.