The African American Roundtable is focusing on food access as it builds a community safety campaign for Milwaukee’s Northwest Side.
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Posted inCommunity, Election Watch 2024, Multimedia, Photos
Photos: African American Roundtable hosts voters’ game night
About 60 people attended AART’s election-related game night, at 4355 W. Bradley Road, where they played games and discussed topics such as voter registration and misinformation.
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5 things to know and do the week of July 8
Attend a crime and safety meeting; discuss the reconstruction of a street; hang out with the African American Roundtable; explore Alice’s Garden Urban Farm; and practice forest bathing.
Posted inCommunity, Neighborhoods, Northwest
Update: African American Roundtable’s $40,000 community initiative focuses on youth and elders
The four projects that received funding through the African American Roundtable’s participatory budgeting initiative are: Building Youth Opportunities Through Creative and Holistic Initiatives, Brentwood Church of Christ, Korey’s Kids and Vaun Mayes of We Locked In MKE.
Posted inCommunity, Economic Development, Northwest
African American Roundtable invests $40,000 in new participatory budget initiative
After years of advocating for a citywide participatory budgeting program, the African American Roundtable has created its own initiative.
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On the chopping block: How quality-of-life issues dominate mayor’s 2023 budget proposal
Police, fire and library services are on the chopping block, among many other things. The $1.7 billion proposal offers cuts to almost every function of city government.
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5 things to know and do this week in Milwaukee: Sept. 12 to Sept. 16
Check out Near West Side Week, including the Rev-Up MKE pitch competition; watch “The Rebellious Life of Rosa Parks” documentary hosted by Milwaukee Film; learn about participatory budgeting with the African American Roundtable; discover Muslim astronomers at the UWM planetarium; and find out about voting challenges – and solutions – for people with disabilities.
Posted inCommunity, Housing
Milwaukee County supervisors split on community participation in addressing housing crisis
A vote on a subcommittee to allow more community involvement in addressing housing inequities reveals a split board.
Posted inCommunity, Neighborhoods
5 things to know and do this week in Milwaukee: May 16 to May 20
Learn about how ARPA dollars are being spent; party while showing support for Washington Park Wednesdays; attend a Teen StorySlam on the theme “Middle School”; grab coffee with elected officials; and learn how students can get a free summer membership to Planet Fitness.