If we truly value workers, workforce development must mean more than just filling pipes. It must mean protecting the talent we already have.
Community Voices
Posted inCommunity, Opinion: Community Voices
OPINION: Here’s why Milwaukee needs a new movie palace to replace the Oriental Theatre
Despite many Milwaukeeans cherishing the Oriental Theatre as a place to gather and experience quality cinema, the Oriental’s name and design perpetuate racist exoticism of Asian, Pacific Islander and Middle Eastern cultures.
Posted inCommunity, Opinion: Community Voices
Inside the NNS Newsroom: Got something meaningful to say? We want to hear from you
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service wants to give seldom-heard voices a platform. Here’s what we are looking for.
Posted inCommunity, Neighborhoods, Opinion: Community Voices
OPINION: ‘The goodness continues’: How the new Table Vocational Center answers a call to serve our community
At 5305 W. Capitol Drive, we are launching The Table Vocational Center. It will focus on both the inner work, and the outer work, humanity needs to be restored to wholeness.
Posted inCommunity, Sherman Park
Voices of Sherman Park: Three years later: ‘Give us a voice at the table,’ young people say
Young people from the Sherman Park neighborhood reflect on the unrest that took place after the fatal shooting of 23-year-old Sylville Smith by a Milwaukee police officer three years ago.
Posted inCommunity, Neighborhoods, News, Opinion: Community Voices
OPINION: Community members weigh in on Summerfest. Is it comfortable for people of color?
After the singer Lizzo alleged her staff was mistreated and subjected to racial slurs at Summerfest last week, we wanted to check in with NNS readers and ask them their feelings about the Big Gig.