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Despite a record-breaking year in drug overdose deaths in Milwaukee County
in 2020, the City-County Heroin, Opioid and Cocaine Task Force managed to meet only
once last year and hasn’t met at all in 2021.
Prisoners lack space and some say rules to curb COVID-19 are unevenly enforced.
To deliver health education to underserved communities, you need more than just training. You need empathy, cultural understanding and people from the community itself. Here’s how one group is doing just that.
Make a mosaic; attend a virtual dance party; enjoy the winter wonderland at Lincoln Park; shop at the Milwaukee Winter Farmers Market; and view “Embodied Truths.”
Some Wisconsinites downplay the severity of COVID-19, spurning masks and vaccinations and inhibiting efforts to contain the pandemic.
A new testing option becomes available this week as health officials warn that the county’s curve is “steepening” instead of flattening.
As the coronavirus pandemic shows few signs of slowing, the Milwaukee Election Commission is taking extra steps this year to keep voters safe.
Check out Nō Studios’ Social Justice Summit; get a flu shot at Gee’s Clippers; attend Amani United’s health and healing fair; make a candle with Vibez Creative Arts Space; and support Tricklebee Cafe’s fundraiser.
New testing centers are opening this week, as the National Guard prepares to end its deployment at the city’s two largest sites.
Tune in to “On The Table MKE”; attend Black is Beautiful stout release party; visit the Latino Arts ofrenda exhibit; check out the “See Me Because” portrait project; and register for young entrepreneurs workshop at Darick Books.
