Celebrate Black dance at the Maji Drum and Dance Conference; enjoy Cinco de Mayo at UMOS; help We Got This prepare its garden for spring; make art for all ages at the Institute for the Preservation of African American Music and Arts; and learn about air quality in Pulaski Park.
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5 things to know and do this week in Milwaukee: March 13 to March 17
Attend a town hall on reckless driving; weigh in on bus stops on Burleigh Street; check out the cultural significance of hoop earrings; discuss the quality of life in Harambee; and marvel at science fair projects.
Posted inCommunity, Opinion: Community Voices
OPINION: An open letter to the police chief: Surveillance and profiling are the not the building blocks for police reform
If the aim is to improve the “relationship” between the police and the residents of Milwaukee, I would encourage the police department to look inwardly and seek radical change in its investments in racist systems of surveillance and regulation.
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OPINION: Hope is the key to unlocking Milwaukee’s vast potential and moving our city forward
If the starting point for addressing any problem or challenge is naming it, here is what strikes me as some very important ones that are now so “normal” in Milwaukee that most people don’t even see them anymore.
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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.
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Organizers push back Quest charter school opening
Organizers plan to open the first of three Quest-Milwaukee charter schools in the 2014-15 school year instead of 2013-14 as originally planned.