Participate in the Muskego Way neighborhood meeting on air quality and health; attend a community holiday meal at Mitchell Street Library; check out “Makin Cake” by Dasha Kelly Hamilton at MATC; learn community-building skills at a two-day workshop; and attend a town hall event on domestic violence awareness and solutions.
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5 things to know and do this week in Milwaukee: Nov. 28 to Dec. 2
Learn about permits, licenses and more in the contracting world; celebrate Sherman Phoenix’s fourth anniversary; find out about the city’s new climate and equity plan; join America’s Black Holocaust Museum; and support the annual fundraising campaign of NNS.
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5 things to know and do this week in Milwaukee: Oct. 24 to Oct. 28
Learn the ins and outs of being certified as a woman- and/or minority-owned business; check out get-out-the-vote activities; get housing resources at the Kosciuszko Community Center; see a live reading of the play “Misery”; and attend a poetry open mic at Daddy’s Soul Food and Grille.
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5 things to know and do the weekend of July 15
Listen to music on the Beerline; check out an auto repair class for women from MATC; visit Urbal Tea for a unique pop-up shop; learn about the Underground Railroad and its ties to Lindsay Heights; and attend a citywide COVID-19 vigil organized by the Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition.
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5 things to know and do this week in Milwaukee: May 2 to May 6
Celebrate Eid al-Fitr at Wisconsin State Fair Park; provide input on new plans for Bronzeville; attend a job fair at MATC; experience low-impact exercise and fun with Zumba; and visit the Milwaukee Art Therapy Collective’s newest exhibition.
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‘You can make a new start’: Job-training program offers those who’ve been incarcerated a lucrative new career
A training program at MATC offers formerly incarcerated men the opportunity to work in a high-wage industry.
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Adult graduates finally get their day in the spotlight
About 225 adult students were honored last week for earning General Educational Development, or GED, certificates, High School Equivalency diplomas and Emerging Scholars diplomas during a special ceremony at Milwaukee Area Technical College’s downtown campus.
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Local students struggle after changes to GED test
The number of students who passed their GED tests at Milwaukee’s four main testing sites nose-dived when a new, more challenging test was rolled out in 2014. It has been rising slowly since then, but is still fewer than one-fourth of the total who passed in 2013.