Witness a mural unveiling with artist Anna Rose Menako; attend a block party sponsored by the Black Rose Initiative for near North Side neighborhoods; check out a free school supply giveaway and block party; learn to harvest and braid sweetgrass at the Native Wellness Garden; and go to Sherman Phoenix’s front porch series featuring poet Brit Nicole.
Metcalfe Park
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5 things to know and do the weekend of July 8
Visit the new Little Free Library in Clarke Square; see a new mural by the African-American Roundtable’s Youth Council; get a free bike and help plan a new park in Metcalfe Park; learn music and dance from the African Diaspora; and attend the third annual Frida Fest.
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5 things to know and do this week in Milwaukee: May 23 to May 27
See plans for the new Martin Luther King Library Branch; get a job as a bus driver or in a nonprofit; share a meal and discuss responsible gun ownership; get mental health resources, food and health screenings at Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center; and help clean Metcalfe Park and support the work of Metcalfe Park Community Bridges.
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Metcalfe Park hires new coordinator for capacity-building program
Community activist Leilani Lopez has started work in Metcalfe Park as co-coordinator for the federal Building Neighborhood Capacity Program.
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Amani, Metcalfe Park build capacity, win program extension
Almost two years after the launch of the Building Neighborhood Capacity Program in two distressed city neighborhoods, community leaders see progress, and the federal government is extending and expanding the program.
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Metcalfe Park community wrestles with housing, jobs
Foreclosed properties and job training were the top concerns raised by residents at a recent Metcalfe Park community forum.
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Neighbors sow seeds of connection, engagement
A Metcalfe Park neighborhood group took the next step in its year-old neighborhood revitalization campaign, starting a community garden on an empty lot.