Thomas Wild worked in Milwaukee Public Schools for 30 years and got more out of it than he ever thought he would.
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NNS Spotlight: How Your Move MKE uses hip-hop and chess to help youths
Your Move MKE combines chess, hip-hop music and other skills to teach youths self-awareness, discipline and leadership
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NNS Spotlight: How the Muslim Community and Health Center brought a vision of providing health care to life
The Muslim Community and Health Center has grown since its founding in 2004, now offering primary care and behavioral health services to everyone who comes through its doors.
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NNS Spotlight: How Maroon Calabash is addressing Black maternal deaths by building on a history of midwifery
Maroon Calabash is a reproductive justice nonprofit that seeks to makes pregnancy a community-based experience so parents get the support they need.
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NNS Spotlight: ‘We knew we had to step it up’: SHARP Literacy goes virtual to reach students with creativity-based education
Amid a pandemic and a rapidly digitizing world, SHARP Literacy has found a way to transition from its roots while remaining true to its mission.
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NNS Spotlight: UpStart Kitchen feeds the dreams of entrepreneurs while nourishing the Sherman Park community
UpStart Kitchen provides emergency meals for Milwaukeeans and a space for entrepreneurs looking to build their businesses.
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NNS Spotlight: How one group provides a safe space for Milwaukee’s runners of color
Forget Everything and Run, better known as F.E.A.R., works to bring diversity to the running community.
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NNS Spotlight: Milwaukee County program offers mothers a ‘Healthy Start’
Milwaukee County Healthy Start seeks to reduce and ultimately eliminate maternal child-health disparities for Black women in Milwaukee.
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NNS Spotlight: How Lupe Martinez went from a migrant worker to a CEO
Lupe Martinez hails from a migrant worker family, but for 45 years he’s been CEO of UMOS, an agency that began by helping migrant seasonal workers.