March 13, 2013
After a successful inaugural season as a community supported agriculture business, Young Farmers of Milwaukee kicked off its second season by attending the Urban Ecology Center Local Farmer Open House.
March 11, 2013
The city is courting businesses to create 700 to 1,000 permanent jobs for Milwaukee residents, especially those who live near the old A.O. Smith factory. The official unemployment rate in nearby minority neighborhoods is roughly 20 percent.
March 6, 2013
Two dozen teenagers competed to represent Wisconsin at this year’s Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival. They performed to standing ovations, delivering heartfelt poems on tough issues young people face.
March 5, 2013
Saving Our Sons, a mentoring program for young men announced in January, is now up and running at 10 Milwaukee Public Schools.
March 1, 2013
They might not be the Academy Awards, but each year finalists for the coveted Milwaukee Awards for Neighborhood Development Innovation (MANDI) wait on pins and needles for the envelopes to be opened and the winners announced.
February 18, 2013
The Alma Center’s Wisdom Walk to Self-Mastery offers perpetrators of domestic violence a chance to heal the wounds of their own trauma and unlearn the lessons of violence-plagued childhoods.
February 15, 2013
BMO Harris has donated $50,000 to Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin. The donation comes during a post-holiday lull in charitable giving.
February 15, 2013
By sharing stories of love and acceptance, Diverse & Resilient hopes to increase community acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, and reduce health problems that affect the LGBT community.
February 15, 2013
Bring Art Back Inc., a nonprofit founded to address the scarcity of free arts programming in the city, will hold a fundraiser Feb. 21, with proceeds going toward buying art supplies and providing free art lessons for kids.
February 14, 2013
As in many areas around the world, Milwaukee’s poor are also the least healthy. Health inequity for impoverished populations was the topic of a recent panel of world and local health care leaders gathered to discuss solutions to the crisis.
