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More than a dozen military veteran performers and artists showcased their artwork and talent at the Second Annual Veterans Light Up the Arts at 88Nine Radio Milwaukee on March 9. Non-perishable food donations were also collected at the program to benefit the Milwaukee Homeless Veterans Initiative. The first event was held last year and featured 25 performers with 30 visual artists. More than 170 people attended the inaugural event, and hundreds of dollars were raised for five veteran-serving organizations. “We were thrilled to join with other community organizations and provide veteran artists with a platform to showcase their talent,”...

“America was not conceived great. She was stained from the beginning with sin. That sin was slavery. In 1790, when Jefferson was writing that first naturalization law, 20% of the American population law was enslaved. It allowed for only white people to be naturalized citizens.” – Judge David E. Jones The Milwaukee office of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin hosted a special naturalization ceremony at the downtown campus of the Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) on March 8. A total of 129 applicants were welcomed as...

A comprehensive news conference was held at City Hall on March 13, to educate the public on the community-based response to a HIV and syphilis cluster that has impacted at least 125 individuals. The number of newly diagnosed HIV/STI cases have increased both nationally and locally. Communities like Milwaukee, with high numbers of vulnerable populations, are experiencing high incidences of diagnosis. The at-risk populations include Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSMs), ethnic minorities, injection drug users, and women involved in the sex trade or victims of human trafficking. Over the past two decades, federal funding for STD prevention...

A gathering of women from all ethnic and faith backgrounds hosted a special International Women’s Day program on March 8 at Milwaukee City Hall. The program launched the traveling art exhibit, “Women Against Hate United By Love,” with the purpose to align women and partnering organizations throughout Wisconsin to increase awareness, building communities, and creating change. “Hate divides. It is the ultimate toxin. The sicknesses it spawns—bigotry, intolerance, racism—affect everyone in our country. Women most of all,” said activist and artist Kelly Parks Snider in a statement. “But hate also unites. It bonds us together, we find each other,...