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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,...

The Milwaukee Riverwalk District held its annual meeting recently and one of the three individuals honored, received special recognition for his efforts to remove barriers to participation in youth rowing. Each year since 1994 the Milwaukee Riverwalk District has bestowed its Gertie Award, named for the famed duck who survived on the Milwaukee River beneath Wisconsin Avenue against all odds, to recipients who have worked to improve conditions along the waterway or helped the public better utilize the resource. This year William Bott, a Rowing Coach with the ‎Milwaukee Rowing Club, was awarded for his work with underprivileged children....

Community leaders, local residents and development partners came together on February 22 to celebrate the start of construction for SEVEN04 PLACE, a new 60-unit affordable-housing development in the Walker’s Point neighborhood of Milwaukee. Developed by Impact Seven and Rule Enterprises, SEVEN04 PLACE will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, including 46 units of affordable housing for individuals and working families. Fourteen units will be dedicated to permanent supportive housing for military veterans and other adults who have struggled with barriers to housing stability. “This marks another important step in the revitalization of Walker’s Point and our community’s efforts to...