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Discovery World, Fund for Lake Michigan, and other community partners hosted Love Your Great Lakes on February 10, attracting hundreds of youngsters who were eager to learn how they could become future innovators of freshwater resources. The event was designed to inspire the next generation of freshwater stewards. It featured interactive educational experiences aimed at introducing the local community’s connection to fresh water, through local organizations that are instrumental in sustaining the Great Lakes. “Love Your Great Lakes” offered maritime experiences for children and adults, including educational workshops, live animals from the Reiman Aquarium, and interactive booths and displays...

Lisa Jordan and Patricia Nichols were both graduating classmates from the first @Promise Resident Training Program on January 18, and in the weeks since they already feel the positive impact that the program has had on their lives. An initiative of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM), @Promise invited its community of residents to participate in a three-week job readiness boot camp that explored the benefits of self-sufficiency, offered career assessments and planning, and prepared them for a successful transition into the workforce. “Many of our young people are perceived as ‘at risk’. I chose to...

Published by the Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition (MMWC), the independent news source will be the first media organization dedicated to report news about the Muslim community in the state of Wisconsin. Following other faith-related media organizations like the Archdiocese of Milwaukee’s Catholic Herald and the Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle, the Wisconsin Muslim Journal (WMJ) has been an overdue news platform for the state’s growing Muslim population. “WMJ aims to highlight the American Muslim experience, as well as offer Muslim voices an opportunity to be heard,” said Janan Najeeb, president of MMWC and publisher of WMJ. “The Muslim community in Wisconsin...