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The Art of Healing: Ralph Hollmon keynotes start of African American Heritage Series
The African American Heritage Committee of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church hosted the start of a month-long celebratory series that began on February 3, featuring speakers and music related to the African diaspora in Milwaukee. The first of four Sunday events kicked...
Video: Controlled roof demolition leaves Bradley Center topless
For 30 years, concert bands raised the roof at the Bradley Center. On January 13, demolition crews razed the roof in 30 seconds. After slowing deconstructing the former home of the Milwaukee Bucks for the past few months, construction crews detonated shape charges in...
City Hall hosts final celebration of holiday season with Parranda performance
Organized again this year by Alderman José G. Pérez, the Parranda was held on January 4 to share Puerto Rican holiday culture and music with the Milwaukee public. Parrandas are musical festivities that traditionally take place during the holiday season. They are...
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Danica Roem opens PrideFest with keynote about speaking truth to power
“Whatever problems the LGBT community may have in the state capital, you are not going to have them in the County Courthouse or City Hall. We are in this together, and that’s what this is all about, being together. We have to be respectful of each other and...
Roots of Segregation: Reggie Jackson and Richard Rothstein share insights at special event
To commemorate its first decade and outline the roadmap for the next ten years, Community Advocates Public Policy Institute hosted a special night at the Milwaukee Public Museum on April 26. Community Advocates formed the Public Policy Institute (PPI) in 2008 to...
A historic conversation on five decades of African American leadership in Milwaukee
Near West Side Partners and the Avenues West Association hosted the first ever panel discussion with the four past and present African American Common Council Presidents at the Tripoli Shrine Center on March 22. The only four African American men to hold the...
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Podcast: Voices in Union – Episode 062320
Voices in Union: with Reggie Jackson and Maria Hamilton – is a weekly podcast that focuses on the African American Diaspora in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It connects local concerns to national trends on social justice, and educates the general population on the...
Podcast: Voices in Union – Episode 060920
Voices in Union: with Reggie Jackson and Maria Hamilton – is a weekly podcast that focuses on the African American Diaspora in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It connects local concerns to national trends on social justice, and educates the general population on the...
Podcast: Voices in Union – Episode 060220
Voices in Union: with Reggie Jackson and Maria Hamilton – is a weekly podcast that focuses on the African American Diaspora in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It connects local concerns to national trends on social justice, and educates the general population on the...
