By Ralph Hollmon President & CEO Milwaukee Urban League Even in better economic times, unemployment in the Black community has been higher than the national average. However, with the recent economic downturn and loss of jobs, the unemployment rate in the Black community is at an alarmingly unacceptable high rate. The U.S. Bureau of Labor [...]

By Taki S. Raton The 100 Black Men of Greater Milwaukee is pleased to announce the Future Leader Scholarship opportunity initiative. Sponsored by the 100 Black Men of America, Inc., in January of each year, the 100 provides annual scholarship awards to deserving matriculating seniors who will be full-time students in the coming fall at [...]

Ray Harmon, public servant and candidate for the Milwaukee Common Council in District 9, released the first part of his Vision for Change for Northwest Milwaukee: Jobs and Economic Development. “For far too long, Milwaukee’s Northwest side has faced economic downturns and a lack of promising job development,” Harmon said. “I believe that through redevelopment [...]

Seaway Bank and Trust Company announces two executive level promotions. Denise T. Weaver has been promoted to the position of Senior Vice President/Operations Officer. In her new position, she will be responsible for the management and direction of daily operations activities at all branch locations and the supervision of more than 140 employees serving consumers [...]

Peace for Change Alliance, Inc. and Urban Grass Roots will be hosting the follow-up to the Stop the Violence Youth Summit called “Bridging the Gap” Saturday, January 28th at the Silver Spring Neighborhood Center. Public Officials and their Youth Leaders will give their plan on how they will reduce crime for 2012. As you know [...]

By James Hall, President NAACP Milwaukee Branch The data contained in the report released by Dr. Marc Levine lays bare the dismal reality that exists in the Milwaukee metropolitan area relative to employment of African-Americans, particularly African- American males. It is unacceptable. At this point, we do not need another commission or task force. As [...]

By Common Council President Willie L. Hines, Jr. This week’s top-of-thepage headline in the Journal Sentinel notes the sad reality of African American male employment in Milwaukee, as a new study by UW-Milwaukee researchers shows that the already very poor employment situation for African American males in Milwaukee is actually getting worse. It is extremely [...]

By State Representative, Leon D. Young A funny thing happened to me last week. I began receiving a series of very expensive-looking campaign mailings from the Republican Party of Wisconsin of all people, extolling the political accomplishments of Scott Walker – after one year in office. As you might expect, this campaign literature was rife [...]

Speech ignores facts, John Doe; Wisconsin needs new path By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Wisconsin is at a critical juncture in its history. In one short year, the Governor and Legislative Republicans have launched an attack on Wisconsin’s values and priorities in a fashion reminiscent of the turn of the 20th century. Progressive values are [...]

By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “We hope what youngsters get out of the story is that under some dire circumstances we prevailed. We performed successfully and we opened doors that they don’t have to fight to.” Col. Charles McGee, “Red Tails” technical consultant and surviving member of the Tuskegee Airmen Last week, I attended [...]

Larsharae Hooker to now vie for State Title and Scholarship She was once shy and reserved, but now Larsharae is a responsible, goal-oriented teen who was just named the 2012 Northwestern Mutual Foundation Youth of the Year for Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee. Next, Larsharae will compete against other Boys & Girls Club [...]