The Milwaukee Health Services, (MHS) officially opened its first MHS Convenient Care Clinic last Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010 inside Lena’s Food Market located in the Midtown Shopping Center located at 4061 N. 54th St. in Milwaukee. The clinic operated by the Milwaukee Health Services, Inc. will provide various acute care services, treatments, vaccines and screenings. [...]

The NAACP annual Dr. Martin Luther King/Rosa Parks celebration will be held on January 18, 2010, at Metropolitan Baptist Church, 1345 W. Burleigh, Milwaukee, WI, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Lunch will be served at noon. The theme “Making the Day Count” was designed to reflect upon the importance of remembering and honoring the accomplishments of [...]

Minority groups 2-3 times more likely to be hospitalized with H1N1 The Wisconsin Department of Health Services kicked off National Influenza Vaccination Week this week by calling on local public health departments to step up their H1N1 vaccination efforts in minority communities. DHS released a report showing that H1N1 hospitalizations for minority populations were higher [...]

My name is Jerry Ann Hamilton, President of the Milwaukee Branch NAACP. First of all, we thank the Senate Committee on Education for holding this public hearing in Milwaukee. Founded in 1909 the NAACP is the nation’s premier civil rights organization. The Milwaukee Branch NAACP has been in existence since 1919, and has actively worked [...]

Prevent Blindness Wisconsin educates the public on glaucoma and what steps can be taken to lessen vision loss Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the world and the leading cause of blindness in African American and Hispanic populations in the United States. In fact, in Wisconsin alone, there are more than 41,000 [...]

Eunice W. Johnson, wife of the late John H. Johnson and co-founder of Johnson Publishing Company, Inc., died Jan. 3, 2010 at her home in Chicago. She was 93. A trailblazer in fashion, philanthropy and the arts, Mrs. Johnson served as producer and director of Ebony Fashion Fair since 1961 and also held the office [...]

The 1st Year Anniversary of Brentwood Church of Christ’s Alzheimer’s Support Group, an African American/Community Based Support Group, on January 23, 2010 from 12:00 – 2:00 pm. The event will be held at the Brentwood Church of Christ, 6425 N. 60th Street, Milwaukee, WI. This program is free and open to the public. Speakers will [...]

Pharoh Martin, NNPA National Correspondent In a rare appearance, all in one place, a coalition of America’s foremost Black organizations are aiming to assure that the 2010 census does not undercount Black people, a fiasco that could cause communities to miss out on their fair share of trillions of dollars in public resources and political [...]

By Hazel Trice Edney NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The 10 Black members of the powerful House Finance Committee are still being applauded this week by the Black Press and Black leaders nationally for boldly boycotting a committee meeting in order to force a $4 billion allocation to benefit the Black community. They have told [...]

By Henry Hamilton III Ever since Milwaukee Branch NAACP president Jerry Ann Hamilton won the November 2008 NAACP election, she and other volunteers have been hounded by a small group of individuals determined to disrupt the organization and throw the organization off its civil rights agenda. These individuals have resorted to interrupting branch meetings, publicly [...]