Casino’s Creative Department honored with single-spot, campaign awards Potawatomi Bingo Casino swept the commercial categories at the 2011 Chicago/ Midwest Emmy Awards, held Sunday, Nov. 6, in Chicago. The in-house creative department, housed within Potawatomi Bingo Casino’s Marketing Department, won the Emmys for Outstanding Achievement in Commercials – Single Spot, for the Casino’s Winball promotion; [...]

Red Brown Kle’ (RBK), a minority-owned, Milwaukeebased marketing agency, has been selected as a finalist for the National Minority Supplier of the Year award by the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC). The NMSDC Supplier of the Year award recognizes exemplary achievements in minority supplier development based on company growth, job creation, community involvement, quality [...]

By Sadie James sjamessmjadvertising@gmail.com The YMCA of Greater Milwaukee held its 30th Annual Black Achievers Scholarship & Awards Gala at the Pfister Hotel in downtown Milwaukee on Friday, September 9, 2011. The Black Achievers program is a national college readiness initiative designed to help young African American youth pursue higher education and set career goals. [...]

Organizations contribute to arts, education and community building The 2011 recipients of the Fellowship Open Golf Outing awards were announced at a reception at the offices of Quarles & Brady, LLP on Thursday, June 16th. In attendance with the awardees were the Honorary Chairs of this year’s Open. Now in its eleventh year, the Fellowship [...]

The Milwaukee Chapter of Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc. (TLOD) –a national women’s service organization, will kick off Father’s Day weekend with a celebration of Milwaukee ’s Outstanding Fathers and Mentors. Thirty-six (36) local fathers and mentors have been nominated for this special recognition by family and friends. The “Fifth Annual Celebration of Fathers and [...]

Dr. Howard Fuller—the pioneer education reformer and one of the nation’s most distinguished advocates for providing children from low-income families with educational options—was honored with the John T. Walton Champions for School Choice Award last week at the second annual National Policy Summit of the American Federation for Children in Washington, D.C. The award, named [...]

Director of Catering & Conventions Services recognized for community outreach efforts Frances Goss, director of catering & convention services at the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee, has been honored with two minority leadership awards. Goss, who has played an integral role on the catering and sales team since 1995, was recently recognized at the second annual Midwest [...]

The United States Postal Service held their annual event recently honoring women in Milwaukee in the fields of Abilities Awareness, Arts or Entertainment, Business, Diversity Champion, Education, Emerging Leadership, Government Service or Law, Health or Social Service, Humanitarianism, Media, Military Service, Postal Service, Sports and Volunteerism. The 13th Women’s History Month Awards Luncheon recognized 15 [...]

HAATz Off to Pioneer Teachers of MPS Column By Taki S. Raton Milwaukee may have an emerging Edmonia Mary Lewis or even a Richard Hunt in the image and talent of 26-year-old sculptress Care Ekpo. Believed to have been born 165 years ago on July 4, 1845 in Greenwich, New York, Lewis was the first [...]