After nearly 25 years of distinguised public service, Charles “Butch” Walton has officially retired as Chief Executive Officer of Career Youth Development, Inc., a 43 year-old social service agency. According to the Chair of the Board of CYD, Attorney Barbara Franks, Walton became the leader of CYD in 2008 after his dear mother, the founder [...]

CYD thanks its Sponsors for supporting its annual ‘Toys for the Children that Santa Forgot, but God Remembered’ event Career Youth Development (CYD) staff and volunteers. State Representative Elizabeth Coggs gives out toys to area children. Toys and more toys are displayed prior to the event that was held on Dec. 27, 2011 at North [...]

Career Youth Development, Inc. (CYD) celebrated 41 years of “Love In Action” at the Annual Image Awards Dinner Friday, October 28, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Milwaukee. Seven hundred people were in attendance including State and local dignitaries and a host of other professionals. State Representative Elizabeth Coggs and Cream City Medical [...]

Everest College Milwaukee (Everest) last week commemorated the official grand opening of its 45,000 square foot campus with a ribbon cutting and grand opening ceremony. The new campus is designed to accommodate up to 1,000 students, and currently enrolls 376 students. Mark Sullivan, president of Everest College Milwaukee, provided remarks at the ceremony, which included [...]

Career Youth Development (CYD) will hold its 26th Annual ‘Lil Jeanetta Robinson Toys for the Children that Santa Forgot but God Remembered through your Gifts of Love’ event on Tuesday, Dec. 28 at the location of the (former) North Division High School, 1011 W. Center Street beginning at 3:00 pm until 6:00 pm. This event [...]

CYD (Career Youth Development) held their 40th Annual Image Awards Friday, October 22, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Downtown Milwaukee. The theme of the celebration was “To God Be The Glory”, dedicated to the beloved memories of the two original CYD founders: The late Claretta “Mother Freedom” Simpson and Commissioner Jeannetta Simpson Robinson. [...]

Career Youth Development, Inc. (CYD) will hold its 40th Annual Image Awards dinner and program on Friday, Oct. 22 at 7:00pm at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 333 W. Kilbourn Ave. This year CYD will honor the Honorable Vel Phillips as their Woman of the Year and Mr. Reuben Harpole as their Man of the Year. [...]

In a ceremony held last Wednesday in the Governor’s personal office quarters, Gov. Doyle put his pen to a bill authored by state Sen. Spencer Coggs that designates a portion of Interstate 43 in Milwaukee as the “Jeannetta Simpson-Robinson Memorial Highway.” The bill signing took place in the Governor’s stately personal office at the Capitol [...]

MADISON – The state Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed Sen. Spencer Coggs’ bill making a portion of Interstate 43 in Milwaukee the “Jeannetta Simpson-Robinson Memorial Highway.” Looking on from above the Senate floor were Charles “Butch” Walton, son of Jeannetta Robinson, Ms. Robinson’s grandchildren, and a busload of other supporters from Career Youth Development (CYD), [...]