The University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee (UWM) will host a Critical Refugee Studies Conference Nov. 3-4 at the UWM Union, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd. Blending academic scholarship with discussion of contemporary human rights issues, this conference focuses on the specific issues relevant to people displaced by war, economic crises, political upheavals, natural disasters and ethnic tensions. [...]

Milwaukee will host the National Black Public Relations Society (NBPRS) Conference and Career Fair, Thursday through Sunday, Oct. 27 – 30, 2011, at the InterContinental Milwaukee Hotel. About 300 communications professional will be in town. We need you there too! http://www.nbprs.org/index.html Registrations are starting to come in, but we need for you each to register [...]

Online registration is now available for the Bridging the Divide: Evidence Based Programming and Pragmatic Solutions to Violence Prevention conference at http://www.mcw.edu/vpi/Community-Focus/June2011CommunityConference/Registration_ June2011.htm. The conference, sponsored by the Violence Prevention Initiative (VPI), will be held Thursday, June 16, 2011 at Radisson Milwaukee North Shore. The conference runs from 8:30am to 3:00p.m. Registration and light breakfast [...]

Harm, hope and healing to examine the crisis and the way forward Marquette University Law School will host an international conference on the clergy sex abuse scandal that has shaken the Catholic Church over the last decade. “Harm, Hope, and Healing: International Dialogue on the Clergy Sex Abuse Scandal,” sponsored by the Law School’s Restorative [...]

The Metropolitan Milwaukee Alliance of Black School Educators, Inc. will hold its 40th Annual Fall Conference on Ot. 27-28, 2010 at the Clarion Hotel-Airport, 5311 S. Howell Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53207. Jeff Johnson, Washington, DC based journalist, activist, commentator and author of: ‘Everything I’m Not Made Me Everything I Am’. The conference’s theme is ‘Education [...]

Milwaukee Urban League Young Professionals hosts conference for young business professionals As the City of Milwaukee continues battling with high unemployment rates and a fragile job market, local young professionals are receiving some much needed help in remaining competitive in today’s workforce. The Milwaukee Urban League Young Professionals (MULYP) will host the city’s first conference [...]