800 pre-identified families receive food and essentials on Wed., April 3 thanks to Feed the Children in cooperation with The Salvation Army, Brentwood Health Organization, Brentwood Church of Christ, Silver Spring Neighborhood Center and Havenswood Economic Development Corporation. Pictured above are two Job Corps workers unloading the trucks for the event, from l to r, [...]

By Cassandra Lans This week’s Milwaukee Courier focuses on educational opportunities available to students here in Wisconsin. This special focus comes at a time of the year, when many high school seniors and college seniors are making the decision on what to do next with their education. For high school seniors, prior to that day [...]

By Al King On March 15th at the Milwaukee Jobs Corp Center located at 6665 N 60th St. nine students sat nervously as they waited to receive their certification for completion of “The Start Young Milwaukee Initiative Program” sponsored by the SBA resource partner. The graduation, presented by the Milwaukee Job Corps Center and the [...]

Brentwood Church of Christ joined the Wedded Bliss Foundation, Inc. and hundreds of cities around the country in highlighting and promoting marriage in the Black community through Black Marriage Day activities. This year, Brentwood hosted its third annual Black Marriage Day event to a capacity crowd on Saturday, March 16, 2013. This event began in [...]

By Lynda L. Jones A community gathering was held on Monday, March 11 at the Brotherhood of Firefighters Hall at 7717 W. Good Hope. The event served as an appreciation tribute for members of the WMCS 1290 radio staff affected by the station’s sudden format change. This was also an opportunity for the community to [...]

Senior AP Studio Art students of the Milwaukee High School of The Arts stand next their exhibition. The piece contains digital photo collages and murals that chronicle a visual history of Milwaukee’s Historic Bronzeville and the rich legacy of greatness it produced. Milwaukee photographer Paul Calhoun, and artists Brad Anthony Bernard and James Tomasello guided [...]

Compiled by Courier staff United in their opposition to a state bill designed to limit pay, power and budget of the Milwaukee County Board, African American leaders stood together at a press conference on Monday, Feb. 25 held at the Martin Luther King Community Center at 1531 W. Vliet St. “The African American community needs [...]

Local veteran radio air personalities Phil Anderson, and Ernie G shared a moment during the recent celebration held to honor Ernie G at Celebrations Club/Lounge on Bradley Road. The duo spent their early career days working at WNOV AM Radio station for years. The sold out event also featured the legendary musical group, Enchantment. Anderson [...]

Local author and domestic abuse advocate, Jodine Basterash held a booksigning for her book on domestic abuse, ‘Speak Your Peace, Healing is Your Choice’. The book is an anthology of stories from survivors of Domestic Abuse. (Photo by Robert A. Bell)

By Gloria Browne-Marshall Sex trafficking takes place in Milwaukee and Mumbai. Girls, women, and even boys are kidnapped, coerced, or seduced into prostitution. Grown men rape them. Drug them. And discard them. Sex trafficking is a multi-billion dollar global enterprise involving millions of people. Most victims are females of color – Asian, African, African American, [...]