Amongst the glitter and glam of prom, teen girls will come across an eye-opening reality Teen girls shopping for prom dresses will see something a little different in stores this spring. While searching for the perfect dress, these girls will be stunned as three dress shops in the Milwaukee area will be displaying a prom [...]

Latest marketing tactic aims to impress upon teens the high cost of having a baby Students at two Milwaukee high schools saw something a little different when they visited the vending machines last week. Among the soft drinks and snacks will be a vending machine filled with baby products, a tactic designed to grab their [...]

City of Milwaukee seeks increased partnership with community to reduce African American infant deaths by 15 percent and overall infant deaths by 10 percent Mayor Tom Barrett and Commissioner of Health Bevan K. Baker announced an historic goal to reduce infant mortality in the City of Milwaukee by 2017. From 2008-2010, there were 340 infant [...]

Conventional wisdom says to stay offline when trying to reach central city young adults and teens. Last Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010, this wisdom was challenged when up to 200 men participated in “tell it straight” and recorded their positive “Get at You” videos and shared them on Facebook with the goal of reaching between 100,000 [...]

By Lynda Jones, Editor Mayor Tom Barrett and Commissioner of Health Bevan K. Baker unveiled additional hard-hitting safe sleep campaign messages aimed to prevent further infant deaths in Milwaukee. After two reports last week of infants who died after sleeping in an unsafe sleep environment, Barrett and Baker held a news conference to announce the [...]