Milwaukee’s Westlawn neighborhood is one of six American communities receiving free neighborhood design consultation in 2013 from Global Green USA with the help of a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities Program. Over the next 10 months, four sustainability experts will a conduct a three-day visit to the Housing [...]

The Make Your Money Talk program, a financial education course offered by the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM) and the Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC), continued its outreach into the Milwaukee community by recognizing 96 graduates of the program at a ceremony held December 11, 2012. An additional 129 graduates were [...]

Barrett, government and community leaders, speak out against Walker’s agenda to eliminate same day registration Compiled by Courier Staff In response to Governor Walker’s recent plans to again attack voting rights, members of the African-American Civic Engagement Roundtable, joined by Mayor Tom Barrett, Neil Albrecht (Executive Director of the city of Milwaukee’s Election Commission), State [...]

Reacting to the Fire and Police Commission’s decision to reinstate Milwaukee police officer, Richard Schoen several city officials expressed their opposition to the move. Common Council president Willie L. Hines, Jr. released the following statement: “I am deeply troubled by the Fire and Police Commission’s inexplicable decision Monday to reinstate the employment of Police Officer [...]

Compiled by Courier Staff It has been a busy couple of weeks for Milwaukee’s police department, the office of the medical examiner and the Mayor, beginning with the release of a video showing the death of Derek Williams who died last year in police custody. On Tuesday, Milwaukee District Attorney John Chisholm, and Milwaukee Police [...]

Program offers internet service for just $9.95 a month for two years Time Warner Cable has announced the launch of a pilot program designed to offer affordable broadband service to low-income families. The program supports the goals of the FCC’s Connect2Compete national initiative focused on providing low-cost broadband services to families across the US. With [...]

On Tuesday, September 25, Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-4) in conjunction with members of the Congressional Black Caucus hosted a press conference recognizing National Voter Registration Day at the Milwaukee City Hall Rotunda. The press conference focused on the following topics: register constituents to vote; re-register members of the community to vote; encourage those who are [...]

The Villard Avenue Business Improvement Dist. #19 held its free 2012 neighborhood street festival on W. Villard Ave. between N. 35th and N. 38th Streets on Sat., August 25. Alderman Ashanti Hamilton is pictured above with Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Mandela Barnes, who recently won the Democratic nomination for State Representative. The family friendly [...]

Milwaukee was one of a select few cities to host the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Imaging Project Exhibit this past week. The exhibit was officially opened to the public on Mon., Aug. 27 and ran through Thurs., Aug. 30 at The Milwaukee Public Library on Wisconsin Avenue. Ald. Milele Coggs, Congresswoman Gwen Moore, Jim [...]

Exhibit opening on August 27th Milwaukee Public Library, in partnership with JPMorgan Chase, will host a traveling exhibition from The King Center in Atlanta. The King Center Imaging Project exhibition showcases digital images of key documents from Dr. King’s correspondence, speeches, sermons and other key figures and organizations from the Civil Rights Movement. “We are [...]