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Flood Emergency Assistance Team (F.E.A.T.) opens new headquarters
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Flood Emergency Assistance Team (F.E.A.T.) opens new headquarters

Group partners with MATA to provide aid to flood victims
The Flood Emergency Assistance Team (F.E.A.T.) announced this week that it has opened a new headquarters to manage the organization’s grassroots effort to provide aid to victims of the flood that ravaged parts of Milwaukee and the surrounding suburbs on July 15, 22 and 23.
F.E.A.T. is a community based volunteer, non-governmental organization (NGO) whose mission is to provide relief and resources to flood-stricken residents of the Milwaukee area.
During an information session held on August 18, 2010, at Parklawn Assembly of God …

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Will Allen’s Growing Power announces International Urban & Small Farm Conference Sept. 10-12 at State Fair Park
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Will Allen’s Growing Power announces International Urban & Small Farm Conference Sept. 10-12 at State Fair Park

Milwaukee, long known for its beer, brats and cheese, is becoming a Good Food destination. Growing Power, an organization headed by the sustainable urban farmer and MacArthur Fellow Will Allen, this week announced it is hosting the largest farm conference of its kind Sept. 10-12 at State Fair Park in West Allis.
The first annual National- International Urban & Small Farm Conference, expected to draw thousands of visitors from around the world, will bring together a diverse audience of not only those interested in urban agriculture and sustainable farming practices, but …

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Milwaukee Chapter 100 Black Women celebrates anniversary
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Milwaukee Chapter 100 Black Women celebrates anniversary

The Milwaukee Chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women (NCBW) celebrated their 2nd anniversary at Chic Lounge, 131 N, Jackson Street on Tuesday August 24th. The event hosted by Chic Lounge owner Rita Rander was attended by business, corporate and government community leaders.
“We are committed to being engaged in resolving and solving quality of life issues of importance to our city, our community and women of color, “said NCBW founding president Michelle Hinton.
NCBW has been involved in advocating people of color to exercise their right to vote by …

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Milwaukee teen eyes Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s National Youth of the Year Title
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Milwaukee teen eyes Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s National Youth of the Year Title

At an early age, Tommy Walls, Jr. decided that in order to survive, he had to become the leader in his family. Born into dire circumstances in Detroit , surrounded by mental illness, HIV and drug addiction, Walls made it his objective to change his living situation. And he did just that – after meeting Milwaukee relatives at a family reunion, he moved to their city with an adult cousin to begin a new life. Little did Walls know that his life-changing decision would result in possibly winning a prestigious …

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Fake teachers of the Holy Ghost
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Fake teachers of the Holy Ghost

Series by: Rev. Shone Bagley, Sr. Ordained/M.C.C.
When teachers of God’s word tell you that you have the Holy Ghost, most of them tell you from their knowledge and not of God’s wisdom.
The evidence of the Holy Ghost is not of language – even though it was given to those in the upper room. To receive the Holy Ghost does not come from being in one accord, or praying, or fasting – instead it is of obedience. No matter what the book of Acts tells you, Jesus sets the foundation to …

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Fresh Coast Classsic announces college and universities participating in 2010 tournament
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Fresh Coast Classsic announces college and universities participating in 2010 tournament

The Fresh Coast Classic Basketball Tournament today announced that the following Historically Black Colleges and Universities will participate in the 2010 basketball tournament: Bowie State University (Bowie, MD), Clark-Atlanta University (Atlanta, GA), Johnson C. Smith University (Charlotte, NC) and St. Paul College (Lawrenceville, VA) will compete for this year’s championship title.
Scheduled to take place in Milwaukee at Wisconsin Lutheran College, 8800 West Bluemound Road, November 26-27, the Fresh Coast Classic is far more than a basketball game; it’s an unforgettable experience that brings the legacy of Historically Black Colleges and …

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22nd Annual Walnut Street Picnic held
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22nd Annual Walnut Street Picnic held

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Club youth of the year winners receive full scholarships from Marquette University
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Club youth of the year winners receive full scholarships from Marquette University

What do a girl from New Mexico, a boy from Kansas and a girl from Germany all have in common? These three teens from various Boys & Girls Clubs across the world have all received the opportunity of a lifetime – four-year, full tuition scholarships from Marquette University. Marquette, located in Milwaukee, Wis., partnered with Boys & Girls Clubs of America last year to offer scholarships to Club teens who have been selected as Youth of the Year winners.
Being named Youth of the Year is the highest honor bestowed on …

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Alderman Davis speaks out on flood
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Alderman Davis speaks out on flood

As I have been patiently gathering information on the storm events that occurred on July 16th & 22nd, there is information that I’m compelled to release concerning the unfortunate personal loss of constituents in the 2nd Aldermanic District. The District that I represent experienced substantial damage from the heavy rains which caused residents to watch in dismay as their streets and alleys filled with storm and sewer water at an alarming rate. During the event of July 22nd, I spent much of my time wading through the water to clean …

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Harold Dow, CBS news correspondent dies
[28 Aug 2010 | No Comment | 516 views]
Harold Dow, CBS news correspondent dies

Longtime CBS News Correspondent Harold Dow died suddenly Saturday morning of an apparent asthma attack at the age of 62.
Dow has been a correspondent for “48 Hours” since 1990 after serving as a contributor to the broadcast since its premiere Jan. 19, 1988. Dow was also a contributor to the critically acclaimed 1986 documentary “48 Hours on Crack Street,” which led to creation of the single-topic weekly news magazine.
Dow’s family released the following statement on Sunday:
“At the time of Harold’s death, he was suffering from adult onset asthma. On Monday, …

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