By Matt Martinez Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city … [Read more...]
‘I Felt Like I Lost a Part of Me’: How Camille Mays Finds Peace After Gun Violence Took Her Son
By Matt Martinez Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city … [Read more...]
Hidden in Plain Sight? Black Female Activists Feel Left Out of BLM Movement
By Princess Safiya Byers Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city … [Read more...]
Eight Lost to Gun Violence in Eight Days, City Asks Community for Help, Local Organizers Ask Same from Officials
By Dylan Deprey “Frustrated.” It was the one word Vaun Mayes, Program the Parks, used to describe Milwaukee’s violent week, during a Community Task Force press conference. As of Thursday … [Read more...]
MKE Peace Garden Beautifies the Community in Remembrance of Loved Ones
By Margaret Sponholz In Milwaukee, it’s not unusual to see empty glass bottles lying in the streets. Sometimes bottles are even set up outside intentionally in memory of loved ones. Camille Mays … [Read more...]
Peace Garden Project MKE: More Than a Replacement for Curbside Memorials
By Dylan Deprey The number of names inked into the stack of loose-leaf paper in Camille Mays folder has grown steadily over the last week. Thirty families have requested that a deceased loved … [Read more...]