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Community Brainstorming Meeting Brings Awareness to Milwaukee’s Growing Sex Trafficking Problem

September 3, 2016

By Karen Stokes Approximately 100 community members, political figures, clergy and law enforcement gathered on Saturday morning for breakfast and a crucial conversation on sex trafficking in … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Bobby Sinclair, Child Sex Trafficking, Community Brainstorming Conference, Cynthia Davis, Dawn Jones, Human Trafficking, Karen Stokes, Martha Love, Nancy Yarbrough, Roemel Lamont Smith, Russell Stamper Sr

Amid the Unrest, Lies an Opportunity for Change

August 20, 2016

By Karen Stokes and Dylan Deprey Days after the unrest that devastated the Sherman Park neighborhood in Milwaukee, the events of last Saturday are now being discussed and scrutinized locally as … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Amar Kaleka, BP Gas Station, Coalition for Justice, Dylan Deprey, Fatal Shooting, Karen Stokes, Milwaukee Police Department, Police Shooting, Rioting, Sherman Park, Sylville Smith

Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Opens Midtown Clinic

August 20, 2016

By Karen Stokes Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin celebrated the opening of a new clinic in Midtown with a community open house on Monday. The open house featured refreshments, activities for … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Bevan Baker, Childrens Hospital and Health System, Grand Openings, Gwen Moore, Hector Colon, Karen Stokes, Midtown Clinic, Peggy Troy, Tom Barrett

Local Pastor Hosts ‘Praise for Peace’ Benefit Concert

August 13, 2016

By Karen Stokes On Saturday August 27, Robert Pyles, pastor of Abundant Faith Church of Integrity, 7830 W. Good Hope, will be hosting the “Praise for Peace” benefit concert for the Ronald … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Charlin Neal, Concerts, Karen Stokes, Marlon Lock, Praise for Peace, Robert Pyles, Ronald McDonald House Charities, William Murphy

Summit Exposes Truths About Poverty

August 6, 2016

By Karen Stokes Milwaukee residents, politicians, community organizers, faith based and the non profit community all came together to have a courageous and truthful conversation on how to … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Dismantling Poverty, Dr Joy DeGruy, Jeffery Roman, Karen Stokes, Lena Taylor, Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome, Social Development Commission, Summit on Poverty

Gun Control Just One of Many Issues During State Senate Race

July 30, 2016

By Dylan Deprey and Karen Stokes As polling stations across Milwaukee wipe the dust settling from the recent April elections, a storm is brewing in the offices of the Democratic Party for the … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: 4th District State Senate, Community Forums, Dylan Deprey, Gun Control, Karen Stokes, Lena Taylor, Mandela Barnes

Block Party Initiates Conversations for Healing Sherman Park Neighborhood

July 30, 2016

By Karen Stokes James Harris, was once a resident of the Sherman Park neighborhood where a recent incident at a BP gas station had residents protesting the station. His family still resides in … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Block Parties, Business Boycott, James Harris, Karen Stokes, Sharon Whittaker, Sherman Park

New Report Shows State and Local Government Spends More on Incarceration than Education

July 16, 2016

By Karen Stokes A new report from the U. S. Department of Education revealed that the majority of state and local governments are investing more money on prison than on education. The … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Cost of Education vs Incarceration, John B. King Jr., Karen Stokes, Mass Incarceration, Milwaukee Public Schools, My Brother's Keeper, Valerie Jarrett

Senator Ron Johnson Comments After the Tragedy in Dallas

July 16, 2016

By Karen Stokes “The gunman himself talked about who he was inspired by, the groups that are going around. I’ve seen the video of thugs walking through alleys chanting, ‘What do we want?’ … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Dallas Shooting of Police Officers, Karen Stokes, Ron Johnson

Mayor Barrett walks with Teens from the Earn and Learn Program to Promote Healthy Lifestyles

July 9, 2016

By Karen Stokes On a warm, partly cloudy Friday afternoon, Milwaukee teens and Mayor Tom Barrett enjoyed the weather and fellowship while walking to promote healthy lifestyles in … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Earn and Learn, Karen Stokes, Student Youth Internship Program, Tom Barrett, Walk 100 Miles With The Mayor

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