By Mrinal Gokhale As the founder of Coalition for Justice, Nate Hamilton has actively kept the death of his brother Dontre Hamilton relevant to the community as a reminder of the present state … [Read more...]
Workforce Investment Board Talks Black Male Unemployment and Possible Solutions
By Mrinal Gokhale For many years, Milwaukee’s black male unemployment rate has been one of the highest in the country along with incarceration and school achievement gaps. For the first time, … [Read more...]
New MCTS Suburban Bus Routes Show Increased Ridership & Employment With Inner City Residents
By Mrinal Gokhale The Black Health Coalition (BHC) and MICAH Empowers have officially started their “New Routes. New Moves. Transits & Routes Go Together” campaign, promoting three new MCTS … [Read more...]
Greater New Birth Church Addresses Rising Need for Food with Mobile Pantry
By Mrinal Gokhale The Greater New Birth Church held their fourth mobile food pantry in conjunction with Feeding America on the afternoon of Friday, July 17. More than 500 people each … [Read more...]
Social Development Commission Strives to Reform Image and Increase Outreach
By Mrinal Gokhale After recent shootings, Police Chief Edward Flynn stated Milwaukee has the fourth highest murder rates of the nation. Given this statistic, Milwaukee’s Social Development … [Read more...]
Lights! Camera! Soul! Evolves from Student Organization to Official Nonprofit
By Mrinal Gokhale This fall, Lights! Camera! Soul! a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) student club produced The Colored Museum by George C. Wolfe, a satirical and sometimes controversial … [Read more...]
Milwaukee Theater Activist Brings Back PocketBook Monologues – With a Twist
By Mrinal Gokhale As 150 people sat in the Body & Soul Healing Arts Center on the evening of June 18, over 20 African-American women performed monologues on sexuality in the former church … [Read more...]
NAACP to March Across Country for End to Racial Profiling
By Mrinal Gokhale The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s (NAACP) Wisconsin branch held a state conference on Wednesday June 17, announcing they’ll participate in the … [Read more...]
Milwaukee Education Partnership Strives to Bring Back African American Scholars to City
By Mrinal Gokhale The Milwaukee Education Partnership (MEP) held a discussion panel at the Hilton Milwaukee City Center in early June with leaders from three historically black colleges and … [Read more...]
Everybody Eats Rally Attendees Call to Restore FoodShare Funding
By Mrinal Gokhale Five years ago, Meghan Hilliard, 26, discovered she was pregnant and unexpectedly became a single mother. A few months earlier, she’d become disabled due to an … [Read more...]