By Nyesha Stone The Milwaukee Press Club hosted its monthly luncheon, which featured the 2020 Democratic National Convention (DNC) CEO Joe Solmonese earlier this week. A four-person panel … [Read more...]
Raising Awareness on the Financial Impact of the Opioid Epidemic
By Nyesha Stone In 2017, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declared opioid abuse a public health emergency and estimated that 11.4 million Americans misused prescription opioids. … [Read more...]
Gov. Tony Evers Announces Drinking Water Protections for Emerging Health Contaminants
By Nyesha Stone Earlier this year, Gov. Tony Evers named 2019 the “Year of Clean Drinking Water.” To do this, he said that $40 million would be used to replace lead pipes, $25 million to … [Read more...]
Wisconsin School Districts Receive $1.9 Billion in Funding
By Nyesha Stone The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) distributed $1.9 billion from numerous programs to fund Wisconsin school districts. Most of that funding is to be used for … [Read more...]
Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office Says It’s Committed to Making Milwaukee’s Parks Safe
By Nyesha Stone The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) addressed public safety during a community meeting with local organizations this past Monday. The meeting was held at Dineen Park’s … [Read more...]
American Red Cross Campaign Urges Donors to Give Blood
By Nyesha Stone For the second year in a row, American Red Cross is running its Missing Types campaign, which brings awareness to a shortage of the main blood types: A, B and O. The letters A, B … [Read more...]
The AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin Launches First PrEP Marketing Campaign in the City of Milwaukee
By Nyesha Stone The Medical College of Wisconsin and the Center for AIDS Intervention Research found that black men in Milwaukee are diagnosed with HIV four times the rate compared to white men. … [Read more...]
Cristo Rey Jesuit’s First Graduating Class Have All Been Accepted into Colleges
By Nyesha Stone Four years ago, Cristo Rey Jesuit High School Milwaukee welcomed its first freshman class and just last Friday, it said farewell. The high school’s senior class of 2019 not only … [Read more...]
Mr. Perkins Family Restaurant Celebrates 50 Years by Offering Free Food to the Community
By Nyesha Stone Willie Perkins Sr. and Hilda Perkins have paved the way for many Black business owners in the city of Milwaukee by showing the community how to run a successful business. Willie … [Read more...]
National Conflict Resolution Center Hosted A Path Forward Panel in the Wake of Chabad of Poway Shooting
By Nyesha Stone On April 27, 2019, on the last day of the Jewish Passover, 19-year-old John T. Earnes opened fire at the Chabad of Poway Synagogue in San Diego. He killed one woman and injured … [Read more...]
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