By PrincessSafiya Byers This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit … [Read more...]
To Texas, with love: How Milwaukee Stepped in for a State that was Down and Out
By Sam Woods 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...]
Youth Stipend Program Cleans the Community and Offers Youth Opportunity
By Dylan Deprey Chip bags, check. Blunt wrappers, check. Giant pieces of old car tires, check. As the snow melts and the sun teases what is in store for Summer, Spring cleaning is a must, … [Read more...]
Program the Parks “Cocoa and Coats” Connects Community, Despite Legal Issues
By Dylan Deprey A brisk day and hot cocoa go together like S’mores and a campfire, and Program the Parks brought both to Sherman Park for the third annual Cocoa and Coats event on Sat. Nov. … [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...]
Vaun Mayes Pleads Not Guilty in Federal Indictment, Firebomb Plot
By Dylan Deprey Vaun Mayes, Program the Park founder and activist, returned to Sherman Park ready to work following a weeklong hold in Kenosha County Jail on Federal charges of allegedly … [Read more...]
Community Packs Court Room: Vaun Mayes, Community Activist, charged in firebomb plot, released
By Dylan Deprey It was only four days after Vaun Mayes, Program the Park youth program founder, was pulled from his residence by federal agents. He was back in federal court for the third time … [Read more...]
Program the Parks Initiative Gets Legit with New Building for Upcoming Winter
By Dylan Deprey There is a well-known African proverb that says, “It takes a village to raise a child.” Vaun Mayes and the Program the Parks initiative began by simply protecting a park that … [Read more...]
Milwaukee Press Club Opens Conversation a Year after Sherman Park Unrest
By Dylan Deprey News is all about the facts: the who, what, when, where and why. But, when the where overshadows what actually happened, who is left to pick up the pieces? After the news … [Read more...]
A Cry for Help Means Business in the Fight Against Human Sex Trafficking
By Dylan Deprey On the corner of 30th and Lisbon Ave., sits an abandoned restaurant in a normal north side neighborhood. Day and night, young women addicted to heroin use the alley behind the … [Read more...]