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Celebrating Juneteenth: Milwaukeeans Share What it Means to Them

June 21, 2024

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...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Brit Nicole, Interviews, Juneteenth Day, Michelle Allison, Monique Liston, PrincessSafiya Byers, Vaun Mayes

To Texas, with love: How Milwaukee Stepped in for a State that was Down and Out

March 6, 2021

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...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Charitable Donations, Homer Blow, Laura Manriquez, MKE2TX, Sam Woods, Sequanna Taylor, Shavonda Sisson, Vaun Mayes

Youth Stipend Program Cleans the Community and Offers Youth Opportunity

April 5, 2019

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...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Dylan Deprey, Jeremiah Thompson, RP Potts, Vaun Mayes, Youth Stipend Program

Program the Parks “Cocoa and Coats” Connects Community, Despite Legal Issues

November 10, 2018

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...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Dylan Deprey, Gab Taylor, Program the Parks, Vaun Mayes

Eight Lost to Gun Violence in Eight Days, City Asks Community for Help, Local Organizers Ask Same from Officials

August 11, 2018

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...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Camille Mays, Dylan Deprey, Gun Violence, Vaun Mayes

Vaun Mayes Pleads Not Guilty in Federal Indictment, Firebomb Plot

July 21, 2018

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...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Dylan Deprey, Program the Parks, Vaun Mayes

Community Packs Court Room: Vaun Mayes, Community Activist, charged in firebomb plot, released

July 13, 2018

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...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Dylan Deprey, Felony Charges, Vaun Mayes

Program the Parks Initiative Gets Legit with New Building for Upcoming Winter

September 16, 2017

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...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Dylan Deprey, Gab Taylor, Program the Parks, Vaun Mayes

Milwaukee Press Club Opens Conversation a Year after Sherman Park Unrest

August 19, 2017

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...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ashley Lutheran, Charles Benson, Dylan Deprey, Homer Blow, Joanne Sabir, Khalif Rainey, Laura Richards, Milwaukee Press Club, Sherman Park, Vaun Mayes

A Cry for Help Means Business in the Fight Against Human Sex Trafficking

August 12, 2017

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...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Bianca Williams, Dylan Deprey, Homer Blow, Human Trafficking, Lena Taylor, Pimping, Todd Halbach, Vaun Mayes

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