By Karen Stokes The UW-Milwaukee African American Male Initiative is hosting their fourth annual summit on Black male youth. This year’s theme is “Black Boys Thriving: Pathways to Success”. On … [Read more...]
TCF Bank and Milwaukee Public Schools Partner to Keep Kids In Need Warm this Winter
Help Milwaukee Public Schools’ students by donating new hats, scarves, gloves and mittens at 16 TCF Bank branches in the Milwaukee area WAYZATA, Minn. and MILWAUKEE – TCF National Bank (TCF … [Read more...]
Support Milwaukee’s Veterans this Holiday Season
Dear Friend, Recently, I helped kick off the 10th annual Holiday drive to benefit benefit returning soldiers receiving care at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center. Please join me in … [Read more...]
Drug mail-in initiative will make it easy to dispose of unused meds
Multifaceted first-of-its-kind in the nation city partnership aimed at opioid and heroin epidemic; includes CVS Pharmacy, MMSD, City of Cudahy, DOJ, DEA, US Bank and USPS (See list of participating … [Read more...]
Can I Get a Side of Job With that High School Education?
By Dylan Deprey At 14-years-old, what job wouldn’t a high schooler take for some extra cash on the weekend? Burger flipper, grocery bagger, theater usher, retail cashier, amusement park … [Read more...]
Any Dosage of Lead is Deadly, Especially in Drinking Water
By Dylan Deprey Never in Brenda World-Patterson’s dreams would she have thought that as a toddler her son would get lead poisoning. “I remember thinking ‘he’s not eating out of the window … [Read more...]
King Sends Letter to States Calling for an End to Corporal Punishment in Schools
U.S. Education Secretary John B. King Jr. sent a letter on November 22nd, 2016 urging state leaders to end the use of corporal punishment in schools, a practice repeatedly linked to harmful short-term … [Read more...]
One Way to Lower the Smoking Rate in the African American Community; Stop Youth From Smoking Now
By Karen Stokes Tobacco products are destroying the health of the African American community. Tobacco use is related to cancer, heart disease and stroke, which are the three leading causes of … [Read more...]
Prostate Cancer: Why an Early Diagnosis Matters
By Mrinal Gokhale Cancer is deadly, but sometimes, people don’t notice symptoms until it is too late. Prostate cancer is just one example. Statistics show one in seven American men will be … [Read more...]
Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele Announces Appointment of Holly Davis as Director of the Department on Aging
MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele today announced his appointment of Holly Davis as director of the County’s Department on Aging. Ms. Davis began serving as interim director … [Read more...]
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