Will Allen issues challenge, gets anonymous donation Milwaukee’s foremost farmer, Will Allen of Growing Power, decided to make some hard-pressed households warmer for Christmas by personally … [Read more...]
Harvest of Hope annual dinner raises $15,000
Hupy & Abraham, S.C. donates $2,500 Attorney Michael F. Hupy, Senior Partner, Hupy & Abraham, S.C. presents a check to ReDonna Rodgers, Founder of The Center for Teaching … [Read more...]
Jennifer Jones Austin, activist, needs bone marrow donor
By Frederick Alexander Meade Community activist Jennifer Jones Austin is an accomplished attorney of nearly twenty years who has worked to secure greater measures of social and economic … [Read more...]
Meta House, Inc. receives grant from the Women’s Fund
Meta House received a $10,000 grant from the Women’s Fund of Greater Milwaukee, Inc. to offer the Women’s Advocacy Project. The program is designed to 1) reduce the social stigma attached to substance … [Read more...]
Improve your career prospects in the New Year
While no one can predict what will happen with the economy in the New Year, you can start 2010 with a solid plan to improve your career prospects significantly. All you have to do is enroll in one of … [Read more...]
Inclusive excellence takes hold at UWM
Diversity is a widely discussed issue and educational goal at the University of Wisconsin– Milwaukee, but a new initiative is getting UWM students, faculty and staff talking about diversity on a … [Read more...]
Planned Parenthood applauds Congress for prioritizing evidence-based sex education in 2010 appropriations
The Healthy Youth Act could help position the state to accept new federal funds Madison, WI — Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin today praised Congress for passing the 2010 Appropriations … [Read more...]
CBC members stand up for Black Press, jobs, small business, vow to escalate protests
By Hazel Trice Edney NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The 10 Black members of the powerful House Finance Committee are still being applauded this week by the Black Press and Black … [Read more...]
Baptist Ministries Plymouth Apartments goes solar
Among first public housing complexes in the state to go solar With leaders from Wisconsin and around the world gathering in Copenhagen to discuss climate change, the Housing Ministries of the … [Read more...]
Walgreens offering H1N1 Vaccine, assisting governments in nationwide inoculation effort
Walgreens (NYSE, NASDAQ: WAG), the nation’s largest drugstore chain and an industry leader with more than 17,000 certified or licensed immunizers, today announced it is offering H1N1 vaccine at more … [Read more...]