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The public program “Guns, Grief & Grace in America: Everyone’s Toolkit” will be held February 17 at the newly renovated Milwaukee Public Library Mitchell Street Branch. An academic and community-led coalition was formed to advance a public health framework to foster civil, non-polarized conversations about the prevention of suіcіdе, hоmіcіdе, dоmеstіc vіоlеncе, and accіdеntal and mаss shооtings. “The League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County supports this broader approach of involving our entire metro area in learning about and discussing sensible solutions to the many ways gun violence affects all of us,” said Anne Golden, president of the League...

Workers in fight for $15 from Milwaukee to join new “Poor People’s Campaign” in massive wave of nonviolent civil disobedience this spring, uniting two of nation’s most powerful social movements in fight for strong unions. On the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the historic Memphis sanitation strike, Milwaukee fast-food workers will rally as part of a wave of protests in cities across the country. Participants in the February 12 event have vowed to continue the fight for better wages and union rights that sanitation workers started half a decade ago. In Milwaukee, fast food workers will rally outside...

“The horrors that are due to race prejudice come home to the Jew more forcefully than to others of the white race, on account of the centuries of persecution that they have suffered and still suffer.” – Julius Rosenwald Between 1912 and 1932, nearly 5,000 Rosenwald schools for black children were established in the South. They were built in the eleven states of the Confederacy as well as Oklahoma, Missouri, Kentucky, and Maryland. They ranged in size from simple single-teacher schools to large high schools. Julius Rosenwald, Sears Company Head and Jewish Philanthropist They were called “Rosenwald schools,” because...

In recognition of the 28 Days of Black History and Black History Month, the City of Milwaukee will host a public celebration on February 23 at City Hall. The City of Milwaukee website and the city government cable channel will again recognize influential figures in Milwaukee’s Black history with the 28 Days of Black History campaign in honor of Black History Month “Last year, we had great success with the 28 Days of Black History information campaign,” said Common Council President Ashanti Hamilton. “We shared so many powerful and compelling stories of Milwaukee’s own heroes, and this year we...

Foxconn Technology Group wants to tap 7 million gallons of water a day from Lake Michigan to meet its consumption demands. If the Department of Natural Resources grants permission to Foxconn, 39 percent of that water will not return to the lake. Nearly 3 million gallons will are expected to be consumed by the factory. Foxconn said one of the biggest reasons it picked southeastern Wisconsin for its panel display factory was the ability to use freshwater from Lake Michigan. The city of Racine asked the state Department of Natural Resources for permission on January 29 to divert water...

Milwaukee Ballet will present its production of “MXE Milwaukee Mixed” from February 8 to 11 at the Pabst Theater. This made-in-Milwaukee production pairs the Company’s choreographers with local artists in a program of five world premieres. “The Pabst program has long been associated with the creation of new work, and the pursuit of pushing the boundaries of our audience and dancers. We continue this tradition with MXE Milwaukee Mixed,” said Artistic Director Michael Pink. “MXE was conceived to showcase the choreographic talent in the Company, and the power of collaboration with fellow creative artists in our community.” MXE Milwaukee...