Author: Staff

The new online video series was partly inspired by 88Nine Radio Milwaukee’s 2016 project, “National and North.” That program explored the literal and figurative intersections of Milwaukee residents and their different neighborhoods, along two of Milwaukee’s longest streets: National and North Avenues. With Invisible Line the station was able to dig deeper into the issue of segregation in Milwaukee, told by the people of color who are affected most. The goal of the new series expands on the original idea of empathy. The series features intimate conversations about race, segregation and prejudice with Milwaukee residents, without a narrator, using...

The 18th Annual World Refugee Day was celebrated in Milwaukee on June 20, held for the first time at Zeidler Park downtown during the Westown Farmers Market. The Westown Farmers Market boasts more than fifty vendors, offering a wide range of ready-to-eat lunch choices, locally grown produce, and crafts made by resident artisans. From a national perspective, Milwaukee has been a successful resettlement site for decades. The city is also home to a vibrant community of advocates for strengthening local food systems and highlighting the exceptional small farms and food producers from around the region who make that a...

“This hateful policy is a catastrophe all around – not only for those who simply want to travel, work, or study here in the States, but for those seeking safety from violence as well. While this decision doesn’t address the separate and equally harmful ban on refugees, it cruelly traps people in conflict-afflicted countries and prevents them from seeking safety in the U.S. or being reunited with family. Some of the people banned from this policy are fleeing conflicts that the United States has had a direct hand in creating or perpetuating, as is the case in Yemen and...

It has been decades since a generation of Milwaukee drivers, cyclists, or walkers had to maneuver the road with a streetcar. While many safety measures seem like common sense, an awareness campaign was recently launched. The purpose was to remind the public about the law and how to move in proximity to a Streetcar. The Hop is in Milwaukee and Streetcar vehicles are already on the tracks for testing. Knowing that residents are eager to get a closer look at the new and modern transportation option, HopSmart was developed as a list of tips to educate the public during...

Salim Amin, the Nairobi-based filmmaker and son of legendary African documentarian Mohamed Amin joined acclaimed Milwaukee filmmaker and photographer Chip Duncan for a special film screening and talkback session, around the new Charles Allis Art Museum’s exhibit “Inspiring Change: The Photography of Chip Duncan and Mohamed Amin.” The display runs through October 21, and features the work of Duncan alongside Amin (1943-96), the Kenyan photojournalist responsible for exposing Ethiopia’s famine crisis globally in the 1980s. When his images were broadcast globally in 1984, they helped inspire both Live Aid and We Are The World. Salim, who is chairman of...