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In honor of Black History Month, Lyft has joined forces with Black Girls CODE, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing the number of women of color working in technology. The partnership will help Black Girls CODE reach their goal and introduce computer coding lessons to young girls from underrepresented communities in Milwaukee and across the country, just by taking a Lyft ride. The United States is expected to have 1.4 million computing jobs available by 2020, and it is critical that women of color are given an equal opportunity to occupy those jobs. To get them there, Black Girls CODE...

The Milwaukee RiverWalk District will hold its annual meeting on February 13, and honor three individuals with a 2018 Gertie Award for their vision and determination to improve the district. Each year since 1994, the Milwaukee Riverwalk District has bestowed its Gertie Award to recipients from both the private and public sectors for their characteristics that are likened to that of Gertie the Duck. The Gertie Award is named for the famed duck who survived on the Milwaukee River beneath Wisconsin Avenue against all odds. In 1945, the mallard was perched on top of river pilings in her nest,...

The Museum’s display recounts the unified efforts made by American Jews and African Americans to fight for equality before and during Milwaukee’s Open Housing Marches of 1967-1968. Allied in the Fight: Jews, Blacks and the Struggle for Civil Rights, on view until March 25 at the Jewish Museum Milwaukee, explores the power of partnerships through shared projects and organizational efforts, and how many members of the African American and Jewish communities became allied against injustice. In connection to the exhibit, Jewish Museum Milwaukee assembled a committee of local African American and Jewish leaders, educators and former Civil Rights activists...

What began as dancing pixels across the former County Stadium scoreboard in the 1990s, evolved into a popular costumed race at Miller Park that gained fame throughout Major League Baseball. But the Klement’s brand will no longer be displayed on the Polish, Italian, Brats, Chorizo, or Hot Dogs, as they race around the ballpark when the 2018 season begins this spring. Tom Danneker, CEO of the Klement Sausage Company, released a letter to his employees on January 23 saying, “All good things come to an end, and the Brewers have decided to discontinue our partnership with them.” For more...

Franklin High School officials took action on January 23 to address an incident that occurred sometime the previous afternoon involving a racist message. Jacob Romanski, a junior at Franklin High School, posted a photo he took on January 22 to social media where it was widely shared and commented on. The image showed handwritten signs reading “white” and “colored” posted above hallway water fountains, depicting the pre-Civil Rights era conditions of the segregated South. It reflected the often violent discrimination faced by African-Americans at that time. “I was disgusted to see that in my place of education. To know...