Category: Profiles
Jacqueline Olive: Filmmaking when racial tеrrоrism is always in season
As a director and producer who uses filmmaking to tell nuanced stories of the people and cultures...
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George Banda: The Humble Hero
“What does a hero feel like? I was just dong my job, it was what I was trained to do. That’s what...
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Ellery Kemner: Staying positive in the face of being broken
After an injury left her with debilitating migraines, Ellery Kemner survived a massive seizure at...
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Elana Kahn: Hatred of Jews as a social bellwether
After leaving the Jewish community of Milwaukee, where her grandfather owned a grocery store in...
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Wendy Baumann: Finding a Seat at the Table
In her 23 years as executive director, Wendy Baumann has been instrumental in the success of...
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Pardeep Kaleka: Forgiveness in the midst of tragedy
“Forgiveness is your power to take power back. It’s your ability to say, ‘I want to grow from...
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Gloria Steinem: An entrepreneur for social change
“A smart guy wrote the golden rule, you should treat other people the way you want to be...
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Niki Johnson: Using art to give others a voice
Internationally recognized Milwaukee artist Niki Johnson unveiled her latest artwork, made out of the signage from Planned Parenthood health centers de-funded under the Walker administration in Wisconsin.
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Stacey Williams-Ng: A vision for Milwaukee’s Street Art
Stacey Williams-Ng, program director of the Black Cat Alley Mural Project, knew she wanted to be an artist from a very young age. But she never thought she would fuel a street art movement.
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Dan Steininger: A Lego Master Builder who sculpts with plastic bricks
In the modern digital age of electronic gadgets and mobile devices, one tiny bit of plastic has...
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Gary Lukitsch: Looking back at the Blue River Café
The Mitchell Building at 207 East Michigan Street was once home to Milwaukee’s folk music scene, where the Blue River Cafe was located.
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Cheryl Orgas: Misconceptions about being blind
The most difficult experience of growing up blind was not the inability to see, for Cheryl Orgas...
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Baptista’s Bakery plans $7.8M snack factory expansion mkeind.com/2uBHMM6
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Baptista’s Bakery plans $7.8M snack factory expansion Posted by Curated Content | Jul 23, 2017 | Curated | Baptista’s Bakery LLC, a subsidiary of Snyder’s-Lance Inc. and a leader in snack food i...
David Magnasco to direct culinary services for University Club mkeind.com/2ux2pJi
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David Magnasco to direct culinary services for University Club Posted by Curated Content | Jul 23, 2017 | Curated | The University Club of Milwaukee announced that it has named David Magnasco as culin...
Fundraising campaign seeks to restore Juneau Park statues mkeind.com/2uCwE1v
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Fundraising campaign seeks to restore Juneau Park statues Posted by Staff | Jul 22, 2017 | Articles | The Friends of Juneau Park launched a fundraising campaign in May to restore two historic statues ...
88Nine Radio commissions neighborhood murals to spark dialogue with art mkeind.com/2vta1dU
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88Nine Radio commissions neighborhood murals to spark dialogue with art Posted by Editor | Jul 22, 2017 | Articles | Two colorful, original murals aimed at spurring community conversations will be cre...
88Nine Radio Milwaukee has partnered with the Milwaukee Independent, and will be sharing select stories on radiomilwaukee.org.
Pabst goes old-school with Brewery signage
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Even in the Age of Emoji and digital publishing, the human touch of painting signs has been making a slow comeback across the country and the style now adorns Milwaukee’s Pabst Brewery.
“Anyone who missed it didn’t miss much.” - Jerrianne Hayslett
Wausau TV station does a poor rip off of Milwaukee Independent’s news coverage that included an interview about the OJ Simpson trial.
WAOW Doesn’t Deliver, Milwaukee Independent Does
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Neither the Wausau TV station news director nor the interviewing reporter sent me the link, as they said they would, to the Simpson-parole piece they aired yesterday, so I went to their website and…
An eye-witness account of the OJ Simpson trial in 1995 and the fall of Iran in 1979.
Jerrianne Hayslett: How the News Industry Influences Justice mkeind.com/2vcLBo1
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Jerrianne Hayslett: How the News Industry Influences Justice Posted by Editor | Jul 21, 2017 | Featured | From being evacuated with her family out of Iran during the Islamic Revolution in 1979, to man...
Video: From Iranian Revolution to 24-hour news cycle mkeind.com/2ueoblh
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Video: From Iranian Revolution to 24-hour news cycle Posted by Staff | Jul 21, 2017 | Video | “Propaganda has always worked. Some methods and people are more effective and adept at delivering it tha...
‘Evicted’ highlights how time has stood still since open housing marches mkeind.com/2uCvhjl
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‘Evicted’ highlights how time has stood still since open housing marches Posted by Margaret Rozga | Jul 21, 2017 | Articles | “Reading Desmond’s book about the housing crunch for low-income re...
Oncology journal publishes study of African American breast cancer survivors mkeind.com/2vDXJ1F
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Oncology journal publishes study of African American breast cancer survivors Posted by Curated Content | Jul 20, 2017 | Curated | Melinda Stolley, PhD, associate director of Cancer Prevention and Cont...
Milwaukee included in HuffPost Cross-Country Listening Tour mkeind.com/2vuNNHS
Milwaukee included in HuffPost Cross-Country Listening Tour | The Milwaukee Independent
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Milwaukee included in HuffPost Cross-Country Listening Tour Posted by Editor | Jul 20, 2017 | Featured | The HuffPost ”Listen To America: A HuffPost Road Trip” will visit 23 cities over 7 weeks an...
Local nonprofits to share $1M grant from Milwaukee Bucks Foundation mkeind.com/2ucjBTO
Local nonprofits to share $1M grant from Milwaukee Bucks Foundation | The Milwaukee Independent
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Local nonprofits to share $1M grant from Milwaukee Bucks Foundation Posted by Curated Content | Jul 20, 2017 | Curated | The Milwaukee Bucks Foundation (MBF) is granting a total of $1 million to 15 Mi...
"Sherman Park Rising" mural takes shape as community comes together to paint mkeind.com/2vm2rlj
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“Sherman Park United” mural takes shape as community comes together to paint Posted by Curated Content | Jul 20, 2017 | Curated | Painting together as a community brings the vision of unity to lif...
Sailing camp teaches local students how to navigate a future on freshwater mkeind.com/2vxDKSi
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Sailing camp teaches local students how to navigate a future on freshwater Posted by Editor | Jul 19, 2017 | Featured | Along Lake Michigan for the next few weeks, Milwaukee’s future sailors are per...
Free perks coming to Downtown workers for Employee Appreciation Week mkeind.com/2vvQ9WT
Free perks coming to Downtown workers for Employee Appreciation Week | The Milwaukee Independent
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Free perks coming to Downtown workers for Employee Appreciation Week Posted by Curated Content | Jul 19, 2017 | Curated | Milwaukee Downtown BID #21 will team up with downtown businesses and community...
Time & The Mystery Podcast: Sam Witwer (Part 2) mkeind.com/2udrDwu
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Time & The Mystery Podcast: Sam Witwer (Part 2) Posted by Mike Mangione | Jul 19, 2017 | Podcasts | Sam Witwer Actor / Musician / Voice Wizard Before the role of Aidan Waite on the show Being Human, D...
Benedict Center begins South Side program to divert women from sеx trade mkeind.com/2vvK6Sg
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Benedict Center begins South Side program to divert women from sex trade Posted by Editor | Jul 18, 2017 | Featured | The Benedict Center announced the expansion of its Sisters Diversion Program, a st...
Volunteers needed at dоmеstіc viоIеncе hotline to offer hope one call at a time mkeind.com/2uwKrH0
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Volunteers needed at dоmеstіc viоIеncе hotline to offer hope one call at a time Posted by Staff | Jul 18, 2017 | Articles | “Carmen Pitre, our Executive Director, often reminds the staff that ...
Layton Boulevard West Neighbors sees $1M in South Side home investments mkeind.com/2vm6RHZ
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Layton Boulevard West Neighbors sees $1M in South Side home investments Posted by Curated Content | Jul 18, 2017 | Curated | Layton Boulevard West Neighbors (LBWN) is celebrating $1 million invested i...
Airshow sees Army Parachute Team descend through the atmosphere mkeind.com/2vs1CH7
Airshow sees Army Parachute Team descend through the atmosphere | The Milwaukee Independent
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Airshow sees Army Parachute Team descend through the atmosphere Posted by Editor | Jul 17, 2017 | Articles | The 2017 Milwaukee Air and Water Show took place under mixed weather conditions along the M...
Photo Essay: Golden Knights Precision Landing from 12,500 feet mkeind.com/2vsc4OO
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Photo Essay: Golden Knights Precision Landing from 12,500 feet Posted by Lee Matz | Jul 17, 2017 | Featured | The Golden Knights are a demonstration parachute team of the United States Army. Members o...
Photo Essay: Golden Knights Practice Jump attempt at 2,000 feet mkeind.com/2vrUgDx
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Photo Essay: Golden Knights Practice Jump attempt at 2,000 feet Posted by Lee Matz | Jul 17, 2017 | Photos | The Golden Knights are a demonstration parachute team of the United States Army. Members of...
Photo Essay: Free-falling with the Golden Knights Demonstration Team mkeind.com/2vsgc1k
Photo Essay: Free-falling with the Golden Knights Demonstration Team | The Milwaukee Independent
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Photo Essay: Free-falling with the Golden Knights Demonstration Team Posted by Staff | Jul 17, 2017 | Photos | The Golden Knights are a demonstration parachute team of the United States Army. Members ...
Video: U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute into Milwaukee Airshow mkeind.com/2vrOIZF
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Video: U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute into Milwaukee Airshow Posted by Staff | Jul 17, 2017 | Video | While sleek machines filled the skies above downtown at high speed, not all participants in th...
