Photo Essay: Ruiz Remembered
Juan Carlos Ruiz was remembered by family, friends, civic leaders, and the Milwaukee community during a memorial celebration to his life and work, both of which were dedicated to serving the Latino community.
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Photo Essay: Just Mercy
The recipient of numerous awards, including the MacArthur Foundation “Genius” grant, bestselling author and civil justice attorney Bryan Stevenson was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People for 2015.
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Bestselling author Bryan Stevenson speaks about social justice at MATC event
“There is a different metric when you are trying to change the world. Your income is not a measure of your commitment to justice. You ability is not measured by how many people know your name, or how many people applaud you,” said author Bryan Stevenson to a capacity audience in the Cooley Auditorium of the Milwaukee Area Technical College’s downtown campus. Stevenson’s March 9 presentation, American Injustice: Mercy, Humanity and Making a Difference was based on his experiences as a social justice attorney, and themes covered in his book Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption. The...
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Bill Sell: Bay View’s social conscience and champion of building a better community
Considered a voice of social justice and the civic leader who began the renaissance movement for Bay View, Bill Sell has spent his life as an activist and champion of building better communities in Milwaukee. | Q&A with Bill Sell Milwaukee Independent: How did you become an activist, and is that the correct term to describe your work? Bill Sell: Activism seems to have been in my blood since I grew up in a working class household. My Dad was a steward and became president of a local union, during which time faced a brutal strike against GE X-Ray. Fast...
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Photo Essay: Hot Wheels
The Scale Auto Hobby & Toy Show took place at American Serb Hall on March 6.
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Milwaukee advocates to Call-On Congress in cancer fight
Milwaukee resident Kelly Kuster, a stage IV colorectal cancer survivor, will be one of the more than 125 advocates participating in the Call-on Congress event, which will take place March 16 in Washington, D.C. Organized by Fight Colorectal Cancer (Fight CRC), Kuster and her family will join the annual lobby day effort along with other cancer survivors, caregivers, and friends of those impacted by the disease. They will ask members of Congress to support policies that will increase screening and fund medical research. “As an advocate and a stage IV survivor, I am ready to visit with my lawmakers’...
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