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Creating a safe space and offering a message of hope and love for the youth she mentors at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee, La’Ketta Caldwell dealt with her deepest personal tragedy at the same time she celebrated her greatest professional achievement. | Q&A with La’Ketta Caldwell Milwaukee Independent: Why do you view life through an artistic lens? La’Ketta Caldwell: The arts provide a safe outlook for individuals, and myself, to express emotions. Arts allows me to be creative, be hopeful, and cope with hard situations in life. When I write poetry, attend theatre, and dance, it also...

After establishing her professional career in Washington DC with the White House Historical Association and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Mame Croze McCully returned to the hometown that first nurtured her love of history. She now works to educate our next generation and preserve Milwaukee’s most precious treasures, its memories. | Q&A with Mame Croze McCully Milwaukee Independent: Where did your interest for history come from? Mame Croze McCully: You may be surprised to learn that my interest in history comes from my love for place. I love to learn about where I live and what surrounds me. If you...

From marching with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to working with ESHAC to save Riverwest in the 1970s, James Godsil has been a mentor to generations in Milwaukee. Trading the prospects of his brilliant academic career to live the change he wanted to see in the world, Godsil has spent four decades on the roofs of every neighborhood in the city. With his retirement has come reflection, and continued motivation to shape a future for Milwaukee based on cultural equality and nourished by urban agriculture. | Q&A with James Godsil Milwaukee Independent: Do you have any fond memories from your...