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The Milwaukee Tennis Classic, The Al Hurvis/ADAMM Educational Foundation, Summit Educational Association, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Women’s Tennis Team partnered to present the MTC/Summit Kids Tennis Day on September 16. The community service event at Merrill Park on 461 N. 35th Street, will connect the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Women’s Tennis Student-Athletes to the young children of Milwaukee. The student-athletes will work with 40 to 60 Summit Scholars in a fun and interactive program. Summit, a non-profit corporation, founded in 1990, works with economically disadvantaged inner-city kids year round at the Kosciuszko Park Community Center on the south side...

Marina Walker Guevara, deputy director of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and coordinator of The Panama Papers investigation, will keynote the 2017 Burleigh Media Ethics Lecture on September 19 at Marquette University. The Panama Papers series which won a 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting, uncovered a secretive industry and lead an investigation behind Mossack Fonseca, a Panamanian law firm that helped people hide their assets, skirt tax regulations and rules, and fund unethical businesses. Walker Guevara will discuss the challenges involved in the project, which brought together hundreds of journalists analyzing millions of leaked documents. “I’m very...

In a statewide assessment, law enforcement in nearly every county in Wisconsin reported that human trafficking occurs in their community. Recognizing this growing problem, the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Human Trafficking Bureau will develop a coordinated statewide strategy to identify, target, and prosecute traffickers in order to combat human trafficking and provide needed assistance to survivors. “Human trafficking is an insidious crime that affects victims in small and large communities, rural and urban,” said Attorney General Schimel. “The DOJ Human Trafficking Bureau will be a resource to communities all across the state in the fight to stop human...

American Family Insurance will sponsor the project to link Summerfest grounds to downtown Milwaukee. Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. officials announced that The Historic Third Ward Architectural Review Board unanimously approved plans to reconstruct the North Entry Gate of Henry Maier Festival Park and develop a new Community Plaza, adjacent to Urban Park. This new project, made possible by American Family Insurance, will not only connect the festival grounds to the new Lakefront Gateway Project and downtown Milwaukee, but add public amenities as well as provide an expanded and more efficient entrance for festival goers. “We are thrilled to continue...

Sculpture Milwaukee recently rolled out a virtual experience for viewing its 22 sculptures along Wisconsin Avenue. Developed by Graydient Creative, the newly debuted Sculpture Milwaukee app features an audio tour, “hearts” for users to like their favorite sculptures, custom photo filters and a scavenger hunt. The exclusive audio tour gives users a full description of the artist and their sculpture, and is also available in Spanish. Similar to Pokémon Go, users can throw “hearts” at their favorite sculptures. Hearts are unlimited, and the user’s favorite sculptures are displayed on the homepage of the app. In addition, users can apply...

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) is accepting applications from nonprofit and community-based organizations for a grant program designed to advance the statewide climate for entrepreneurship. The Entrepreneurship Support Program provides financial assistance of between $10,000 and $100,000 for projects that promote entrepreneurship and provide Wisconsin entrepreneurs with key resources, including training, mentorship, and business development and financial services. Launched as a pilot program in 2016, the initiative provided nearly $500,000 in grants to 11 projects statewide in its first year to help fund activities such as prototyping assistance, legal services, and outreach to underserved entrepreneurs. Because of the...