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Hank Aaron Foundation donates $100K to MATC scholarships

The MATC Foundation received a $104,000 gift from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation Hank Aaron Fund and the Hank Aaron Chasing the Dream Foundation 4 for 4 Scholarship program. The gift will endow a scholarship at MATC for at least two students each year. The scholarship will be awarded to MATC Promise students, with a preference for students who have been referred by the Milwaukee Boys & Girls Clubs’ Chasing the Dream program and are pursuing a career in public service, social work, paramedicine, education, or allied healthcare. “We sincerely appreciate the generosity of Hank and Billye Aaron,” said MATC...

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Solar company brings clean energy options to Milwaukee homeowners

As the largest dedicated residential solar company in the United States, Sunrun Inc. recently announced it was expanding its home solar service to Wisconsin, becoming the first company of its kind to serve the Midwest. Sunrun is a pioneer in expanding access to rooftop solar in the region, which is good for Wisconsin homeowners who will now have a variety of choices enabling them to go solar. Consumers can either own their system outright with Sunrun BrightBuy, or own and finance it with Sunrun BrightAdvantage, using a loan arranged by Sunrun. Sunrun is a leading expert in helping homeowners...

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88Nine to stream Milwaukee bands 24/7 on new 414Music.fm channel

New HD Station and Web Stream Launches June 20, with invitation to musicians to submit tunes for first-ever station featuring only Milwaukee bands. All-Milwaukee music will be broadcast and streamed around the clock on “414Music.fm,” a new HD2 radio channel and stream that 88Nine Radio Milwaukee (WYMS 88.9-FM) will launch June 20, the station announced Friday. 414Music.fm will be simulcast on 88Nine’s HD2 frequency, online at www.414Music.fm and on the station’s app. The station is inviting Milwaukee musicians to submit their music, recently recorded or from past years, to Radio Milwaukee for possible inclusion on 414Music.fm. The station and...

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Millennials unite for inclusive talent strategy in Milwaukee

In an effort to break down barriers and encourage cross-network connection, multiple Milwaukee young professional groups will collaborate on two new events. Blueprints for Milwaukee: Building a YP Agenda and All Boats Rise: Milwaukee’s Largest YP Happy Hour both aim to connect young professional groups and their networks to one another, while engaging them civically and socially in the community. Following the civil unrest in Sherman Park this past summer, Milwaukee’s millennial leadership realized how important it is for their organizations to work together to shift the current power structures that are at the root of the socioeconomic disparities...

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War Crimes investigator to speak at Jewish exhibit “Holocaust by Bullets”

Father Patrick Desbois will share how his global humanitarian organization documented the murdеrs of 2.2 million in the former Soviet Union on April 19. With a life devoted to researching the Holocaust and fighting anti-Semitism, the rare public appearance by Father Desbois in Milwaukee launches the five-week run of the Holocaust by Bullets exhibit at the Milwaukee Jewish Federation’s Helfaer Community Service Building. Over the past decade, his organization Yahad-In Unum (“together” in Hebrew and Latin), a Paris-based non-profit has been dedicated to systematically identifying and documenting sites of Jewish and Roma mass executions by Nazi mobile-kiIIing units in...

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Milwaukee County Parks wins back-to-back MANDI Awards

Milwaukee County Parks was a back-to-back winner during the 18th Annual Milwaukee Awards for Neighborhood Development Innovation (MANDI) ceremony on April 6. Milwaukee County’s Johnsons Park named as the Public Space Award winner, and the “Brewers Community Foundation Public Space Award” recognized the efforts of numerous partners and community groups, who came together to revitalize the 13.2 acre park, the only public park in the Lindsay Heights neighborhood. “Great parks help build community and contribute to the overall well-being of a neighborhood. The MANDIs highlight some of the most innovative and collaborative projects happening in Milwaukee and all of...

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