Author: Lee Matz

The Standing Rock Sioux in North Dakota have been joined by more than 300 other tribes, and supporters from all walks of life. The peaceful, prayerful encampment of water protectors has been repeatedly attacked by a private security company with attack dogs, sprayed with tear gas, and fired on with rubber bullets by militarized police. A national day of rallies started in Milwaukee outside of the Wells Fargo Bank on 100 E. Wisconsin Avenue, with the public request that the financial institution pull its funding out of the DAPL construction. Wells Fargo is one of several national banks financing...

Author, educator, and the founder of the Capital Preparatory Magnet School, Dr. Steve Perry spoke candidly to the Milwaukee public on November 14. Based in Hartford, Connecticut and considered one of the top schools in the country, Capital Prep has sent 100% of its predominantly low-income, minority, first generation high school graduates to four-year colleges every year since its first class graduated in 2006. These image are from the event, “An Evening with Dr. Steve Perry” that was held at The Rep’s Quadracci Powerhouse, and produced by the Athena Speakers Bureau. A full audio recording of the presentation was...

“Revolution Spoken” was a performance version of the curated exhibit that focused on the subject of revolution, as a transformative experience, at home and overseas.

Residents of Milwaukee remembered the departed during the annual Day of the Dеаd celebration, known as Día de los Muertos, held on October 29 at Walker Square Park on the city’s Southside.