This year, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin celebrated 80 years of providing high quality, affordable care.We have been there for women, men and families during some of the most important and intimate moments of their lives.Today, PPWI is the largest, most-trusted nonprofit reproductive health care provider in Wisconsin and operates 21 health centers, which provide thousands of people with .... Read More
For weeks after the 2016 general election, heartache, fear and fury sent people searching for hope, comfort and a way forward.Sales of “Nasty Woman” T-shirts rose, as did contributions to progressive groups such as Planned Parenthood and environmental organizations like the Sierra Club.Petitions circulated demanding recounts and the abolition of the Electoral College — or at least de.... Read More
Since mid-fall, the fourth annual Growing Power Winter Market has been taking place in Milwaukee.The second half of the 2016-17 winter market season will begin Jan. 7 at 5500 W. Silver Spring Drive.Growing Power, an urban farm, has earned national recognition for its mission to provide equal access to healthy, high-quality, safe and affordable food for all people in the communities in w.... Read More
Nationwide rallies in support of immigrant rights will be staged in more than 20 states Jan. 14 in a show of resistance against President-elect Donald Trump’s harsh rhetoric about Mexicans, Latin Americans, Muslims and others.The event’s organizers describe the rallies — set to take place a week before Trump assumes office — as “a mass mobilization of allies set to build community, cel.... Read More
On Saturday, following an investigation of a North American pig breeding farm and open rescue of a piglet destined for slaughter, activists with the animal rights network Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) protested inside the New Berlin Costco. The investigation follows two investigations in 2016 finding horrific violence at Costco meat suppliers, including a pig farm with mass overuse of antibiotics.... Read More
Almost two weeks into the school year, Melissa Corrigan got an email from the principal and superintendent of her daughters’ elementary school. Water from four West Middleton Elementary School faucets taken Sept. 1, the first day of school, had tested high for levels of lead or copper. As a safety precaution, the school would provide bottled water to students until the issue was resolved.Co.... Read More
Milwaukee community art center Walker Point Center for the Arts named Marcela “Xela” Garcia as its new executive director.Garcia was born in Guadalajara and grew up on Milwaukee’s Southside. She brings experience in arts and culture, education, philanthropy and organizational sustainability with more than ten years of systems and program development, implementation and evaluation.A M.... Read More
National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved an Art Works grant of $20,000 to Historic Milwaukee, Inc. for Doors Open 2017. Doors Open Milwaukee is a two-day public celebration of Milwaukee's art, architecture and history."The arts are for all of us, and by supporting organizations such as Historic Milwaukee, the National Endowment for the Arts is providing more opportunities.... Read More
LGBT artist Thom Ertl has created a line of holiday cards, with a portion of sales to benefit the programs and services of the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center.“I realize that in this age of technology, people rely on their phones and computer to communicate with others,” said Ertl. “But I sometimes miss the nostalgia associated with receiving a card or letter in the mail — that little .... Read More
The League of American Bicyclists named the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee a Gold Bicycle Friendly University. The top ranking comes three years after the campus was named a bronze-level campus by the league. UWM joins a group of 164 Bicycle Friendly Universities in 44 states and Washington, D.C.Kate Nelson, chief sustainability officer at UWM, called the ranking a validation of the efforts.... Read More
