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Gender Affirming Services, Supplies and Education for Trans and Queer Folks

By Ben Slowey On January 16, 2024 Milwaukee Trans and Queer Depot is a mutual aid resource that provides free gender affirming services, supplies and education to trans and queer…

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Milwaukee Health Department plan targets racism as public health crisis

The plan aims to address the city’s housing, maternal health and public safety By Margaret Faust On December 18, 2023 Milwaukee plans to address racism and health equity over the…

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Bucks’ Middleton and United Healthcare hand out new coats to MPS students at Franklin School

On December 5, 2023 A kindergartner at Benjamin Franklin School stretched out his arms and said, “This is my favorite color!” He was trying on his new, blue coat, one…

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Milwaukee County Board Adopts Third-Party Audit of County Jail

By Ben Slowey On November 13, 2023 The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors passed the 2024 County Budget on Thursday, Nov.9, adopting an amendment that funds a third-party audit of…

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Second prisoner dies during Waupun Correctional Institution lockdown, while restrictions linger at two other prisons

Staffing shortages have resulted in actions to limit prisoner movement at Wisconsin’s Waupun, Green Bay and Stanley correctional institutions — more facilities than have been previously disclosed. By Wisconsin Watch…

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Evers administration allocates $402 million to combat PFAS, other water contaminants

State and federal money will be made available to 106 Wisconsin municipalities to help them build water infrastructure projects, replace lead service lines and address emerging contaminants such as PFAS.…

Susan Fellows: Rehabbing Older Homes for Free with Project Hope

By Tom Jenz On October 23, 2023 Headed by Executive Director Susan Fellows, Project Hope rehabilitates old houses in fading neighborhoods at no costs to qualified residents. To prove the…

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Lawmakers approve bills to bar gender affirmation procedures, sports participation for transgender youth

Gov. Tony Evers has said he’ll veto the bills immediately By Anya van Wagtendonk On October 12, 2023 The state Assembly on Thursday approved three bills to limit how transgender…

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EPA announces largest project ever funded under a Great Lakes cleanup program in Milwaukee

EPA says nearly $450M effort underway with partners to remove toxic sediments. By Danielle Kaeding The largest project ever funded under a Great Lakes cleanup program will remove contaminated sediments…

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Milwaukee County seeing a ‘significant’ uptick in its homeless population

Proposed county budget includes $1.5M increase for county’s homeless outreach team By Evan Casey On October 2, 2023 Rachel Wagner is a licensed barber and cosmetologist in Milwaukee, and for…

Local Organizations

Greater Milwuakee Foundation - The Greater Milwaukee Foundation is Wisconsin's largest community foundation and was among the first established in the world. For more than a century, the Foundation has been at the heart of the civic community, helping donors achieve the greatest philanthropic impact, elevating the work of changemakers across neighborhoods, and bringing people and organizations together to help our region thrive. Racial equity is the Foundation's North Star, guiding its investments and strategies for social and economic change. Leveraging generations of community knowledge, cross-sector partnerships and more than $1 billion in financial assets, the Foundation is committed to reimagining philanthropy, recentering communities and remaking systems to transform our region into a Milwaukee for all. 

Groundwork Milwaukee - The mission of Groundwork Milwaukee is to bring about the sustained regeneration, improvement and management of the physical environment by developing community-based partnerships that empower people, businesses and organizations to promote environmental, economic and social well-being.

Unity in Motion - We develop new generations of diverse, culturally competent, empowered leaders equipped with the skills, values, and relationships necessary to disrupt the cycle of segregation by building diverse, equitable, and loving communities.

Safe & Sound - Our mission is to unite residents, youth, law enforcement and community resources to build safe and empowered neighborhoods. Our vision is a safe neighborhood for everyone in Milwaukee.

Hunger Task Force - Hunger Task Force believes that every person has a right to adequate food obtained with dignity. We work to prevent hunger and malnutrition by providing food to people in need today and by promoting social policies to achieve a hunger free community tomorrow. Hunger Task Force is Milwaukee's Free & Local food bank and Wisconsin's leading anti-hunger organization.

Neighborhood House of Milwaukee - Founded in 1945 as a safe and nurturing place for urban youth, families and seniors, Neighborhood House has grown into a modern, 54,000 square-foot facility that serves more than 4,000 people annually. Neighborhood House offers an accredited preschool, child care and enrichment programming for infants, children, teens, families and refugees. Neighborhood House goals align with major community initiatives aimed at helping people of all ages combat the devastating effects of poverty.

City Forward Collective - Securing our Milwaukee's economic future and quality of life by ending educational inequity and ensuring every single child in our city has the opportunity to attend a high-quality school. We do whatever it takes to foster more great schools for the families who need them most – increasing access, closing the achievement gap, and advancing equity.

Cream City Foundation - Cream City Foundation mobilizes philanthropic resources and fosters strategic partnerships by harnessing the pride, passion, and commitment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer+ people and their allies to advance human rights and respond to the human needs of LGBTQ+ people in Southeastern Wisconsin. The Foundation has granted more than $1.5 million to life-affirming, life-sustaining and life-celebrating programs for the LGBTQ+ communities of southeastern Wisconsin.

9to5 National Association of Working Women - Our mission is to build a movement to achieve economic justice, by engaging directly affected women to improve working conditions. We combine grassroots organizing, advocacy, public education and leadership development to accomplish our goals. All of our work is grounded in local grassroots organizing through which we involve women in campaigns to improve public policy, and which we combine with advocacy, public education and leadership development to accomplish our goals. Our program stems from being on the front lines, seeing the needs and trends from women most affected by injustice. 

 The Benedict Center - The Benedict Center provides services and advocacy for women in the criminal justice system so they can live safer, healthier lives for themselves, their children and the community we all share.  Our services include community-based counseling for substance use disorders and mental health treatment, reentry support, neighborhood drop-in centers and street outreach. We advocate for a more equitable justice system including public health approaches to substance use, mental illness and trauma instead of criminalization.

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