Eddie Morales
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WUWM
A new book collection about Sikhism at the Oak Creek Public Library is teaching the public about the tenets of the religion and the history and culture of those who practice it.
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Sometimes too I test a vehicle as a pre-production model, then get the standard production model a few months later. That was the case with Nissan’s new 2022 Pathfinder. Plus it was a top-end Platinum 4WD version, same as I’d tested last fall. -
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month is an annual celebration of the historical and cultural contributions of people of Asian descent in the United States. It began as a weeklong celebration in the late 1970s, and eventually encompassed a full month by the 1990s.
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Alisha Jihn and Tisiphani Mayfield are Wild Space’s guest choreographers for “InSite: Dances for Washington Park.” Their dances are created in conversation with Fredrick Law Olmsted’s design elements throughout Washington Park.
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AAPI communities aren’t fully represented in local politics or in the state’s history books. Jessica Boling and Lorna Young with the Asian American Pacific Islander Coalition of Wisconsin share more about their efforts to increase Asian American history in state education and engage more AAPI voters.
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WUWM is featuring the stories of MATC students, talking about their education journeys with someone who helped them along the way. Tiffany Mosby dropped out of high school as a junior, after struggling to read for years. As an adult, she took classes at Literacy Services to improve her reading so she could get her GED and go to college.
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Starting May 23, a six-episode podcast, called Be Seen, will explore Wisconsin’s LGBTQ history. Michail Takach, the curator for the Wisconsin LGBTQ History Project, and Nate Imig, the director of content for Radio Milwaukee, share more.
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4th Dimension operates a sober living facility in Riverwest. It’s one of the largest providers of sober living housing in Milwaukee County. Jason Gonzalez, the founder and CEO of 4th Dimension Sobriety Inc., shares more about building a sober living community and making recovery more visible.
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A judge has sentenced a white Milwaukee man to a decade in prison for throwing acid in a Latino man's face in a 2019 racist attack. A jury convicted Clifton Blackwell last month of first-degree reckless injury with a dangerous weapon as a hate crime.
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