Today on Lake Effect, we explore what’s next for Heal the Hood MKE as the organization’s founder relocates from Milwaukee. Then, we hear from two Wisconsin cyclists who rode over 2,400 miles across the United States. Plus, we learn about the history of Milwaukee’s Jones Island.
Guests:
- Ajamou Butler, founder of Heal the Hood MKE
- Chris Schmidt, biked the Great Divide Mountain Bike route from Canada to Mexico
- Chris Hiebert, biked the Great Divide Mountain Bike route from Canada to Mexico
- John Gurda, Milwaukee historian
- Claudia Looze, director, co-producer and editor of the People of the Port: A Jones Island Documentary
- Tony Wood, technical director of the People of the Port: A Jones Island Documentary
- Carol Amour, scriptwriter for A Tribute to Survival and administrative assistant for the Tribute Documentary Group
- Dianne Amour, member of the Prairie Band Potowatomi tribe and a member of the Tribute Documentary Group