Community Advocates

Wells Fargo announced they will fund a $7.5 million grant from the financial institution’s Wealth Opportunity Restored Through Homeownership (WORTH) to Milwaukee. The use of funding will be led by the city of Milwaukee and the Community Development Alliance (CDA).

While driving through Milwaukee’s Garden Homes community, you may find Martha “Mama” Freeman. The anti-violence community activist has become such a fixture of the neighborhood they even named a street after her. Mama Freeman has spent most of her life working for the community as a crossing guard, a teacher, a community builder, and now as a pastor at Alpha Omega Ministries.

Last month, Safe & Sound named Bridget Whitaker as their new executive director. She joins Lake Effect to share her goals for the nonprofit, which works across ten neighborhoods in Milwaukee to unite residents, young people, law enforcement, and community resources to try and make the community safer.

Politicians on both sides of the aisle point to breaking the cycle of poverty as one of the most vital issues facing the country. But what the politicians…

Music has its Grammy Awards. The movie industry has the Oscars. Live theater has the Tony Awards. But when it comes to revitalizing Milwaukee…

We begin our annual holiday series Life’s Voices, stories of people striving to make Milwaukee a better place to live.Our first profile is of Joe Volk.…