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The Hispanic Professionals of Greater Milwaukee recently received a $350,000 multi-year gift from Bader Philanthropies. Francesca Mayca Wegner, executive director of HPGM, details the organization's goals and strategies to advance Hispanics and Latinos across diverse professional fields.
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Dinorah Marquez, founder of the Latino Arts Strings Program, uses her passion and expertise to provide training and fulfillment for Milwaukee Youth.
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The Milwaukee Common Council is going back to the drawing board to look at the city’s aldermanic districts. The Common Council sided with Mayor Tom Barrett’s veto of a proposed aldermanic district map and will reopen the redistricting process for more community input.
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These last few years, COVID-19 has disproportionately affected the Latinx community on Milwaukee’s southside. This year, Forest Home Cemetery is hosting a Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) event to celebrate the lives that have been lost. The event will include a community ofrenda by Latinas Unitas en Las Artes (LUNA), community resources, local vendors, food trucks, arts and crafts, and music and entertainment.
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The stars hold deep cultural connections around the globe. All month long the UW-Milwaukee Manfred Olson Planetarium is hosting Culturas Celestiales, a series of events celebrating Latin American cultures’ connection to the night sky.