Benny Tralongo, owner of SayWerd clothing, has been aggressively looking for a storefront for the last six months. The building he was looking for had to be at least 600 sq. ft. and located on a busy street. Even with a pandemic going on, Tralongo found a home for SayWerd, which is located on 3475 […]
The Greater Milwaukee Foundation (GMF) is no stranger to receiving or giving $1 million grants. Just recently, GMF’s newly created MKE Responds Fund was granted $1 million from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to help with COVID-19 relief. According to a news release, the grant will help support relief and recovery efforts, particularly in six […]
The Greater Milwaukee Foundation (GMF) is no stranger to receiving or giving $1 million grants. Just recently, GMF’s newly created MKE Responds Fund was granted $1 million from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to help with COVID-19 relief. According to a news release, the grant will help support relief and recovery efforts, particularly in six […]
All it took was a Facebook status and about a week’s worth of planning and shooting for creator Tyree Pope and stylist Vato Vergara to create a joint project. Pope has always had an interest in fashion, but he never really mixed his love of visuals with fashion, until now. Pope wanted to create something […]
View fullsize The iDeal Realty team. (Picture provided by Don Bond) Don Bond, owner of iDeal Realty, has had a fair share of entrepreneurship since childhood. Bonds began his business endeavors selling candy in elementary school and by the age of fourteen, he had established a lawn mowing company named, “Kiss My Grass” that had […]
There are over 3.5 million truck drivers in the U.S, according to the census, and if they were to stop running for just even a day, our entire economy would take a hit that would take a while to recover from. Although truck drivers are a vital part of our society, most every day drivers […]
Every part of life has been or will be affected by what’s going on right now, even the access to clean laundry. There are over 178,000 citizens that are 60 or older just in Milwaukee alone, according to Wisconsin Department of Health Services, and there’s a huge percentage of that number who may not have […]
Last weekend, The Cream City Medical Society (CCMS) held “Stronger Together”, a free educational mask distribution event that aimed to educate community members on COVID-19 prevention methods outside of Midtown’s Pick N Save. A handful of Black physicians passed out handmade face masks and informative COVID-19 handbills for four hours. The physicians illustrated social distancing […]
Last weekend, The Cream City Medical Society (CCMS) held “Stronger Together”, a free educational mask distribution event that aimed to educate community members on COVID-19 prevention methods outside of Midtown’s Pick N Save. A handful of Black physicians passed out handmade face masks and informative COVID-19 handbills for four hours. The physicians illustrated social distancing […]
At the age of 1 1/2 years old, Marissa J. Williams lost her mother. At the time, she was too young to process death, but throughout her teen years, she encountered each stage of grief, except one: acceptance. “I don’t think I’ve ever accepted it and I don’t think I ever will,” Williams said. Many […]
