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07
Oct

Morris Chestnut and Hulu’s Reasonable Doubt Cast Discuss Season 2 and Impact of An All-Black Writers Room at CultureCon 2024

  • Nyesha Stone / 2 years
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  • 5 min read

Morris Chestnut Joins Latest Season The cast of Hulu’s Reasonable Doubt hit CultureCon’s “Culture Stage” to discuss everything from the show’s latest season to the Blackness of the cast and crew. Reasonable Doubt, created by Raamla Mohamed, follows defense attorney Jax Stewart, played by Emayatzy Corinealdi, as she navigates her family, marriage, personal life, and […]

07
Oct

How to Reach The Top: Hear from Warner Bros Discovery and HBO Leadership at CultureCon 2024 

  • Nyesha Stone / 2 years
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  • 3 min read

Climbing the Industry Ladder  During Day 1 of the 2024 CultureCon at Brooklyn’s Duggal Greenhouse, creative leaders HBO and Max Senior Manager of Multicultural Marketing Kyra Lewis and Warner Bros Discovery Head of Diversity Antoinette Miller spoke on the “Mapping Your Route to the Top” panel to discuss how to navigate in media and entertainment. […]

06
Oct

CultureCon 2024 Returns to Brooklyn from Oct. 5-6. Here’s a Run Down of Day 1

  • Nyesha Stone / 2 years
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  • 4 min read

The Theme is “Camp” CultureCon 2024 is back in Brooklyn, New York from October 5-6, 2024. This year’s CultureCon took attendees “to camp” with this year’s theme for the annual convention. The two-day event is like a Black creative homecoming, bringing creatives, brands, and celebrities together for a weekend full of community building and activations. CultureCon […]

01
Oct

This Milwaukee Native Crowned 2024 Miss Black Ohio America and She’s Heading to Nationals

  • Nyesha Stone / 2 years
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  • 2 min read

Taking Home the Title Brianna Suggs had two plans in life. Plan A involved a life of acting, modeling, and singing, and Plan B took the higher educational route. For over 10 years, Suggs has focused on Plan B through early childhood care and most recently, teaching elementary, middle, and high schoolers. She’s spent the […]

28
Sep

How A Granddaugther’s Love Lead to the Creation of Joyce’s House Education Center: Providing GED Programming and More

  • Nyesha Stone / 2 years
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  • 3 min read

In Honor of Grandmother Joyce From 2019 until 2023, Mercedez Butts serviced 225 women in Milwaukee on their recovery path from substance abuse by providing a safe haven at Joyce’s House. She founded the nonprofit Joyce’s House in honor of her late Grandmother Joyce who overcame substance abuse. Originally from Oakland, California, Grandmother Joyce moved […]

25
Sep

Native American Powwows and Culture Highlighted by Wisconsin Artist in MATC Community Arts Collection

  • Nyesha Stone / 2 years
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  • 3 min read

15 Wisconsin Artists In recent years, the city of Milwaukee and its organizations have been slowly coming around to investing in the arts and creative scene in Milwaukee. Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC), Wisconsin’s largest technical college, is one of Wisconsin’s educational institutions that provides a platform to support local artists. In 2020, MATC started […]

23
Sep

The Largest HBCU College Fair in the Nation Hosted by HBCU Week Foundation Expects Record-Breaking 8,000 Students at Return to Walt Disney World

  • Maria / 2 years
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  • 3 min read

HBCUs Return to Disney  The HBCU Week Foundation is returning to Walt Disney World Resort in Florida for its second year from October 23-24, 2024 to welcome an expected 8,000 graduating high school seniors interested in attending an HBCU next year.  The HBCU Week Foundation started by Ashley Christopher is a nonprofit organization that encourages […]

19
Sep

Milwaukee’s 2024 Walk to End Alzheimer’s Raises Over $640,000 for Resources and Research

  • Maria / 2 years
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  • 3 min read

Community on The Move On Sunday, September 15, 2024, Milwaukee’s lakefront, better known as Lake Michigan, was decorated with the color purple, the official color of Alzheimer’s awareness, as over 2,200 participants gathered on the Summerfest Festival Grounds in Milwaukee to prepare for the two-mile Annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s hosted by the Alzheimer’s Association.  […]