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05.05.2021
Addiction & Mental Health
Mental health support is at the core of every program and initiative at Meta House, which is funded in part by donations to United Way.
05.05.2021
Living Local April 2021 (1)_01.mp3
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02.22.2021
Black History is Milwaukee History
Black History is Milwaukee history, it’s Wisconsin history, it’s United Way history. This month and all year long, we celebrate and reflect on the significant achievements of African American individuals and organizations in our local community. At United Way we...
02.15.2021
Black History is Milwaukee History
Black History is Milwaukee history, it’s Wisconsin history, it’s United Way history. This month and all year long, we celebrate and reflect on the significant achievements of African American individuals and organizations in our local community.
01.06.2021
Reimagine Our World
COVID19 has impacted all of our lives, but many members of our community were already struggling before the pandemic hit. Issues like housing instability, living paycheck to paycheck, and navigating serious health concerns were only amplified by COVID19. And the...
01.06.2021
The Faces of Change
Annually, United Way provides funding to hundreds of local programs that run the gamut from early childhood education to disabilities services to employment support to food security. In a normal year their work is astounding, and this year, when both...
02.19.2020
Charles Russell
This week we talk to Charles Russell, a sexual assault survivor who first shared his story with us back in April in a blog for Denim Day. Our conversation delves a bit deeper into the assault and the healing journey...
02.19.2020
Fatherhood Episode 1
This week, we have a very special 2-part episode. On February 16, 2016, United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County partnered with Ex Fabula, a local organization that is committed to strengthening community bonds through the art of storytelling,...
02.19.2020
Fatherhood Episode 2
This week, we have a very special 2-part episode. On February 16, 2016, United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County partnered with Ex Fabula, a local organization that is committed to strengthening community bonds through the art of storytelling,...
02.19.2020
Jessica Osenbrugge, Episode 1
Where were you on September 11th, 2001? In this week’s episode we talk to Jessica Osenbrugge, the executive director for St. Joseph’s Medical Clinic. Jessica was in New York City on September 11, 2001. She shares her story with us...
02.19.2020
Phyllis Wiggins
This week we talk with volunteer Phyllis Wiggins, who serves full time with American Red Cross in Southeastern Wisconsin. We discuss her rocky road from serving in the military, being falsely imprisoned in Germany, acclimating back to civilian life, finding...
02.19.2020
Tonda Thompson
This week on Living Local, we talk with Renaissance woman Tonda Thompson, who discusses how ensuring a community full of safe babies came to her in a dream. We also discuss her road to recovery from a personal experience with...
02.19.2020
Danielle Costello and Ryan Hurley on the Milwaukee Community Schools Partnership
What have you heard about Milwaukee Public Schools lately? If what comes to mind is something negative-increasing class sizes, not enough quality teachers and school staff, trauma and violence, I want you to hit pause on those thoughts.
02.19.2020
Diallo Mayo, Youth Programming and Prevention Educator at The Parenting Network
You never know when you might be working down the hall from someone with an amazing story to tell. That is what we discovered when we sat down to interview Diallo Mayo, former Community Health Ambassador and Public Ally placed...
02.19.2020
From Survivor to Champion: Dawn Helmrich’s Incredible Story (Episode 1)
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02.19.2020
Jessica Osenbrugge, Episode 2
Where were you on September 11th, 2001? In this week’s episode we talk to Jessica Osenbrugge, the executive director for St. Joseph’s Medical Clinic. Jessica was in New York City on September 11, 2001. She shares her story with us...
02.19.2020
On the Path to Ending Chronic Homelessness in Milwaukee
Is it really possible to end chronic homelessness in Milwaukee…by 2017? If you’re first thought is “that’s crazy…” Emily Kenney wants you to think again.
02.19.2020
Project Homeless Connect Needs YOU to Volunteer!
How many people does it take to put together a one-day, one-stop shop event for 500+ individuals experiencing homelessness in Milwaukee? Add to that 300+ volunteers, 50+ service and resource vendors, over 80,000 donated items and transportation for guests?
02.19.2020
Shaquita and Adrienne, Street Beat Team
This week we talk to Shaquita and Adrienne, two women who spend a majority of their time on the streets. They aren’t homeless but spend their time helping youth who may be experiencing homelessness, young people who need help finding...
02.19.2020
Unlearning Racism with Martha Barry and Paula Penebaker, Episode 2
United Way employees are privileged to have the opportunity to take the very popular Unlearning Racism: Tools for Action course each year with our neighbors at YWCA Southeast Wisconsin. This course teaches people of all races, backgrounds, ages, and professions...
02.19.2020
Unlearning Racism with Martha Barry and Paula Penebaker. Episode 1
United Way employees are privileged to have the opportunity to take the very popular Unlearning Racism: Tools for Action course each year with our neighbors at YWCA Southeast Wisconsin. This course teaches people of all races, backgrounds, ages, and professions...
02.19.2020
2-1-1: Three Little Numbers that Make a Huge Impact
Do you ever pass a homeless individual on the street and think, I wish there was more I could do for them than just give them a couple of bucks? How about in the winter, when you make the walk...
02.19.2020
3,000 Volunteers Help MPS Students Succeed
Large class sizes, overwhelmed teachers, lack of resources for individual attention... these are some of the barriers to success for students in Milwaukee Public Schools. However, did you know that over 3,000 people lend their time and talents to MPS...
02.19.2020
Brian Gallagher
In December 2015, as we prepared to celebrate the end of our very first campaign as the merged United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County, a very special guest paid us a visit; Brian Gallagher. Gallagher is the...
02.19.2020
From Survivor to Champion: Dawn Helmrich’s Incredible Story (Episode 2)
1 in 4 women and 1 in 6 men has been sexually assaulted…so why is it still so hard to talk about? At the age of 21, Dawn Helmrich experienced a brutal sexual assault. This life-altering event had many negative outcomes...
02.19.2020
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service Offers Balanced Reporting on Milwaukee Neighborhoods
If you live in Milwaukee, or just love the city and all of the great work happening here, how many times have you thought to yourself “I wish our news media would cover more than just the latest shooting…” Perhaps...
02.19.2020
Moving Toward Zero: Suicide in Waukesha County & Nationwide (Episode 1)
If you were to guess, which age group and would you assume to have the highest incidence of suicide? If your first thought is teens and/or young people, think again. This week we talk to Mary Madden, Executive Director of...
02.19.2020
Moving Toward Zero: Suicide in Waukesha County & Nationwide (Episode 2)
In the time it will take for you to listen to this podcast, someone in the US will have died from suicide. Suicide is a more common cause of death than homicide or car accidents and is on the rise...
02.19.2020
Retiree Volunteer Builds Robots with Waukesha Students
If you had to guess, what would you think a retired Army Police Officer living in Waukesha County does with his time? Why, volunteering in public schools working with students on robotics, of course! Rudy Willis is a retiree volunteer...
02.19.2020
The “PENtastic” Brit Morgan
How often does a podcast give you chills? This week, we have a very special guest in Brit Morgan. Brit currently serves as a Teen Program Coordinator with COA’s Holton Youth Center. Until July of this year, Brit was a...
02.19.2020
Waukesha Business Owner on Addiction, Recovery, and Compassion
Drug and alcohol abuse and addiction is a growing public health concern in Wisconsin and across the country. In 2013, more Wisconsin residents died from drug overdose than motor vehicle accidents. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reports that, in...
02.19.2020
City Year Connects with Students to Transform Schools
Only 61% of students in Milwaukee Public Schools graduate in four years. The remaining 39% may take longer than four years to graduate, or drop out of school completely. Students who drop out of school are eight times more likely...
02.19.2020
Free Money for Families This Tax Season
Today we talk with Gabriella Allen, coordinator of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance, or VITA, program at La Casa de Esperanza in Waukesha. Gabriella shares information about multiple benefits that lower income families and individuals can take advantage of this...
02.19.2020
Greg Marcus on Making Generosity Fun
Who is the CEO of your bank? Do you know their name? Better yet, do you follow them on social media or see a commercial featuring them when you pay your bills? The presidents and CEOs of major corporations tend...
02.19.2020
Human Trafficking Episode 1
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02.19.2020
Human Trafficking Episode 2
Think back to when you were thirteen years old. Were you secure, happy, and confident all the time? If you’re like most people, the answer is probably no. Thirteen is the average age when young women and men are forced...
02.19.2020
Joey Papa
A year ago last October, Joey Papa and his wife Nikki lost a child, Canaan. For the entirety of her brief life, Canaan, though never formally diagnosed, dealt with innumerable medical complexities and was what one might describe as a...
02.19.2020
Katrina Hightower
The motto for IT United, a United Way donor network group comprised of IT Professionals, is “connecting the dots.” Throughout the year, IT United members volunteer their time to put on an IT Career fair for college and high school...
02.19.2020
Libby Sinclair
Imagine that you’re suffering from a chronic disease that affects your personal and professional life and your overall health including your sleep and diet. This disease is something that has an official diagnosis and can be treated with professional therapy...
02.19.2020
Living Local’s “Driveway Moments” 2016
incredible story about losing her infant son, and how this tragic event spurred her passion for preventing infant mortality. Last August, as the episode aired, United Way celebrated the first-ever HaRUNbee 5k Walk/Run to Prevent Infant Mortality, which took place...
02.19.2020
Looking for Romance? Swipe Right on Volunteering!
If you’re in a relationship, how did you meet your partner? If you’re single and looking for a relationship, where do you usually go to meet people? If volunteering doesn’t spring to mind, maybe it should. In sharing the experience...
02.19.2020
Shaquita and Adrienne, Street Beat Team (Rerun)
Here at United Way, we recently said goodbye to Living Local co-producer Rebecca Schimke, who moved on to an excellent position with Palermo’s Pizza. In her honor, let’s revisit one of her favorite interviews from 2016. This week we talk to...
02.19.2020
Representative David Crowley on Urban Underground, Yoda, and Building Influence
There are many ways to affect change in our community. Here at United Way, we raise funds and mobilize volunteers around our communities most difficult issues. In Madison at the Wisconsin State Legislature, Representative David Crowley works with his peers...
02.19.2020
Violence & Equity Top List of Community Concerns
What kind of Community do you want? What is keeping us from making progress? Who do you trust to take action? These are some of the questions that the 330+ participants in United Way’s Community Conversations project answered in 2016....
02.19.2020
Daring to Fail Differently
What would happen if we threw our rules out the window and started from scratch? This is the question Audra O’Connell asked her staff at Walker’s Point Youth and Family Center’s Emergency Shelter when she began her tenure as Executive...
02.19.2020
From Survivor to Champion Episode 1 (Re-run)
Trigger Warning: This blog post and podcast contain recollections of and information about sexual assault. At the age of 21, Dawn Helmrich experienced a brutal sexual assault. This life-altering event had many negative outcomes for Dawn, including rampant victim blaming...
02.19.2020
From Survivor to Champion Episode 2 (Re-run)
At the age of 21, Dawn Helmrich experienced a brutal sexual assault. This life-altering event had many negative outcomes for Dawn, including rampant victim blaming and lack of support during a traumatic experience on the witness stand. As a result...
02.19.2020
How Sexual Assault Changed My Life
“It came up casually in conversation. He died. What? No one thought that would be something I would have liked to know? It happened years ago, but to me it was like yesterday, every day. I relived the abuse daily....
02.19.2020
Mary Lou Young Announces Her Retirement
This episode is bittersweet: Mary Lou Young, who has served as president & CEO of United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County, will retire from her position after eight years of service. We talk with Mary Lou about the...
02.19.2020
On Race & Friendship Ep. 1
In this two-part episode, Joel and Greg talk frankly about the role race has played in their lives, and where and why their lives have diverged because of it. Episode 1 of 2.

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Addiction & Mental Health

Living Local April 2021 (1)_01.mp3

Black History is Milwaukee History

Black History is Milwaukee History

Reimagine Our World

The Faces of Change

Charles Russell

Fatherhood Episode 1

Fatherhood Episode 2

Jessica Osenbrugge, Episode 1

Phyllis Wiggins

Tonda Thompson

Danielle Costello and Ryan Hurley on the Milwaukee Community Schools Partnership

Diallo Mayo, Youth Programming and Prevention Educator at The Parenting Network

From Survivor to Champion: Dawn Helmrich’s Incredible Story (Episode 1)

Jessica Osenbrugge, Episode 2

On the Path to Ending Chronic Homelessness in Milwaukee

Project Homeless Connect Needs YOU to Volunteer!

Shaquita and Adrienne, Street Beat Team

Unlearning Racism with Martha Barry and Paula Penebaker, Episode 2

Unlearning Racism with Martha Barry and Paula Penebaker. Episode 1

2-1-1: Three Little Numbers that Make a Huge Impact

3,000 Volunteers Help MPS Students Succeed

Brian Gallagher

From Survivor to Champion: Dawn Helmrich’s Incredible Story (Episode 2)

Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service Offers Balanced Reporting on Milwaukee Neighborhoods

Moving Toward Zero: Suicide in Waukesha County & Nationwide (Episode 1)

Moving Toward Zero: Suicide in Waukesha County & Nationwide (Episode 2)

Retiree Volunteer Builds Robots with Waukesha Students

The “PENtastic” Brit Morgan

Waukesha Business Owner on Addiction, Recovery, and Compassion

City Year Connects with Students to Transform Schools

Free Money for Families This Tax Season

Greg Marcus on Making Generosity Fun

Human Trafficking Episode 1

Human Trafficking Episode 2

Joey Papa

Katrina Hightower

Libby Sinclair

Living Local’s “Driveway Moments” 2016

Looking for Romance? Swipe Right on Volunteering!

Shaquita and Adrienne, Street Beat Team (Rerun)

Representative David Crowley on Urban Underground, Yoda, and Building Influence

Violence & Equity Top List of Community Concerns

Daring to Fail Differently

From Survivor to Champion Episode 1 (Re-run)

From Survivor to Champion Episode 2 (Re-run)

How Sexual Assault Changed My Life

Mary Lou Young Announces Her Retirement

On Race & Friendship Ep. 1