Milwaukee Independent

Given a politically impactful name by his self-described revolutionary parents, Fidel Verdin uses hip hop and other urban arts to engage Milwaukee’s youth in social justice and personal healing.

Given a politically impactful name by his self-described revolutionary parents, Fidel Verdin uses hip hop and other urban arts to engage Milwaukee’s youth in social justice and personal healing.

Given a politically impactful name by his self-described revolutionary parents, Fidel Verdin uses hip hop and other urban arts to engage Milwaukee’s youth in social justice and personal healing.

Near West Side Partners and the Avenues West Association hosted the first ever panel discussion with the four past and present African American Common Council Presidents at the Tripoli Shrine Center.

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett joined March for Our Lives MKE youth leaders, Isabella Staton, Marvell Reed, and Linnea Stanton, in a press conference to express his support and admiration for their activism.

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett joined March for Our Lives MKE youth leaders, Isabella Staton, Marvell Reed, and Linnea Stanton, in a press conference to express his support and admiration for their activism.

Milwaukee and Irpin, Ukraine signed a Sister City agreement to foster friendship and collaboration between the two municipalities on March 15.

The Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association and the Wisconsin Association of African-American Lawyers commemorated the 50th anniversary of the fair housing marches and the passage of the Fair Housing Act on March 14 at the U.S. Courthouse and Federal Office Building in Milwaukee.

The Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association and the Wisconsin Association of African-American Lawyers commemorated the 50th anniversary of the fair housing marches and the passage of the Fair Housing Act on March 14 at the U.S. Courthouse and Federal Office Building in Milwaukee.

The Jewish Museum Milwaukee organized a bus tour through historic Milwaukee Civil Rights sites on March 11, in predominantly African American and Jewish communities, like the Haymarket area and Sherman Park.