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Peacemakers of the Year Award

The Peace Learning Center of Milwaukee, Inc. awarded Karen Swanson and Crystal Mello the Don Austin-Phyllis Berentsen Peacemaker of the Year Award at a celebration Wednesday, November 14. The award is named for Don Austin and Phyllis Berentsen, honoring their extraordinary work founding and developing the Peace Learning Center, which provides workshops that teach methods of nonviolent conflict resolution. 

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Holiday Helpers in Riverwest

Meet Isaiah, or Ike as his friends call him. He said you could “put down anything” for his last name.

You may have seen him pushing his shopping cart on the sidewalk outside your house or along alleys, always with trash bags fat with aluminum cans draped over each side. Ike’s bloodshot eyes and weathered hands speak for his experience: an admittedly hard life spent on these streets.

Ike was born in Eupora, Mississippi, and moved to Wisconsin 13 years ago with his wife and two children. Today he calls Riverwest his home.