A question I have often been asked is why I choose to draw this street in particular. To answer, I would like to contextualize this series with my last project: a panoramic drawing representing locations on a train route between Milwaukee Wisconsin and Los Angeles California. Drawing a series of a local thoroughfare seemed a […]
November 2014
Posted inNeighborhood News
ACLU: Guardians of Our Galaxy of Civil Rights
If it weren’t for organizations like the ACLU of Wisconsin, we citizens of the United States likely would be victims of far more attempts to subvert or even destroy the unalienable rights guaranteed to each of us by the US Constitution. Entities who want to advance their own agendas – whether corporations, politicians or governmental […]
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Neighbor Spotlight – Eugene Parmenko
I started volunteering at the People’s Books on Thursdays, the closing shift. One Thursday I received a call from Eugene, who was briefly mentioned to me in passing. He was an older gentleman who taught Chinese after store hours at the end of my shift. I gave my pretty natural yet generic salutations anyone develops […]
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Read this Excellent Story on Marijuana Criminalization in Milwaukee
From the publisher. I highly recommend this article from the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service. (milwaukeenns.org) It is well researched and points out a significant impediment to successful integration of African American men into the work force and positive roles in our society. Almost everyone I knew from my college days and many people I know […]
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Currents November 2014 Entire Issue
View All Pages of the Riverwest Currents as a pdf. Hit Continue reading and then hit the colored link. Meet the new editor. What price prison. Calendar. All stories and ads. Riverwest Currents November 2014 Issue rwc 11 2014 all webvb2
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