Neighbor Spotlight – Page 26 – Riverwest Currents

Neighbor Spotlight • Vikki Porter

by Currents StaffNovember 2012November 2013

Story and Photo by Suzanne Zipperer
People come to community service and activism in different ways. For many, it’s the idealism of youth tied with a strong ego that tells you that you can change the world. Others face an obstacle or tragedy that defines their mission – a loved one killed by a drunk driver; their child is challenged with a disability; a visit to a landfill opens their eyes.

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Neighbor Spotlight • Rosemary Gibson

by Currents StaffOctober 2012November 2013

Story and photo by Suzanne Zipperer

Grow where God plants you” is an adage you don’t hear much anymore. For the last generation, which grew up at a time when a house was an investment and not a home, the idea of living in one house or one neighborhood your entire life may seem self-limiting.

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Neighbor Spotlight May 2012

by Currents StaffMay 2012November 2013

Lyssa Spencer

by Tea Krulos, Photo by Paul Kjelland

The Gathering by the Waters festival is a meeting of three different tribes – Latino, Native, and Polish Americans of the Lincoln Village neighborhood. The event will celebrate the three cultures and give them a chance to break bread together, and enjoy music, a parade, and a peace offering ceremony at sunset.

The festival is being organized by Urban Anthropology, Inc. (UrbAn) where Llysa Spencer works as a cultural anthropologist.

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Neighbor Spotlight: Della Welles

by Currents StaffMarch 2012November 2013

Painting and interview by Tristen Shevey. a collaboration with UWM – Notable Neighbors*

Della Wells is a Milwaukee born, self-taught artist. She was brought to Riverwest by a friend who had a building available. Living and making art in Riverwest is valuable to Ms. Wells, and she is well known and respected in the area. Although she is a late blooming artist, she has created a successful career depicting African American woman realizing the potential of their hopes and dreams.

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Neighbor Spotlight March 2012

by Jan ChristensenMarch 2012November 2013

Story and Photo by Janice Christensen

Rebecca Nole is your typical Riverwester, inasmuch as Riverwesters are not typical people.

She was born in the Bronx and grew up in New York City and went to Farello Laguardia High School For Arts And The Performaing Arts. If that sounds familiar to anyone, it’s the school where the movie “Fame” was set.