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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Hello from Alice Waraxa
Hello citizens and people of our great neighborhood, I thought it only fair that I write this to you as I am the new editor of your newspaper. Don’t you worry, the hurricane that is Alice M. Waraxa will not disrupt too much, just yet. I am a native to this fine neighborhood. My family […]
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Riverwest Elders: Focus on Writing & Calendar for November
Riverwest Elders: Focus on Writing by Lorraine Jacobs Wisdom Gathering, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 (see calendar) “Don’t ask me to write.” “I’m just not creative.” “Hey, I don’t have a single idea to write about.” “What do you mean?” “What do you want?” OK, now pause, sigh, breath. Often descriptions and promises of personal writing […]