Two years ago, landlord Tim Brophy hid under one of his tenant’s beds, hoping the police wouldn’t find him. They did. The city was after him then — and still — because of unpaid property taxes and outstanding fines relating to code violations on his vast collection of rental units in Riverwest, Harambee, Brewers Hill, and the East Side, which during its peak included more than 100 properties.
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Lenora Davis
by Tanya Cromartie, photograph by Vince Bushell Lenora Davis has a lot to smile about these days. As the school year ends and preparation for the fall begins, her Harambee Community School family is sitting on top of the world and beaming with success. This is the best year ever! exclaims Lenora Davis, Chief Operating […]
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Radical Gardening
By Jackie Reid Dettloff, photos by Tess Reiss There is a politics to gardening. Burned in my memory is an encounter I once had with a baby-boomer white guy who saw me working in a garden on Buffum Street. He wore a Grateful Dead tee shirt and a pair of jeans and he introduced himself […]
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Harambee Connection – Riverwest Currents: The Community Voice of Milwaukee’s Left Bank
In Kenya, a Harambee is a community event designed to raise money for an ill or otherwise needy person, or for a situation, such as a school in need of repair. As a noun or an exclamation it is also used as a Swahili rallying cry urging the community to get organized and work together […]
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Hoping for a Harambee
By Yolanda D. White In Kenya, a Harambee is a community event designed to raise money for an ill or otherwise needy person, or for a situation, such as a school in need of repair. As a noun or an exclamation it is also used as a Swahili rallying cry urging the community to get […]
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