by Ellen C. Warren, photo by Kurt Johnson Karina Turner worked with volunteer coordinator Gib Caldwell this summer. Milwaukee kids were working this summer, thanks to an initiative put together by the City of Milwaukee and funded by the State. Mayor Barretts Summer Youth Jobs Initiative offered 350 jobs to young people in a variety […]
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Mark Caldwell
by Ellen C.Warren, photograph by Melody R. Carranza Mark Caldwell looks like an ordinary guy. A Riverwest ordinary guy, that is. Dred-locked and fresh-faced, with a pleasant demeanor, you probably wouldnt really notice him until he opened his mouth. Then youd quickly discover that the word ordinary would probably never land in the same sentence […]
Getting Paid to Dream
by Jacob Hey & Jan Christensen Take seven kids between the ages of 16 and 19, add the usual suspects of Riverwest activism, put them all to work on neighborhood projects for the summer, and youve got some interesting alchemy. You can be sure youre going to break boundaries, expand viewpoints, and clash cultures. Thats […]
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