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Neighbor Spotlight • Jermaine Howard
Jermaine Howard
By Janice Christensen. Photo by Joshua Sutton
Jermaine “Maine” Howard’s life is written on his skin. He has a tattoo across his chest that reads, “My past is not my future.”
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Revival of Holton Youth Center
The team ready to bring the new Holton Youth and Family Center tolife (l. to r.): Rafeal Andrews, Executive Director of Minority ChristianCoaches Association (MCCA); Mario Costantini, Board president of the HoltonYouth & Family Center; Linda Wade, Executive Director of Above the Clouds;Torre Johnson, Wisconsin Community Services (back row); Joyce Mallory,Executive Director of Malaika Children’s Center; Victor Barnett, ExecutiveDirector of Running Rebels (back row); Holly Patzer, Executive DirectorWisconsin Community Services; Clarence Johnson, Wisconsin CommunityServices (back row); Shawn Smith, Wisconsin Community Services.
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Wendy Green, Neighbor Spotlight
by Tiffany Donald
In her role as director of COA’s Adult Basic Education/GED program, longtime Riverwest resident Wendy Green has the important job of demonstrating to her young students that life can change in positive and unexpected ways. Her journey is a great example of this, and her devotion to the teenagers who come to her looking for a second chance at education is yielding real rewards.
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COA Youth and Family Centers
At Home in Riverwest Since 1970
by Sally Kraus
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