Milwaukee Times Weekly Newspaper Digital Edition Issue March 9, 2023

Greater Milwaukee Urban League at Auer Avenue to 'Read to Succeed'

“Read to Succeed” in grades K3 – 2nd at Auer Avenue Elementary School was an investment and commitment by Target, BCDI - Milwaukee and Greater Milwaukee Urban League in the future of our youngest citizens. On Thursday, February 23, 2023, this collaborative team of volunteers donated and assembled decorative bags filled with books to start a home library, a

“Read to Succeed” t-shirt and snacks. Classrooms were further surprised by this team of volunteers as they read to students in their classrooms. A huge effort was made by all to increase the importance of reading and develop a love of reading as the key to success in their future.

CAPITA Production, Inc., presents 'We Are The Drum' and awards event

On Sunday, February 26, 2023, CAPITA Productions, Inc., presented what was to be its final performance of its 29th season of “We are the Drum.” This performance took place before a sold-out audience at Milwaukee Marshall High School. The public has expressed its desire for an encore performance which occurred on Saturday, March 4th at 4:00 p.m.

CAPITA was established in 1990 under the leadership of the late Arlene Skwierawski, long-time educator and music teacher at North Division High School and late Brother Booker Ashe, founder of the House of Peace.

For the first time CAPITA has created a "We Are The Drum Award (WATD)" in order to honor four local individuals or organizations annually that have demonstrated a long history of:

· Chronicling and preserving historic achievements of African Americans.

· Conducting compelling research that educates on and supports means to eradicate disparity issues that are plaguing the African American community.

· Developing social outreach programs that uplift people of color.

· Performing community service that is parallel to CAPITA’s mission which includes promoting awareness and racial harmony.

The inaugural WATD awardees for 2023 are: Clayborn Benson for “Exceptional Black History Research and Preservation;” Reuben Harpole for “Exceptional Social Justice Advocacy, Historian, and The Griot;” Lynda Jackson Conyers for “Exceptional Journalism and Reporting of Black Excellence;” and Reggie Jackson for “Exceptional Research and Education on the Impacts of Systemic Racial Injustice.”

Photos by Yvonne Kemp

Photo by Yvonne Kemp

Patti LaBelle announces date for rescheduled Riverside Theater show

Patti LaBelle will return to Milwaukee in May 2023 for a rescheduled concert after a bomb threat cut short her performance in December 2022.

The concert will be at 8 p.m. on May 10. Doors will open at 7 p.m.

All previously issued tickets and parking passes will be honored at the Riverside Theater on the new date and do not need to be exchanged.

If the new show date does not work with your sched-

Bomb threat forced December show to be postponed

ule, please let The Pabst Theater Group know by April 3, 2023. They are unable to process refunds after this date.

Please email tickets@ptglive.com with any questions.

A Milwaukee Times Newspaper employee, who was at the theater, said the LaBelle show was stopped mid-concert for patrons to leave. Everyone was evacuated safely.

No explosives were found.

Bills increasing reckless driving penalties get OK from WI Assembly committee Rep. Bob Donovan, the author of the bills, says they are an effort to hold reckless drivers accountable

A pair of bills that would increase penalties for reckless driving received approval Tuesday, March 7, 2023, in a Wisconsin State Assembly committee.

The first would double reckless driving fines and jail time. The second would allow cities to tow vehicles if the person is caught driving recklessly and has unpaid fines.

These bipartisan bills appear to be gaining momentum at the State Capitol.

Both were approved on March 7 by an Assembly committee, receiving votes in support from both Demo-

crats and Republicans. This comes a week after a public hearing where Mil-

Our Daily Bread hosts 'Sip and Paint' for community health workers

waukee's mayor, the Milwaukee police union and people affected by reckless driving advocated for harsher penalties.

The first bipartisan bill would double reckless driving citation fines and maximum jail sentences for felony-level offenses.

The second bill would allow cities to authorize police to have vehicles towed if a person is caught driving recklessly and has a prior reckless driving fine that hasn't been

paid.

Rep. Bob Donovan — the author of the bills — said they are an effort to hold reckless drivers accountable.

During the public hearing last week, some lawmakers questioned if most drivers would pay the steeper fines or if judges would impose longer jail sentences. Donovan’s office said they will now push for a vote on the Assembly floor.

Community health workers joined clients and Lea Kyle Lewis, (second from left) founder and chief executive officer of Our Daily Bread Community Outreach, Inc., for a "Sip and Paint" Luncheon on March 3, 2023 at the former Schlitz Bottling Plant Building in offices now occupied by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation. Our Daily Bread is a faith-based, not-for-profit organization dedicated to empowering and equipping youth, young adults, and mothers with post-secondary education and job-training skills.

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CHILD WATCH

There is an African proverb that says “women hold up half the sky.” Women constitute half the world’s population, but still have not realized half of the world’s potential, received half of the world’s resources, or exercised half of the world’s power. But women have always been the invisible backbone—unseen but strong—of transforming social movements and of anchoring institutions in society: our families, congregations, schools, and communities. March is Women’s History Month in our nation, and a chance to reflect on women’s transformational impact on American history and turn it into inspiration and action for the future.

The National Women’s History Alliance, which champions women’s history across the U.S. all year long, puts it this way: “History helps us learn who we are, but when we don’t know our own history, our power and dreams are immediately diminished. Multicultural American women are over-

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By: Marian Wright Edelman President of the Children's Defense Fund

Women’s History Month

looked in most mainstream approaches to U.S. history, so the National Women’s History Project champions their accomplishments and leads the drive to write women back into history . . . The impact of women’s history might seem abstract to some, and less pressing than the immediate struggles of working women today. But to ignore the vital role that women’s dreams and accomplishments play in our own lives would be a great mistake. We draw strength and inspiration from those who came before us—and those remarkable women working among us today.”

This annual observance is marking an anniversary this year. Its origins in the United States began 45 years ago in 1978, when the Education Task Force of Sonoma County, California’s Commission on the Status of Women first celebrated “Women’s History Week” in Santa Rosa. They chose the week that included March 8, International Women’s Day, since that had

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already been celebrated in many countries for much of the 20th century and officially recognized by the United Nations one year earlier as a day to acknowledge women’s contributions and call for women’s economic, political, and civil rights. Women historians and community leaders quickly spread the demand for a national commemoration, and in 1980 President Jimmy Carter responded by issuing the first presidential proclamation designating March 2-8 as National Women’s History Week.

President Carter’s proclamation read: “From the first settlers who came to our shores, from the first Amer-

ican Indian families who befriended them, men and women have worked together to build this nation. Too often the women were unsung and sometimes their contributions went unnoticed. But the achievements, leadership, courage, strength and love of the women who built America was as vital as that of the men whose names we know so well. As Dr. Gerda Lerner has noted, ‘Women’s history is women’s right – an essential and indispensable heritage from which we can draw pride, comfort, courage, and long-range vision’ . . . I urge libraries, schools, and community organizations to focus their observances on the leaders who struggled for equality—Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, Lucy Stone, Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Harriet Tubman, and Alice Paul. Understanding the true history of our country will help us to comprehend the need for full equality under the law for all our people. This goal can be achieved by ratifying the 27th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which states that ‘Equality of Rights under the Law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.’”

Of course, the measure that President Carter then hoped would become the 27th Amendment, the Equal Rights Amendment, still has not been enshrined into the Constitution. March formally became a full Women’s History Month in the U.S. following a 1987 Congressional

resolution, but 45 years after that fledgling Women’s History Week, women’s rights are under renewed attack in our nation, and American women have not yet received equality on a range of key measures, including equal pay. One of those measures of disparate outcomes hangs in the balance right now: as the Supreme Court hears arguments this week on whether to strike down President Biden’s plan to cancel $10,000 of student loan debt for low- to middle-income borrowers, women are facing a disproportionate threat. Women hold twothirds of student loan debt in our nation. Black women, who often have fewer family wealth resources to pay for higher education, have the highest average totals. For many of these women and their families, the Biden administration’s plan would bring critical relief. Now, as the Supreme Court considers the challenges to the student loan forgiveness plan from six Republican-led states and two plaintiffs, once again women have the most to gain—or lose.

Women’s chances are still unequal in our nation, but our will is not and never has been. As a growing number of women gain political power all the way to the highest levels, and a growing number of young women realize how critical it is to use to use their power to vote in every election, women are once again poised to lead transforming and necessary change.

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Jackie Q. Carter (left) celebrated Black History Month this year by making a little history of her own when she became the first African American and the first female Municipal Port Director of Milwaukee following a swearing in ceremony at City Hall on February 23, 2023.

As Port Director, Carter will direct commercial and recreational operations at Port Milwaukee, oversee a staff of 20, and administer Foreign Trade Zone No. 41. Mayor Cavalier Johnson ap-

first African American female Municipal Port Director

pointed Carter in January and the Milwaukee Common Council confirmed her appointment earlier during Black History Month 2023.

Carter is a life-long resident of Milwaukee and has worked in the local non-profit and public sectors for more than 20 years. Her most recent position was as the Finance & Administrative Officer for Port Milwaukee, where she provided oversight of all Port business operations, including its financial, human resource and

administrative functions. She has been integral in helping to shape the department’s strategic planning and grant funding efforts.

She earned a Master of Business Administration degree with an emphasis in Public Administration from Concordia University; as well as a Bachelor of Arts from Alverno College with a double major in Business and Management and Professional Communication. Carter is also a wife, mother and minister.

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Jackie Q. Carter with Mayor Cavalier Johnson.

Five strategies for drama-free co-parenting

By Ruthie Hawkins

Though it’s easy to get caught up in the feelings surrounding a broken relationship, when a child is involved, it’s important to put those emotions aside and focus on the best interest of the child. Just recently, I had a conversation with a close friend, who is experiencing what many single parents endure when navigating through the wonderful world of co-parenting:

• Lack of consistency

• Power struggle

• Respecting boundaries

• Fighting

• Resentment

• Conditional support

In an ideal world, co-parenting would look a little something like this:

• “Equal partnership in raising your child, with both parents providing financial help (no questions asked) – whether married or not.” But, that’s not always the case. Sometimes, you’ll have to co-parent with someone who claims you are using your child as a pawn – yet they don’t call, make plans to vis-

it, or consistently support the child financially.

Other times, you’ll deal with a parent who doesn’t want to respect boundaries. For example, they may say that the only way they can come see the child is if you put them up – despite the mixed messages you’ve expressed it will send to your child. More times than others, getting any type of aid –something as simple as a pair of sneakers – will be like pulling out your wisdom teeth.

So, how does one co-parent like a grownup, in spite of the constant drama?

Keep the peace no matter what I’m not going to lie. Over

the years, I have really struggled with this point. When someone is intentionally trying to push your buttons (looking for a reaction), you’ll likely feel the urge to pop back. Only, that quick-witted retort is hurting no one but yourself.

Avoid getting trapped in a fiery storm of tit-for-tat texts and redirect the conversation back to what’s important –the child’s emotional, physical and mental health, which begins with witnessing their parents respecting one another.

Keep records

Say a parent has made a commitment to pay support every two weeks, call at

least once a week, pitch in on school supplies, or provide medical insurance. In the event they’re not holding up their end of the bargain, it’s easier to refer back to “receipts” than to play the “he said, she said” game.

Never depend solely on the other parent

Even if you have custody, child support, or a parenting agreement in place, it’s wise to ensure that you have the means (support system) to provide for the child. In the event the other party falls short of their obligations, you can rest assured your child will never go without.

Establish fair boundaries

It’s important to hammer out a fair and, if possible, liberal visitation schedule so that the child can form a meaningful relationship with both parents.

While co-parenting becomes more difficult for parents residing in different states — should a parent express a desire to come visit the child, they should not be denied that right, unless a court has ordered otherwise.

Keep in mind that you are not required to ignore the

boundaries you have set in place – including where the other parent will stay during visitation. If you and the child’s parent aren’t “together,” that message should be clearly communicated; as it sends mixed messages to the child/ren.

At the end of the day, if a parent truly wants to see their child, they will plan accordingly. Nothing, not even state lines, will keep them from continuing a relationship.

Never speak ill of the other parent

I cannot stress this enough. Young children are like sponges. They soak up whatever you dish out. Imagine how they’d feel if those they love most are criticizing each other. They are neither capable of understanding nor responding to such behavior.

In conclusion, if there is a history of domestic violence, substance abuse, threats or malicious claims made against you or the child, I encourage you to go through the court system sooner than later, to establish said boundaries and ensure a safe transition for everyone.

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March 9, 1941 –Amistad mutineers freed by U.S. Supreme Court.

March 10, 1913 –Harriet Tubman dies.

March 11, 1959 –

Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin In the Sun” opens at Barrymore Theater, New York, the first play by a black woman to premier on Broadway.

March 12, 1932

– Andrew Young, former U.N. ambassador and former mayor of Atlanta, born.

March 13, 1773 – Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable, black pioneer and explorer, founded Chicago.

March 14, 1965 –Montgomery bus boycott ends when municipal bus service is desegregated.

March 15, 1988 –Eugene Antonio Marino, first black Catholic archbishop, assigned to Atlanta.

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