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MTEC hosts 'Achieve The Dream' fundraiser and luncheon
Photo by Yvonne Kemp
On Friday, April 27, 2017 the Milwaukee Teacher Education Center (MTEC) hosted their annual "Achieve The Dream" fundraiser and luncheon at the Iron Horse Hotel, 500 West Florida Street. The event was emceed by TMJ4 News sports reporter Rob Burks and featured an interview with retired Green Bay Packer LeRoy Butler. MTEC is a notfor-profit, teacher certification and professional development center designed to recruit, support and retain teachers and school leaders in urban settings. MTEC has certified nearly 2,000 highly qualified teachers through their certification programs. Pictured at the event are (from left) MTEC Board Member Gil Llanas; MTEC Executive Director Dr. Laci Coppins Robbins; former Green Bay Packer LeRoy Butler; and MTEC Board Memeber Erica-Nicole Harris.
Majestic Community Choir marks 40 years with year-long concert schedule The Majestic Community Choir is celebrating their 40th anniversary throughout 2018 with a series of concerts, the most recent of which was held on Saturday, May 19, 2018 at the Four Points Sheridan Ballroom in Brown Deer, WI. Dubbed “A Black and White Ball,” the 30-voice mixed choir, under the direction of founder and director Joe V. Nathan- Photo by Yvonne Kemp iel, presented a program of rich and soulful gospel music for which they are well-known. If your missed their recent concert, you will have another chance to tap into the group when they perform at their official 40th Anniversary Service, set for Sunday, September 30, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. at Mason Temple Church, 6098 N. 35th Street, in Milwaukee. For more information about The Majestic Community Choir, upcoming performances, and ticket information, contact them via their email: themajesticchoir@yahoo.com.
Prince Hall Masons award scholarships to local teens The Milwaukee chapter of the Prince Hall Masonic Foundation held their 33rd Annual Scholarship Banquet on Saturday, April 28, 2018, at their lodge, 600 West Walnut Street. This year’s scholars include: William Walker, Isaiah Gordon, Jada Miller, Shanilah Frierson, Niya Jeter, Michaela Ward, Sylvester Campbell, Candace Nalls, Taylor Brown, Amina Mathews-Hinton, Jaylen Wright, Alyssa Norton, Cameron Robertson, Nyla Mathis, Mayanna Owens, Stephen Hull and Gabrielle Wilson. The Milwaukee Prince Hall Lodge is one of the organization’s more than 5,000 lodges in the United States, Canada, the Bahamas and Liberia and is part of the oldest and largest group of Masons of African origin in the world. They trace their roots back to 1784 when founder Prince Hall, a freeborn Black man and Methodist minister from Barbados, founded the first lodge in Massachusetts. Photo by Yvonne Kemp
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