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Vol. 41 • No. 27 • Thurs., July 14, 2022 - Wed. July 20, 2022 • An HTGroup, LLC Publication • Serving The Milwaukee Area • 75¢
MENTOR Greater Milwaukee hosts first meeting On Thursday, July 7, 2022, MENTOR Greater Milwaukee (MGM) held their first mentor meeting with their Youth Ambassadors at Sam's Place Jazz Cafe, 3338 N. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Dr. All the young men in attendance are students associated with the Department of Black and Latino Male Achievement Program with Milwaukee Public School (MPS). They are also summer employees through the city's Earn and Learn Program. They are being trained in how to use youth voice to advocate for themselves and other young people. They are also mentoring other young people during the week to support them and teach them how to use their voice as well. MGM is an affiliate of MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership. MGM is an advocate for the expansion of quality mentoring in metro Milwaukee and a resource for mentors and mentoring initiatives coun-
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Community remembers legendary basketball player George Thompson
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On June 28, 2022, Marquette University and the family of the late George Thompson (inset) held a special memorial service for the legendary Marquette University basketball player at the Italian Community Center, 631 E. Chicago St. George was not only the alltime leading scorer of Marquette University for several years – when you could only play 3 years on varsity – but was also a civil rights advocate who protested to have more black students attend Marquette University and marched for equal rights at the height of the civil rights movement in the late 60's and early 70's. He would later go on to play in the American Basketball Association (ABA) with
style and grace. He played his last years for the Milwaukee Bucks to close out his pro career. George worked for Briggs and Stratton for 30 years, progressing to Vice President of Corporate Communications/Community Relations. Later George and Steve "The Homer" True were the analysts and color commentators on TV and radio for Marquette University basketball for 27 years. Pictured at the memorial (left photo) are George's wife Karen Thompson (center right) and Marquette Coach Shaka Smart (center left) along with George's family members and many other Marquette University players from years past.
Happy 80th Birthday Anita Jackson
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Anita Jackson celebrated her 80th birthday on Saturday, July 9, 2022, at the Hadley Terrace Apartments, 3515 W. Hadley St. Anita had five generations of family present at her special birthday party. She was born and raised in Milwaukee and spent more than 30 years taking care of foster children and running a home-based day care. An HTGroup, LLC Publication
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