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City of Milwaukee hosts 10th Annual Fatherhood Summit
Milwaukee businessman Kalan Haywood reclaims his neighborhood
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Vangard LLC President Kalan Haywood in his Plankinton St. office in downtown Milwaukee Photos by Yvonne Kemp
Director of the Fatherhood Initiative DennisWalton (left) with Fatherhood Initiative Project Coordinator Dell Williams, Mayor Tom Barrett and two volunteers at the 10th annual Fatherhood Summitt held October 16-17 at Destiny Youth Plaza. Vincent Lamont “Vin” Baker, who was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks and played four of his 12-year NBA career with the Buck,s was the keynote speaker. The goal of the two-day event is to create more effective fathers and, in turn, stronger families and communities. The Fatherhood Initiative remains the largest gathering of men in the state, drawing an average of 1,000 annually.
The General Baptist State Convention of WI holds Bi-Annual Board Session
By Steve Waring Special to The Milwaukee Times Vangard Group LLC President Kalan R. Haywood, Sr., has spent all 40 years of his life in the Brewers Hill neighborhood. “When I was growing up they didn’t call it Brewers Hill. That may have been the official name, but it is certainly not the same place,” he said. “Ninety five percent of the people that lived here at one time don’t live here now, mostly because of gentrification.” Unlike many people, Haywood has the means and the will to reclaim part of his old neighborhood. Last March, his company in partnership with Horizon Construction LLC broke ground on the Ingram Place Apartments at 2120 N. Holton Ave. The
$9-million, four-story, residential apartment building is scheduled to be completed in December. It will provide a total of 53 two-and threebedroom apartments, Haywood said. The apartment is named in honor of his grandmother Willie Mae Ingram, Haywood said. Growing up Haywood said his teachers told him he was academically gifted, but there was also a reckless side to him. By the time he was in high school, he didn’t focus much on a career as an adult. He did know however that he did not want to disappoint his grandmother and mother. He credits that duo with raising him, but it was a talk by a man named Tyrone Dumas (Continued on pg. 3)
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Member churches of The General Baptist State Convention of Wisconsin, Inc., held their October Bi-Annual Board Session at Rock Hill Missionary Baptist Church, 1200 W. Burleigh Street, October 12 – 15 nightly at 6:30 p.m. The Women’s Auxiliary was in charge on Tuesday. The convention theme was: “Working Together in Unity to Fulfill God’s Purpose” and the women’s motto was: “Serving Because Christ Served.” Officers of the Women’s Auxiliary pictured here (from left) are: Sister Emma Kennis, Chief Financial Officer; Minister Margie Jackson, Worship Leader; Sister Mae Bynum, Personal Assistant; Dr. Bonita Smith, President of the Women’s Auxiliary; Sister Rodesia Evans, 1st Vice President; and Sister Sandra Grimes, 3rd Vice President.
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