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The Milwaukee Urban League hosts 2016 Annual Meeting The Milwaukee Urban League 2016 Annual Meeting was held on Wednesday, March 23, 2016. The annual event took place at GE Healthcare at Innovation Drive. The meeting brought Urban League employees and board members together to plan the direction of the Milwaukee branch. There were also plenty of announcements including the date of the Black and White Ball (Saturday, June 11, 2016) and the National Urban League Conference in Baltimore, MD on August 3-6. The biggest announcement was the forthcoming retirement of longtime Urban League President and CEO Ralph Hollman. Ralph reassured the attendees that there is currently a search for a replacement to ensure a smooth transition in leadership when the time comes. Pictured at the event (back row, from left) are Wisconsin Group Enterprise Holdings, Inc. v.p. and general manager Daniel Artone; US Bank North Milwaukee District v.p. John Photo by Yvonne Kemp Salemi; Nationwide Insurance field service rep. LeVarn Clay; Northwestern Mutual investment client services specialist Sean Lowe; Great Lakes Coca-Cola market units v.p Wade Heringer; Johnson Controls v.p. Simon Davis; Manpower Group senior managing Attorney Noah Fenceroy; MillerCoors controller Soloman Tesfai; (front row, from left) Aurora Healthcare executive v.p. and chief of nursing Mary Beth Kingston; GE Healthcare chief marketing officer Jocelyn Johnson; Associated Bank business intelligence manager Clarice Young; Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin v.p. of community engagement Kerry J. Freiberg; Harley-Davidson Motor Company senior director of HR for business and shared services Kim Pettiford; and Northwestern Mutual v.p. communications and corp. affairs Kimberley Goode.
Northwestern Mutual Foundation celebrates opening of Amani Community Neighborhood Food Pantry
On Thursday, March 24, 2016 Northwestern Mutual Foundation, Hunger Task Force and Greater Little Hill Church joined forces to help celebrate the ribbon cutting on Little Hill's food pantry now called the Amani Community Neighborhood Food Pantry. The pantry has been in the Amani neighborhood for 20 years, but was nothing more than a "Pastor's Closet." Now with generous funding from Northwestern Mutual Foundation, the church was able to open a larger pantry with professional equipment capable of servicing the families of the Amani neighborhood with healthy and nutritious emergency food. Pictured at the grand-opening are (from left) Hunger Task Force executive director Sherrie Tussler; Greater Little Hill Pastor Bernie Allen; Greater Little Hill First Lady Mattie Allen; rePhoto by Yvonne Kemp cipients of Amani Community Neighborhood Food Pantry Etta McChristian and Stacey Manuel; and Northwestern Mutual Foundation president John Kordsmeier.
Mayor Barrett kicks off annual summer youth employment program On Monday, March 28, 2016, Mayor Tom Barrett kicked off the application process for the 2016 Earn & Learn initiative, a summer youth employment program that assists young people from Milwaukee in making a successful transition from adolescence into adulthood through job skills and work experience. Earn & Learn is operated jointly by Employ Milwaukee and the Department of City Development (DCD), and collaborates with local business, non-profit, and community- and faith-based organizations. Pictured at the kick off event are (back row, from left) Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board, Inc. v.p. community relations Willie Wade; Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett; United Neighborhood Centers of Milwaukee executive director Tony Shields; Jocelyn Swirth; (front row, from left) Chetarrius Chesser; Gemeng Yang; JP Morgan Chase executive director Michelle Williams; Kevin Vang; and Majesty Jones.
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