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2014 Black & White Ball brings in $307,000 in proceeds to support Milwaukee Urban League programs The 2014 Black and White Ball, held on Saturday, June 14, 2014, at the Wisconsin Center in downtown Milwaukee proved to be another successful fundraiser for the Milwaukee Urban League. This year, the event raised more than $307,000 and included a special appeal to provide laptop computers for high achieving high school students. Money raised during this signature annual fundraiser also goes to support the League's vital programs in the areas of youth and education; youth workforce development; and economic development. The event raised more than $25,000 during the evening's silent auction. In addition, the 800 guests were entertained by the R&B group After Seven, The Larry Moore Trio, and popular local longtime DJ Phil Anderson.

Several corporations presented specal gifts at the ball, including MillerCoors, which presented the League with a check for $60,000. Pictured (left photo) during the check presentation are MillerCoors Director of Shared Services-Finance Chantel Byrd; Milwaukee Urban League Board Chair Vivian King; and Milwaukee Urban League President and CEO Ralph Hollmon. Among the 800 guests who supported the Mil-

Moral Monday movement comes to Milwaukee Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, from North Carolina spoke passionately Friday, June 13, 2014, during a noon time press conference held at the Milwaukee Branch NAACP office, on the importance for NAACP branches across the nation building coalitions. Dubbed Moral Monday, this movement began in North Carolina as a protest and civil disobedience against the state legislature, which resulted in protestors being peacefully arrested. Rev. Barber came to Milwaukee on June 13 by request of the Wisconsin NAACP State Conference of Branches. The Milwaukee Branch of the NAACP held the training along with a statewide progressive coalition of labor, social justice and community leaders. As co-founder of the Moral Monday Movement, Rev. Barber was sought out because of the successes and their corresponding impact on social and political issues, which affect people of all races and economic strata. According to Rev. Barber, the Moral Monday movement, now in its seventh year, “didn’t just happen overnight.” But, because of the

waukee Urban League by attending the 2014 Black and White Ball (right photo) included Michelle Crockett; Urban League President and CEO Ralph Hollmon; Democratic Party gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke; and local physician Dr. Pamela Malone.

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Jennifer Lopez at Kohl's HQ in Menomonee Falls

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II uniqueness of every NAACP branch, it’s not necessary to have a national person come in to lead local movements. “When I come in to train, I suggest some best practices. And like the prophets in the Bible, each one had a region in which they worked.” “You cannot just have one coalition and focus on one issue; you need to have groups involved who support what you’re doing, even if you don’t always agree,” Rev. Barber emphasized. Coalitions in Milwaukee is nothing new, but this idea of a Moral Monday and holding our elected officials accountable for what we elect them to do is a win - win for all people.

Event Photos

On Thursday, June 12, 2014 Jennifer Lopez was performing with Pit Bull in front of thousands of soccer fans in Brazil at the opening of the World Cup soccer games. Twenty-four hours later on Friday, June 13, the singer and American Idol judge drew a massive crowd in… Menomonee Falls?! That’s right — the Jennifer Lopez. Lopez was at Kohl’s Corporate Office to be part of a surprise, one-of-a-kind event — a celebrity fashion show featuring looks from the summer 2014 collection, including those bearing the Jennifer Lopez brand. More than 3,000 Kohl’s associates attended the fashion show.


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