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Vol. 32 No. 36 • Thurs., Aug. 29, 2013 - Wed., Sept. 4, 2013 • An NCON Publication Serving The Milwaukee Area • 65¢

One Milwaukee remembers Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream By: Raina J. Johnson Special to the Milwaukee Times Fifty years ago, on August 28, 1963, thousands gathered on the National Mall for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The event was filled with speakers but the most famous speaker, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial. During the speech King spoke about unrealized dreams for our nation. On Saturday August 24, 2013 Milwaukeeans gathered for a march of their own, but still fighting for similar unrealized dreams from a half-century ago. The crowd began their journey at the Martin Luther King, Jr. statue on Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive and Vine Street. They Event Photo marched to Victory Over Gathered on the National Mall, in 1963, 250,000 people were locked at the arms showing solidarity in the Violence Park on Martin fight for fair wages, jobs, opportunity and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s dream. Milwaukee held a rally Luther King, Jr. Drive and and a march on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive that was reminiscent of that day in 1963. At the rally Clarke Street. Organized and supported and march there were elected officials, community organizers and pastors of various ages and racial by many, Tracey Dent, of backgrounds. The march was nearly a mile long and supporters were escorted by the Milwaukee Police Peace for Change Alliance Department. Pictured above (from left): Ald. Milele Coggs (6th District – Milwaukee), David Mohammad, was a lead organizer.

Mohammad Mosque #3; Evangelist Charnell Turner, Bishop Warren Kirkendoll, Jr., Interdenominational Church of the One Lost Sheep; Pastor Gregory Lewis of Pastors United; and Elder Malcolm Hunt.

Community Brainstorming tackles the crisis of human trafficking

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Grand opening for new Milwaukee home for DCF

By: Raina J. Johnson Special to The Milwaukee Times At the end of July, in combination with a nationwide FBI investigation, ten children in Wisconsin were rescued from child trafficking and 100 suspects were arrested. To some the headline was shocking but sadly, to many, many more, it’s a reality. Human trafficking is a real crisis and those involved will not win this war on our children. Community Brainstorming Conference has been holding monthly meetings for years now at Saint Matthew C.M.E. Church located at 2944 North 9th Street and throughout the years, their purpose has remained the same: to discuss pressing topics in the community with community leaders. Their latest conference was on the topic of the human trafficking crisis in Wisconsin. Crisis is a key word. The moderator for the event, longtime Milwaukee community activist and political organizer Martha Love said,

Dr. Bevin Baker “Milwaukee, Wisconsin is number one for human trafficking, for training young men and women to be sex slaves; we are number one in the United States.” In attendance were several community leaders and board leaders from the Greater Milwaukee Human Trafficking Task Force. Panelists included Tracy Johnson, Executive Assistant, U.S. Attorney’s Office, primarily working without reach in

Photos By Lynda Jackson Conyers

Governor Scott Walker, along with Secretary Eloise Anderson presented a newly constructed building to house the Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare Department on Tuesday, August 27, 2013. Governor Walker stated “the construction of the Department’s new child welfare building is an important revitalization project for Milwaukee.” This project is part of Governor Walker’s Transform Milwaukee Jobs initiative. At the ribbon cutting ceremony, Governor Walker was joined by Commissioner Rocky Marcoux, Dennis Klein of KBS Construction, Secretary (Continued on pg. 2) Anderson of the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, County Executive Chris Abele, and Senator Alberta Darling.


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