Teran Powell

1 week ago | wuwm.com | Teran Powell

An exhibition dedicated to Milwaukee’s Beckum-Stapleton Little League is on display at the Grohmann Museum downtown. It's called “Going to Work for the Community: A Visual History of the Beckum-Stapleton Little League.” James Beckum & Charles Stapleton founded the league in 1964. It's the oldest Black-led Little League outside of the SouthThe goal was to give young people in Milwaukee a positive outlet to be a part of in their community.

1 week ago | wuwm.com | Teran Powell

Milwaukee’s Black Birth Symposium returns for its fourth year. The one-day, conference-style event is presented by Culture x Design, GE HealthCare and the city of Milwaukee Health Department. The symposium convenes community members, researchers, health care providers and advocates to address disparities in Black maternal and infant health. The reality is that in Wisconsin, Black women are nearly three times as likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women.

1 week ago | wuwm.com | Teran Powell

Empathy Mental Health, a new Milwaukee-based nonprofit, is dedicated to addressing the critical mental health needs of Black Milwaukeeans. The people behind the initiative are all Black professionals with a range of expertise, including in medicine, behavioral health, addiction treatment and faith-based recovery.

2 weeks ago | wuwm.com | Teran Powell

More than 500,000 children were abused and neglected in the United States in 2022. That’s the most recent year for which there is national data, according to the National Children’s Alliance. When families or guardians in crisis don’t have a place to remove children from potential danger, children may fall victim to that danger. Crisis nurseries and respite centers can lessen that likelihood. And there’s a center in Milwaukee that’s been doing that work for more than 30 years.

3 weeks ago | wuwm.com | Teran Powell

For Makayla Cooper, the combined experiences of having parents who grew up on farms, attending science camps as a kid, and a middle school Montessori education that exposed her to the outdoors, led her to where she is today. Cooper is a conservation educator, she works at Nearby Nature, an environmental justice and equity initiative in Milwaukee. She runs environmental science youth education workshops with different Milwaukee Public Schools.