Students from Marquette’s nurse practitioner grad program gave a presentation on back care for International Learning Center students, with help from in-house interpreter Nang Kham. A show of hands quickly revealed that nearly everyone has had back issues – whether from jobs that require heavy lifting, carrying small children, or the stress and strain of everyday life. Freddie…
Congratulations to Community Learning Center Site Coordinator Talisa Smith and Early Childhood Services Manager Phan Sanford for successfully completing the K-8 After-school and Youth Development Quality Project with Quinn Wilder (pictured with Talisa above) at the Youth Work Learning Center at UWM. The Youth Work Learning Center is an education, research and staff development resource for child and…
State Representative Christine Sinicki received a warm welcome at International Learning Center Tuesday April 21, 2015. Rep. Sinicki is drafting legislation to revise the state’s Minority Retention Grant to expand the pool of minorities eligible for this form of college financial aid to include all refugees (the grant was initially written to benefit refugees from the Viet Nam war specifically). ILC…
A garden dream came true this Earth Day, Wednesday April 22nd 2015 as volunteers from Wisconsin Landscape Contractors Association (WLCA), Metro Milwaukee Chapter installed garden beds, picnic tables, and play areas for the new Neighborhood House Garden Park on a vacant corner of W. 27th St. and Richardson Place. The ground-breaking ceremony featured park project donors, WISN TV’s Mark Baden, Milwaukee Alderman Robert…
Neighborhood House has long fostered positive relations between local law enforcement and the often vulnerable communities we both serve. In particular, we’ve sustained nearly a dozen strong partnerships in the past year such as: listening circles with law enforcement and Neighborhood House teens; gun violence prevention initiatives with district officers; participation in the law enforcement…