Neighborhood House is proud to receive a 2016 Mayor’s Design Award for its Garden Park, a project that transformed a blighted city lot into a community garden and outdoor education space for children and families. Neighborhood House Garden Park was built in 2015 in a vacant lot on the corner of N. 27th Street and…
Passing the citizenship test is a big priority for newcomer adults at International Learning Center, and that journey is supported with ESL classes, citizenship classes, a special class for elders, and tutoring for students with special needs. But citizenship also means engaging with and being part of the larger community. This spring ILC students took the lead in a spring…
“We shouldn’t even be having this whole event right now,” 16-year-old Timberley Brown said. “There’s too many young people dying.” The event Timberley addressed was called LET MY CHILDREN GROW, a Youth Summit on Gun Violence, hosted by Neighborhood House teens on Thursday, February 25th, 2016. Guest speakers included gun violence survivors and witnesses. Law enforcement officers from…
ILC Students took advantage of the warm weather to get out and about this fall, with field trips to Milwaukee Public Museum, Mitchell Domes, Survive Alive House, Jelly Belly Factory, and job fairs. These field trips are great ways to learn about American life and culture outside the classroom. Now they know: which days the…
Friends, neighbors, and kids come together in the new Neighborhood House Garden Park! Stop by Saturdays in the Garden for family-friendly activities, and stay tuned for the installation of our new garden mural. Many thanks to those who volunteered to build this place in April – your hard work has made our shared vision a…