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African American Roundtable Speaks Out After Joint Public Budget Hearing

African American Roundtable Releases Statement After Disrupting Milwaukee Mayor’s Proposed Budget Release

Four Milwaukee Organizations Awarded $10,000 Each Through African American Roundtable’s Participatory Budgeting Program

Projects Will Benefit Youth, Elderly on Northwest Side

Group Offering $40,000 In Grants For Northwest Side Initiatives

African American Roundtable builds its own participatory budgeting initiative.

African American Roundtable Relaunches LiberateMKE Campaign for Fifth Budget Cycle

Organization Announces It Is Transferring Campaign to Community, Introduces New Leadership Team

African American Roundtable Hosts Rally for American Rescue Plan Act Funding

Coalition of Milwaukee Organizations Working to Get Real Decision-Making Power to Milwaukee Residents Through Participatory Budgeting

AART Slams City of Milwaukee for Overfunding Police

Milwaukee Police to Receive ARPA Funds Due to Accounting Trick

AART Claims Victory in Omnibus Bill Funding Housing, Not Police

Organization Renews its Fight for Participatory Budgeting

Wisconsin Police Departments Struggle With Officer Retention

City of Milwaukee lost 500 officers to retirement over past five years.

Groups Call For Defunding the Police To Solve Milwaukee Pension Crisis

Move would strip $78 million from MPD budget, leave others intact.

African American Roundtable Relaunches LiberateMKE Campaign

Coalition of Milwaukee Organizations Working to Get Real Decision-Making Power to Milwaukee Residents Through Participatory Budgeting.

African American Roundtable Pushes For Change

Founded in 2012, advocates for voter education, $15 minimum wage, defunding police.

Evers Names 30 Equity Council Members

Governor’s Advisory Council on Equity and Inclusion appointees include leaders from nonprofits, tribes, churches, community groups.

Our Demand Has Not Changed!

Vote No on COPS Grant

We don't want the grant today, tomorrow or next month.

How Nate Hamilton Became a Leader

The late Dontre Hamilton's brother takes responsibility for his family and his city.

Mayor’s Budget Doesn’t Divest From Police

We need real cuts, more spending on violence prevention. Come to Tuesday night budget hearing.

Budget Testimony Includes Repeated Ask For $75 Million Police Cut

Two-thirds of those that testified at preliminary budget hearing want funds to go towards health, housing.

Police Cuts Could Hit Minority Officers

Milwaukee Police Department’s Black and Hispanic officers tend to have less seniority.

Liberate MKE Pushing to Defund MPD

Defunding advocates want money funneled to communities, not police.

This Weekend’s Protests Against Police Brutality

This weekend will mark the second-straight month of protests.

Can Police Be Defunded?

Milwaukee spends 125 times more on cops than violence prevention. Chief Morales fights call to change funding priorities.

Outdoor Civil Rights Museum Planned For Near West Side

Mural featuring current leaders is just first phase of broader plan from Mil Collective.

New Mural Honors Milwaukee Activists

Mural depicts Frank Nitty, Tommy Franecki, Vaun Mayes, Markasa Tucker and others.

State, City Elected Officials Call for Police Reform

Activists, Alders, lawmakers and the governor are calling for policy changes.

Ascension St. Joe’s Won’t Sign Agreement

Still tension between hospital and area residents over potential cuts in service.

President Hamilton and CCC invite public to community sessions on police reform

The Milwaukee Collaborative Community Committee was formed by Council President Hamilton and Council members when the effort to reform the Milwaukee Police Department was cancelled by federal officials.

St. Joseph Hospital’s Future Raises Questions

Here are the key issues in the controversy.

Will Settlement Change Police Practices?

Community leaders hope ACLU suit’s settlement will improve cops’ interactions with minorities.

A Call for Police Reforms

Community members cite Sterling Brown incident, demanding MPD reforms.

More Community Policing Needed?

Critics say Police Department must be more accountable.

FPC launches Milwaukee Collaborative Reform Initiative Community Feedback Portal

The FPC and MPD are committed to continuing the community conversation started during the US DOJ Collaborative Review process.

Town Hall Meetings Discuss Police Reforms

Fire and Police Commission seeks community responses to federal study of Milwaukee Police.

City leaders and community partners collaborate to prioritize DOJ recommendations

Statement by President Hamilton

Community Groups Want DOJ Police Reforms

Two months after DOJ draft report on MPD released, groups demand recommended changes.

Still Fighting for Equality

A new generation of black leaders faces economic, educational inequities.

Black Leaders React to Smith Verdict

Calling for peace after acquittal of officer who shot Sylville Smith.

Mixed Reactions to Charges in Sylville Smith’s Killing

DA charges officer Heaggan-Brown. Family and community demand video's release.

Demands for Sheriff David Clarke

Letters to Sheriff David Clarke and Attorney General Loretta Lynch regarding the deaths in the Milwaukee County Jail.

Public Safety Plan Ignores the Community

Aldermen should work harder to consult residents and target underlying causes of crime.

Twenty Milwaukee Organizations Express Serious Misgivings with Proposed Public Safety Action Plan

We are writing on behalf of an array of community groups to express our serious misgivings regarding the recently released draft “Public Safety Action Plan.”