Author: Chris Cook
City On A Hill Responds To Chief Norman’s Call To Action with A Holistic Approach To Community Transformation
Give Back to City on a Hill This Season
Article by Milwaukee Magazine: https://www.milwaukeemag.com/give-back-to-city-on-a-hill-this-season/ City on a Hill is part of Giveback MKE 2023, which features local organizations are doing great work in our city – and they need your support. Three Milwaukee zip codes have some of the highest poverty rates in the country – 53233, 53208 and…
‘No act of kindness is too small’: 16th Annual Holiday Drive kicks off in Milwaukee
By: Yukare Nakayama MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — The city of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County are in the spirit of giving back. They kicked off the 16th Annual Holiday Drive Monday, Nov. 27. The city is asking individuals to donate warm clothing, toys, hygiene products and more. Donations will be benefitting the children…
New look, same passion: City on a Hill renewed effort to end childhood poverty
Listening To Community Stakeholders
After the 2016 fatal shooting of a young black man by a police officer and subsequent civil unrest in the north Milwaukee neighborhood of Sherman Park, Walter F. Harvey, pastor of Parklawn Assembly of God (now Embassy Center MKE), realized many of the angry, frustrated, and disenfranchised rioters in the vicinity considered churches…
Breaking the Cycle of Poverty
BY: Kali Thiel, Strategic Communications Classroom learning is essential, but some lessons are more profound when experienced firsthand. It’s a main reason why Associate Professor of Pharmacy James Lokken, PharmD, commits several of his “off days” each academic year to student-learning opportunities at City on a Hill. Founded in 2001,…
Howard University students advocate for youth mental health in Milwaukee
Gov. Evers Awards More Than $82 Million in Equitable Recovery Grants
MILWAUKEE — Gov. Tony Evers today announced more than $82 million in grants through the Equitable Recovery Grant Program have been awarded to support community-based organizations working to increase equity and eliminate disparities in communities disproportionately affected by the pandemic statewide. “From Beloit to Lac du Flambeau, the organizations receiving…
City on a Hill provided families in need with a ‘Christmas Party in a box’
MILWAUKEE — Though I was born and raised in Milwaukee, I’m still surprised to learn of wonderful organizations doing great things. Such is the case with City on a Hill. While looking for people helping those in need for the holidays, I came across them. Located in the heart of…
Local workforce development board launches new satellite location
City-based community organization and suburban church are partners in collaborative effort MILWAUKEE, WI, Tuesday, December 14, 2021 – Employ Milwaukee, the workforce development board serving Milwaukee County will celebrate the grand opening of a new satellite location, along with collaborative partner St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church at co-collaborator City on a…
