Category Archives: Issue Campaigns
Youth Jobs Campaign
September 17, 2009
At Common Ground we believe that improving job opportunities for Milwaukee youth will improve the economic and social well-being in our four-county area. The City of Milwaukee’s Earn & Learn Summer Job Program addresses that goal by providing opportunities for … Continue reading
Local Media Coverage @ Sherman Park Action
September 2, 2009
Fox 6 News was in attendance at our August 31st Sherman Park Public Action. Watch the video by clicking here.
Youth Jobs Issue Campaign Details
May 26, 2009
The Youth Jobs Issue Campaign and The City of Milwaukee’s Earn & Learn Partnership Print a copy. At Common Ground we believe that improving job opportunities for Milwaukee youth will improve the economic and social well-being of the area. Given … Continue reading
Work for Kids
November 10, 2008
The Milwaukee Common Council should boost funding to the Summer Jobs Initiative to provide more opportunities for youth.
Habitat tries again to build in village
Two years after Habitat for Humanity encountered a stumbling block trying to build affordable housing for low to moderate-income families in Grafton, the organization is trying again.
Congratulations Common Ground Leaders
November 4, 2008
Thursday morning, October 30, the Finance & Personnel Committee of the City of Milwaukee Common Council approved an increase of $250,000 for the Summer Youth Jobs Program next year. The Council will spend the money if it is matched by … Continue reading
Common Ground Seeks to Educate Neighborhood
More than 100 Marquette students and volunteers hit the streets of Milwaukee Sunday afternoon at the Marquette for Common Ground Neighborhood Walk in a mass effort to promote community awareness. Read the entire article from the Marquette Tribune
250 Common Ground leaders attended the City of Milwaukee 2009 Budget Hearing
October 21, 2008
Last night, 250 Common Ground leaders attended the City of Milwaukee 2009 Budget Hearing held by the Mayor and Common Council. We arrived in the Council Chambers before the doors opened. Upon entering, we filled two and one-half of the … Continue reading
Common Ground Recognized in The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle
August 6, 2008
An article about Common Ground was published in The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle. On the evening of July 21, Howard Karsh and 75 neighborhood volunteers walked door-to-door in the Sherman Park neighborhood, surveying residents. The volunteers, 15 of whom were Jewish, … Continue reading