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  • Connecting with Indigenous history to address intergenerational trauma

    Connecting with Indigenous history to address intergenerational trauma
    Jun 18 2025
    UWM Adjunct Lecturer Marin Denning joins Lake Effect to discuss the impacts of intergenerational trauma on Indigenous communities ahead of a UWM's Trauma in Our Community Conference.
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    17 min
  • From Billy the Bookworm to Browser the Library Lion: A look back at MPL's mascots

    From Billy the Bookworm to Browser the Library Lion: A look back at MPL's mascots
    Jun 16 2025
    From Billy the Bookworm to Browser the Library Lion, we learn about the history and characteristics of Milwaukee Public Library's Summer Reading Program mascots.
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    14 min
  • UWM graduate students map out Milwaukee’s flood concerns and what can be done

    UWM graduate students map out Milwaukee’s flood concerns and what can be done
    Jun 11 2025
    As climate change worsens around the world, so does the most frequent and costly natural disaster in Wisconsin: flooding. Hear what authors of a new study say about the challenges Milwaukee is facing — and how the city is preparing.
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    13 min
  • The Native history behind the unmarked pedestrian bridge in Milwaukee's McKinley Park

    The Native history behind the unmarked pedestrian bridge in Milwaukee's McKinley Park
    Jun 9 2025
    In 1971, Indigenous activists ripped the plywood off the abandoned Coast Guard station in Milwaukee's McKinley Park and occupied it. They successfully shaped the future, and a mysterious bridge remains.
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    12 min
  • 'As they live, we live:' Protecting the sturgeon returning to Milwaukee’s waters

    'As they live, we live:' Protecting the sturgeon returning to Milwaukee’s waters
    Jun 6 2025
    A group called the Sturgeon Protectors is welcoming the sturgeon returning to Milwaukee waterways.
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    16 min
  • What to know about the Milwaukee teacher's aide facing deportation

    What to know about the Milwaukee teacher's aide facing deportation
    Jun 4 2025
    In Milwaukee, there hasn’t been a more public fight against deportation efforts than that of Yessenia Ruano. The mother of two, and MPS teacher’s aide, faces deportation to El Salvador.
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    9 min
  • Finding the fixers: MCTS apprenticeship program calibrates future mechanics and drivers

    Finding the fixers: MCTS apprenticeship program calibrates future mechanics and drivers
    Jun 2 2025
    The Milwaukee County Transit System recently launched an apprenticeship program to train new mechanics and bus drivers. It comes at a time when ridership is up and the state is promoting paid training.
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    13 min
  • Chirp Chat: Exploring what birds can teach us about ourselves through art

    Chirp Chat: Exploring what birds can teach us about ourselves through art
    May 30 2025
    Artist-in-Residence Hattie Grimm is the creator of the Charles Allis Art Museum’s new art exhibit called “BIRD BODY”. The exhibit features 20 wooden paintings and sculptures that she says explore “our bodies' intuitive wisdom.”
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    16 min