Community Comes Together to Celebrate Canines

Dozens of cars line Estabrook Parkway. It starts by the traffic light off West Hampton Avenue, making left turns decidedly trickier. It continues along the small two-way road until it nearly reaches Capitol Drive, filling up each spot in the small public parking scattered along the way.  At the center of it all is Estabrook […]

Milwaukee Doulas Work to Lower Maternal and Child Mortality Rates

Black mothers and their babies are dying at alarming rates in Milwaukee. Doulas and birth workers are trying to prevent loss in the community. Doulas are people trained to provide emotional and physical support to mothers before, during and after childbirth. Lakeeta Watts, a Milwaukee doula and health worker, founded Essentially Empowered Inc. to provide […]