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jacob on the news!

kate schaefer — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:49:29 +0000

http://www.myfoxmilwaukee.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=9C7CF4EC012F36146C8CC6AE56630D9A?contentId=7904782&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1

jacob truly is a success story that proved expectations wrong. we are blessed to have him in our group and love him dearly! we all already know this, but jacob’s insight brings us a perspective and a wisdom that none of us can come close to in our experience. we are very lucky to have him with us, and know that the Lord will use him greatly to help keep us grounded and connected to our purpose.

also he’s famous! WOO JACOB!

CCDA post

Allyson — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:17:07 +0000

Hi y’all!

I’m posting this up for Alan:

The CCDA website can be found here: http://www.ccda.org/

Get yer behinds over there and watch some John Perkins and Wayne Gordon videos!

window for VOCM

kate schaefer — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:05:52 +0000

do you guys think we could realistically come up with the money to donate for this???

http://www.new.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=36208924782&ref=nf

megan voos, our volunteer coordinator down at Voice of Calvary Ministries, is seeking donations for groups to sponsor replacing a window in the study center. there are 47 windows at $525 apiece. each group that sponsors one gets a plaque by it with their name on it. ooooooooh!

i think, depending on how many people give, it would come out to like $45 a person. giving that we are mostly post-ave and the ave may choose to not continue the trips to VOCM… i think it’d be cool for our milwaukee group to continue to show VOCM that we are in partnership and brotherhood with them.

we can talk this weekend ) SO EXCITED to go camping with you lovelies!

kate

Milwaukee Homicides are down…

kstrash — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:59:31 +0000

Hey guys, I just saw this article on JSOnline. Thought it was pretty good news to hear. Think that one of the reasons that crime could be down is because more people are praying? When we were down in Jackson we heard powerful testimony to the power of prayer. Let us continue to be a people of prayer, and look for God to move in the city and bring about real social change.

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=792964

….Kyle

District 5 Crime Reduction Meeting

kate schaefer — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:14:14 +0000

District Five August Crime Reduction Meeting

The District Five crime reduction meeting will be held on Thursday, August 7

th, 2008 at 5:30 p.m. at the Fifth District Station 2920 N. 4th Street (4th and Locust). A representative from the District Attorneys office assigned to the Children’s Court will be present to answer questions regarding the Juvenile Justice System.

Anyone want to go to this before our meeting next Thursday? I’m going. We can learn about what the police are doing in the neighborhood (I believe District 5 covers all of us – Borchert Field, Riverwest, and the East Side) and who is collaborating with them and attending these meetings. Who wants to bike?

Kate

VOCM in the news

jayann — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:43:09 +0000

Friends:

Below is a link to a local Jackson news station – they covered our Youth Rally on Saturday and I would love to share the experience with y’all. This was our second event at Claiborne Park this summer and we couldn’t have been happier with the turnout; Megan said we fed at least 150 neighborhood folk. I’m excited to come home and share everything I’m learning!

Enjoy:

VOCM Youth Rally

Jerica

blogging from mexico

kate schaefer — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:49:00 +0000

hello all…

currently i am abroad in oaxaca, mexico studying spanish, and i opened up a blog to detail my experience here. i plan on continuing to use it for reflection and life in general when i get home, so if anyone is interested in chronicling any of these things alongside me, feel free to check every few days.

given the details are described at my moms level of interest, so if youre not THAT interested, be warned! dont click! do NOT do it! you will get sucked into a vortex from which you may or may not ever return. ever.

here we have it:

http://jardineraurbana.wordpress.com

thank you, community, for praying for me in my absence. it is much appreciated! i detail some prayer requests in there as well. miss you guys!

con amor,

kate

community warehouse article

kate schaefer — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:07:32 +0000

just wanted to share a fun victory we had at the Community Warehouse – a Christian non-profit organization on the South Side of Milwaukee providing discounted new home improvement materials to the city… where myself, Alan, Jacob, and Michael work. the Journal Sentinel newspaper did an article on us! hopefully this will get the word out so that more people who need it can take advantage of our resources. happy reading!

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=764668

- kate

Neighborhood Block Party(Celebration for Jesus)

kstrash — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:39:53 +0000

Here is the information for everybody regarding the block party that Andrea shared about tonight:

There is a neighborhood block party on Saturday, June 21st from 11AM—4PM. It is sponsored by the Word is God Worship Center on 3320 W Vliet St here in Milwaukee. The Pastor there is Lamar Davis. I found a phone number for them of 414.342.1318. I couldn’t find a website for them. It would be great if anybody can make it to meet more people in our city with a passion for the community!

-Kyle

some riverwest lovin’

kate schaefer — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:22:43 +0000

so i thought i’d pass on two event descriptions for those of you who are future/current riverwesters, or simply riverwest enthusiasts. there are many community activities going on here so let’s get out there and be good lovers of our community!

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CCC Late Night Vegan Cafe

(CCC = Cream City Collectives)

There will be a Late Night Vegan Cafe every Saturday night from 9pm-midnight at the Cream City Collectives (Clarke & Fratney). “Donations are suggested, but should be very minimal.”

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mNSC Free Markets: Every third Sunday of the month from 11-4pm at Garden Park

(mNSC = milwaukee Network for Social Change)

Here’s how the Free Markets work:

-Come on down. (Garden Park, on the corners of Locust and Bremen in Riverwest)

-Bring the things/goods you no longer need.

-Take what you do!!! (donations are NOT required to take home available goods)

It’s simple!

Think of it as a FREE rummage sale. A fair based on FREE barter….

But thats not all!

The “Free Market” also includes FREE services….

-enjoy painting/beadwork in the arts and crafts tent

-bring your bike down for a FREE bike tune-up thanks to Crankdaddys (stay for FREE tune-up lessons)

-grab a FREE book thanks to People’s Books Cooperative!

-listen and dance to FREE music thanks to Friends of Garden Park

-take in FREE poetry by local Milwaukee Poets!

-enjoy a FREE spraycan art demo by local artists

Also…

Although NOT free, we at mNSC share our space this sunday with the Riverwest Farmer’s Market!

Support your local farmers and shop for some delicious fruits and veggies!

For more info contact mNSC at mkensc@gmail.com or check us out online at www.milwaukeenetworkforsocialchange.org

or call John Revord @ 414-759-6606

We hope to see you all there!

Special Thanks to…

Cream City Collectives, Food Not Bombs, Friends of Garden Park, Crankdaddys, Utrecht, 9 to 5, WISPIRG, Faith Community for Worker Justice, Students for a Democratic Society, Wisconsin Bike Federation, Riverwest Neighborhood Association, Riverwest Currents, Linnemans, Urban Ecology Center, People’s Books Cooperative, UWM, John the Savage, Clementine, John Muther, Maria, and many more…

… for info, ideas, help, supplies, space, donations, friendship, and everything else!

call me if you want to go to any of this stuff!

- kate