5 things to know and do this week in Milwaukee: Dec. 12 to Dec. 16 | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service

It’s Monday in Milwaukee, and listed below are some issues we predict you need to learn about. If you want your occasion to be thought of for this column, please submit your information by clicking right here at the very least two weeks upfront. 

1. Muskego Means Ahead neighborhood assembly: Monday, Dec. 12 

Be a part of Muskego Means Ahead for its month-to-month neighborhood assembly. The assembly will give attention to the connections between air high quality, public well being and the well being of the surroundings. Every participant will get a free wholesome house package. The assembly takes place from s4:30 p.m. to  6 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 12 at Alexander Mitchell Built-in Arts College, positioned at 1728 S. twenty third St.

2. Neighborhood vacation meal: Tuesday, Dec. 13 

Meet your neighbors at this vacation meal hosted by the Milwaukee Public Library. Along with the meal, there might be trivia and bingo. The meal runs from 6 p.m. to eight p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 13 on the Mitchell Avenue Library Department, positioned at 906 W. Historic Mitchell St.

3. “Makin’ Cake” with Dasha Kelly Hamilton: Wednesday, Dec. 14 

Wisconsin Poet Laureate Dasha Kelly Hamilton takes her “Makin’ Cake” present to the Milwaukee Space Technical School. The present reveals what the historical past and substances of cake can train us about race, class and fairness in America. The present begins at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 14 on the Cooley Theater on MATC’s downtown campus, positioned at 1015 N. sixth St. There’s a cake reception following the present, and the present is free and open to the general public.

4. Be taught community-building abilities: Wednesday, Dec. 14 and Thursday, Dec. 15 

Be taught keys to genuine connection and group constructing at this two-day workshop organized by Wisconsin Neighborhood Providers. The free workshop runs from 9 a.m. to five p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 14 and Thursday, Dec. 15 at Tiefenthaler Park, positioned at 2480 W. Cherry St.

5. City corridor occasion on home violence consciousness: Thursday, Dec. 15 

We Are Right here MKE Collective and the Workplace of Violence Prevention host this city corridor on the prevalence of home violence in Milwaukee and the right way to handle it. The city corridor takes place from 4:30 p.m. to six:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 15 on the Washington Park Senior Middle, positioned at 4420 W. Vliet St. Free meals and drinks accessible.

BONUS: BLOC’s vacation gala: Thursday, Dec. 15 

Black Leaders Organizing for Communities is internet hosting its fifth annual vacation gala beginning at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 15 at Nō Studios, positioned at 1037 W. McKinley Ave.

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