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Heal the Hood: Milwaukee event strives for change
Heal the Hood: Milwaukee occasion strives for change
The tenth “Heal the Hood Milwaukee” occasion introduced folks collectively on Wright Avenue for enjoyable and alter Saturday – half block get together, half useful resource honest.
MILWAUKEE – Half useful resource honest, half block get together, the tenth “Heal the Hood Milwaukee” occasion introduced folks collectively for enjoyable and alter Saturday, Could 28.
The Milwaukee Police Division is investigating extra homicides up to now this yr than it was at the moment in 2021. As a substitute of simply specializing in violence, the block get together was all about discovering methods to get out.
“With every thing that’s been happening on the planet, we have to saturate the ambiance with love, with therapeutic, with peace,” organizer Jamila Carney mentioned.
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That spirit introduced folks to the occasion, which took over Wright Avenue between 1st and third.
“It’s been actually enjoyable over right here,” mentioned Lea Marie Cirino.
Heal the Hood Milwaukee block get together and useful resource honest
It wasn’t simply free actions, leisure and meals – but additionally connections to group sources.
“It’s actually good, all of the stuff that’s happening within the metropolis of Milwaukee. Milwaukee is a extremely good metropolis. They’ve numerous positives happening,” Laquita Bell mentioned.
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Half useful resource honest, half block get together
It is not about ignoring negativity. Reasonably, discovering methods to beat it.
“When you get shot, clearly you’re going to be indignant,” mentioned Claude Motley. “You notice that’s an empty gap and also you gotta fill that with love, you gotta fill that with forgiveness.”
Motley was shot by a teen in a carjacking at 63rd and Capitol in 2014. He now has a film out referred to as “When Claude Bought Shot.”
“We’re utilizing this to go forward and ensure folks can see there’s one other approach,” he mentioned. “As a substitute of throwing these youngsters away, placing them in prisons, coming to them with hate and anger – we are able to additionally include love and empathy.”
Sharing a objective with the block get together, Motley desires to point out folks a path of therapeutic.
Heal the Hood Milwaukee block get together and useful resource honest
“Now we have to see the best way to do one thing good from a nasty scenario,” mentioned Motley.
Motley mentioned his film helped him heal and hopes it can give others that likelihood, too – and preserve others from having to expertise what he did.
“When Claude Bought Shot” is streaming on PBS.org and is anticipated to be extra broadly out there in a couple of months.