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ORGANIZATIONThe Milwaukee County War Memorial Center (WMC), a not-for-profit 501(c)(3), is a significant architectural and cultural landmark located on the shores of Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Designed by renowned Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen, the center was dedicated on Veterans Day in 1957 as a tribute to the men and women who served in the U.S. Armed Forces. The WMC is committed to furthering a single, solemn mission: “Honor the Dead, Serve the Living.” We fulfill this mission by honoring the dead through the memorials and exhibits located throughout the campus. We serve the living through our community-wide events, educational programs, and services for Veterans and their families.The War Memorial Center serves as a hub for various activities related to...

HAPA – ORGANIZATION OVERVIEWHAPA opened its doors in 2004 to local Hmong American children who were struggling to succeed in public schools, and to families who felt that their traditions, language, and values would support a culture of achievement. What modestly began as a K-5 school serving 200 students is today one of Milwaukee’s highest performing schools, serving over 1,800 K4-12 scholars. Data from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction shows that despite 82 percent of students qualifying as economically disadvantaged, HAPA’s academic performance, when compared to all schools in Wisconsin, exceeds expectations. This access to better resources and early intervention efforts across systems enables child and family stability. Resources and early interventions can limit the...

ORGANIZATION The Women’s Economic Self-Sufficiency Team (WESST) is a nonprofit organization with the mission of assisting any New Mexican to start or grow a small business. WESST provides a support system of consulting, training, incubation, and lending to help women, people of color, and low-wealth individuals successfully strengthen and grow their businesses through sustainable sales, financial knowledge, and job creation. Since its founding in 1988, WESST has served over 50,000 New Mexicans who have created 3,400 start-ups and over 5,500 jobs.WESST is driven by its belief that expanding entrepreneurship is the most effective way to yield the greatest economic impact. Providing entrepreneurs with the resources, skills, technical assistance, and capital to succeed is central to...

ORGANIZATIONWellpoint Care Network (WCN) has anchored itself in nearly 175 years of caring for its neighbors through modernized human services. The WCN team are experts in the science behind trauma and the proven tactics to overcome adversity; they believe that services alone will fail to heal a child or a family without the right amount of care and compassion.Wellpoint offers a comprehensive array of prevention, intervention, and crisis resources to facilitate equity, learning, healing, and wellness by restoring the connections that help children and families thrive. WCN is part of a larger network of systems that families engage with, and it knows that access to better resources and early intervention efforts across systems enables child and family stability. Resources and early...

ORGANIZATION Common Ground is a multi-racial, nonpartisan group of everyday people dedicated to building power to bring about more racial equity and economic justice, to hold elected and corporate officials accountable, and to create positive change in the Greater Milwaukee area. Common Ground’s success is rooted in the commitment of its forty-five member organizations: congregations, neighborhood groups, non-profits, small businesses, unions, and schools. We identify and develop leaders. We set daring goals, create savvy strategies, and are willing to stand up to powerful interests. We get results. Common Ground has a 16-year track record of creating meaningful change around foreclosure, education, youth jobs, health care access, voting, safe neighborhoods, and more.Common...

ORGANIZATION Messmer is a distinguished Catholic high school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and is a community anchor in the northside of the city for almost 100 years. Messmer is dedicated to fostering academic excellence, spiritual growth, and the development of moral and ethical responsibility in its students. With a rich tradition rooted in Catholic values, Messmer aims to create leaders who are well-prepared to contribute positively to society and the Church. Messmer remains committed to its original mission to help students find success in high school and beyond.Messmer strives for graduates to:•Recognize the value of becoming life-long learners and critical thinkers capable of applying and transferring knowledge to other experiences and decisions in life•Be...