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A community is as strong as its partnerships. Clarke Square Neighborhood Initiative (CSNI) believes and modeled this philosophy by including six partners located in the Clarke Square neighborhood in a recent grant opportunity with Milwaukee County. In late December, CSNI was awarded a Community Resilience grant and this funding addressed meeting the needs of the most vulnerable families in Clarke Square. The impact of the pandemic has hit hardest families who have lost jobs or have families with the virus and cannot work. This partnership allowed us to work with community groups such as Pa’Ti Mujer (For Women), Familia de Arte (Art Family), Vecinos Unidos (United Neighbors), Prince of Peace Elementary School, Inner Beauty Center, and the Street Angels.
As the COVID-19 vaccine becomes available in our communities, please help us by sharing important information with your friend, families or elders in your life about scheduling an appointment. To learn more information about the COVIDVAX, please visit City of Milwaukee Health Department.
Dr. Patricia T. Nájera
Executive Director
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Pa’Ti Mujer: New Sewing and Wellness Courses coming to the Neighborhood
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Pa’Ti Mujer in the final stages of the Grand Opening of their office space near 25th and National Avenue. Carmen Maysonet and her team will be offering workshops and training programs for women to learn sewing, health and wellness classes.
Stay tuned, classes will begin in mid-March. Registration is limited to 20 participants, a six-month program that will teach women how to sew.
To register please contact Benonigaud@gmail.com
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La Familia de Arte: Monuments celebrate neighborhood heroes during the pandemic
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This spring La Familia de Arte, Inc. and Clarke Square Neighborhood Initiative will be installing small monuments that will honor the everyday heroism of our neighbors during the pandemic. We will also be honoring those loved ones who have died due to Covid-19. These monuments will be installed along Cesar E. Chavez Drive.
In May you will have an opportunity to inscribe the names of the people you have known who have died on one of our tiles.
Stay tuned for more information in April about that event.
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Heroes of The Pandemic
If you would like to give us your ideas for our “Heroes of the Pandemic” series please click the button below:
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Vecinos Unidos: New message board helps neighbors “get out the word”
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Vecinos Unidos and Clarke Square Neighborhood Initiative wants to get the word out to friends and visitors of the Clarke Square neighborhood. Vecinos Unidos will be installing a new large horizontal message board at Vecinos Unidos (United Neighbors) garden, this new sign will be directly across from Longfellow Elementary School/Journey House campus. The sign will allow for the ease of sharing information in the community.
Below are images of artwork in the Vecinos Unidos Garden.
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Prince of Peace Elementary School: 40 families granted laptops or chromebooks
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One of the greatest needs facing many of our families in Clarke Square is having access to technology. To this end, CSNI with the Milwaukee County Resilience grant distributed forty laptops and chromebooks to residents in the Clarke Square neighborhood. It is our intent to help residents learn how to use technology, not only for themselves but so they can help their children as well.
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Inner Beauty Center of Milwaukee: Personal care items, hoodies and backpacks help exploited women
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The ministry of Inner Beauty is to help women who are exploited and sexually trafficked. The staff and volunteers help women discover their value and purpose. The Inner Beauty van works in the community, providing personal needs, building trusting relationships and walking alongside clients through recovery and healing.
A letter from Deanne Lawson, Executive Director and Founder:
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Dear CSNI,
I want to express to Clark Square Neighborhood Initiative a wholehearted Thank You for including us in the project grant you had at the end of 2020. The women we reach out to have been affected in many ways by COVID, mostly in the closure of services and limitations on meal programs. Many of the women also had limited access to clothing that these programs had available. The items purchased for us by CSNI will help us fill a need for items such as gloves, personal care items, hoodies and backpacks. The sexually exploited women we connect with are often homeless, living in abandoned buildings, under bridges and sometimes under porches. The items purchased for us will bring some comfort and care back into their lives.
Thank you so much. Many Blessings to the entire CSNI Board and Staff.
-Deanne Lawson
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Hope and Street Angels: Duffle bags, blankets, gloves and bus passes are a blessing for homeless outreach
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Thanks to a very generous grant from our friends at Clarke Square Neighborhood Initiative and Milwaukee County Resilience grant (our new neighborhood partners), Street Angels were provided with new duffle bags, large and small blankets, gloves and bus passes to be added to our "H.O.P.E. (Homeless Outreach Provider Emergency) Kits" for our First Responders and Emergency Rooms.
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Kits were shared with Milwaukee Police Department - District Two, Milwaukee Police Department - District 6, West Allis Fire Department and Community Medical Services.
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We will continue making our way through the City/County, building partnerships to strengthen the safety net for our friends experiencing homelessness.
Thank you Clarke Square for helping us bring HOPE to our most vulnerable neighbors.
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Canvassing about Fire Safety in Clarke Square Neighborhood
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Milwaukee Fire Department Acting Chief Lipski stated, "The selfless efforts of volunteers canvassing the Clarke Square neighborhood, assisted firefighters in getting nearly 40 homes protected with smoke alarms. It was awe-inspiring. Join us on March 9th at 4:00 pm.”
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Fire Safety Outreach
March 9, 2021
Join us on Tuesday, March 9th from 4:00 – 5:30 as we promote public safety about fire alarms.
Please meet us in the Mitchell Park parking lot on 27th and Pierce Street.
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Virtual Neighborhood Meeting: Alderwoman JoCasta Zamarripa
March 18, 2021
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Clarke Square Bloom and Groom
May 2021
Each year Clarke Square Neighborhood partners with LOWE’s and the City of Milwaukee to provide veggie/plant orders for residents in Clarke Square. The event will take place on Saturday, May 22nd at Prince of Peace Elementary School (parking lot), 1107 S. 25th Street. Cash and check will be accepted. If you are a resident in Clarke Square, help us beautify the neighborhood and grow your own food, sign up here.
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Join CSNI and Safe & Sound as we clean up the Clarke Square Neighborhood. We have magnets to remind you for all the events between April and September. Let us know if you can join us. Look at the map and wherever the star is located during the month is our meeting spot, but if you have any questions please contact brad@safesound.org or patricia@clarkesquare.org.
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