BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID VOL. XLIV Number 11 Sept. 30, 2020 www.milwaukeecommunityjournal.com 25 Cents MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN PERMIT NO. 4668 WISCONSIN’S LARGEST AFRICAN AMERICAN NEWSPAPER ELECTION WATCH 2020 special focus Absentee Ballot What You NEED to Drop-off Sites • Atkinson Library, 1960 W. Atkinson Ave. • Bay View Library, 2566 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. KNOW before Nov. 3 • Capitol Library, 3969 N. 74th St. • Center Street Library, 2727 W. Fond ELECTION The WHERE, WHEN, du Lac Ave. DAY TIP • Central Library, 814 W. Wisconsin Ave. and HOW of VOTING! • City Hall Complex, 200 E. Wells Street TO OUR (on east side Market Street, between READERS: City Hall and Zeidler) To take away con- • East Library, 2320 N. Cramer St. cerns about your ab- • Election Commission Warehouse, sentee ballot reaching 1901 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. its distination on or • Good Hope Library, 7715 W. before election day Good Hope Rd. (November 3), the Mil- • Martin Luther King Library, 310 W. waukee Community Locust St. • Mitchell Street Library, 906 W. Historic Journal suggests you Mitchell St. take the absentee bal- • Tippecanoe Library, 3912 S. Howell Ave. lot you received in the • Villard Square Library, 5190 N. 35th St. mail to one of 15 • Washington Park Library, 2121 N. available ballot drop- Sherman Blvd. off boxes (a list of • Zablocki Library, 3501 W. Oklahoma Ave. which is on the far From now until Nov. 3, ballot drop boxes will right) located around be open 24 hours/seven days a week. If you åhave further questions, go to the city and in your : community. Photo by Yvonne Kemp city.milwaukee.gov/election or call 414-286-3491 Fiserv Forum, the Milwaukee Bucks’ state-of-the-art downtown arena, will serve as an early voting site for the 2020 general elec- tion. From Oct. 20 through Nov. 1, the City of Milwaukee an- nounced recently that voters may cast their ballots in-person at Fiserv Forum for the Nov. 3 election. In addition to Fiserv Forum, the Milwaukee Brewers will open Miller Park for early drive through voting for the 2020 general elec- tion. Milwaukee’s NBA and MLB teams opening their facilities to the public will help meet the increased demand for early voting due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fiserv Forum will not only help meet that demand but will allow voters to cast their ballot indoors while maintaining appropriate so- cial distancing to comply with the Centers for Disease Control and VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT VOTING INFORMATION Prevention’s safety guidelines. Under Wisconsin law, voters do not need a reason or excuse, How to Register to Vote such as being out of town on Election Day, to vote absentee. Any Wisconsin law requires every qualified voter to maintain a current voter who prefers to vote by absentee ballot may request one. voter registration before voting in an election. Therefore, you must If you are not already registered, you will need to register to complete a voter registration application if you are a new Wisconsin City of Milwaukee Polling vote before an absentee ballot can be sent to you. A new voter voter, your name and/or residential address has changed since you registration application is required any time you move (even minor last registered to vote, or if you have not voted in the past four (4) changes such as apartment units), change your name, or if you years. Locations By District have not voted in the past four years. 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Milwaukee Excellence Note for voters requesting a ballot within 10 days of the election: City of Milwaukee Election Commission Because ballots must be received by our office (either delivered by 200 East Wells, Room 501 McGovern Park Charter mail or in-person) no later than Election Day, we strongly encourage Milwaukee, WI 53202 Senior Center 4950 N 24th St you to visit an in-person absentee voting (early voting) location or 4500 W Custer Av request that your ballot be emailed to you. Registrations by mail must be postmarked prior to the close of Rufus King High School Request an Absentee Ballot registration date for each election. Barack Obama 1801 W Olive St In Person. You may vote early in person – at the clerk’s office or School of CTE (continued on page 6) (continued on page 6) (continued on page 6) The Milwaukee Community Journal•September 30, 2020•Page 2 UWM’s guiding values: an em- selection processes, to enhance our right here in our community, ex- brace of diversity and inclusion. hiring protocols. ploring fields from energy to UWM Chancellor’s Our constant goal is to make We’ve also launched our To- physics, health care to freshwater UWM a radically welcoming insti- ward an Anti-Racist Campus ini- science. tution for people of all back- tiative, which will award grants to We’re thrilled to partner with Special Message grounds. faculty and staff for researching Marquette University in the North- And yet, the countless voices in campus racial inequities and de- western Mutual Data Science In- the Black Lives Matter chorus vising solutions. stitute, which transforms data into to the have crystalized the need for sys- These grants emphasize expedi- actionable insights to solve real- temic change regarding racial in- ency and mandate that resulting world problems. equity, so we’ve placed a renewed programs be implemented by our At UWM’s new Lubar Entrepre- emphasis on being part of that Fall 2021 semester. I have full neurship Center facility, entrepre- Community change by leveraging our strengths faith that this work will make a neurial training provides the tools of teaching and research. difference, because world-class re- to turn innovative ideas into mar- By Mark Mone We’ve held wide-ranging and search is part of UWM’s lifeblood. ketable realities. And during the Chancellor “In concert with dozens of other leading University of employers, we’ve promised to help reduce Wisconsin-Milwaukee the prosperity gap between the Milwaukee Chancellor Mone area’s white population and its Black and Latinx populations, which is, unaccept- stand ready to reduce the 40,000- employee shortage our region ably, the widest among 20 peer regions.” We prepare. We partner. We pro- faces in critical fields. We’re a founding member of the often-emotional campus dialogues The prestigious Carnegie Clas- COVID-19 pandemic, UWM’s re- duce. This has held true throughout Higher Education Regional Al- with UWM students, faculty mem- sification of Institutions of Higher searchers are providing key dis- liance, or HERA, which includes bers and staff about the impact of Education recognizes UWM as coveries regarding its spread, its UWM’s history and it certainly 18 colleges and universities that racial injustice. one of America’s top research uni- impact and potential treatments. partner with a network of organi- We’re implementing mandatory versities, an honor bestowed on In closing, I offer my deepest won’t change now, because this is zations. anti-racist/anti-bias training begin- only 131 institutions nationwide. gratitude to our dedicated faculty HERA is dedicated to closing ning this school year for all faculty In fiscal year 2020, UWM and staff, students and alumni, as exactly what Wisconsin needs. student achievement gaps, increas- and staff, with plans to expand earned more than $62.7 million in well as our community friends and The headwinds of 2020 are test- our region needs, especially when ing degree completion rates and such training to students. research awards, including $45.6 supporters. ing us all, and like you, UWM is it comes to diversity and inclusion. expanding the area’s talent pool to We’re examining new adminis- million from federal agencies. You make all of this possible, braving them through nimble ad- And we’re researchers discovering meet its workforce needs. trative approaches, including ad- That means cutting-edge, life- and together, we all make Milwau- justments and resilience.