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Milwaukee Community Journal Publisher Patricia Pattillo (upper) was one of the honorees at this year’s Fellowship Open. Pattillo received the Lead - ership Award virtually during the first night of a three day event that also honored Milwaukee Bucks’ great Sidney Moncrief and Bader Founda - tion President Daniel Bader. In photo at right, John Daniels III, poses with his son (left) John Daniels IV with a special commemorative painting of past Fellowship Open honorees. Watch for complete coverage in this week’s WEEKEND edi - tion. (photos by Yvonne Kemp) White militia rumored to have

k“Miy ldelaer Lordd, m y dtewar Lorod, wh epn rotesters insh oKt in tehe bnack osevesn thimesa by a SIGNIFYIN’ da’ gonna’ see us as men by Mikel Holt Kenosha police officer as he tried to By Mikel Kwaku Osei Holt My dear Lord, my dear Lord, when As the world focused its sights on enter his car. da' gonna’ see us as men Kenosha to watch yet another horrify - Video footage of the incident went Milwaukee: Worse of the worse My dear Lord, my dear Lord, when ing video of a police shooting an un - viral moments after the incident Sun - ya' gonna’ give us freedom armed Black man, angry protectors day, sparking immediate demonstra - My dear Lord, my dear Lord, when took to the streets as Governor Tony tions and minor looting. Study shows African ya’ gonna’ give us freedom” Evers called for a special session to The videographer, who is keeping address , while his identify secret for obvious reasons, simultaneously calling out the National said three officers struggled with Americans faring 19th century slave song, only re - Guard. Blake moments before the shooting cited when the ‘massa’ or ‘over - The latest videographed ‘victim’ is and he heard one officer order Blake poorly in all areas seer’ wasn’t around. 29-year-old Jacob Blakely who was (continued on page 7) I was half way through Julius Lester’s heart wrenching book, ‘To Be A Slave,’ last week, when I received an email with the recent study by UW-Mil - waukee researcher Marc Levine on the status of in Mil - waukee. Reward grows In some respects, I was glad for the temporary reprieve from the book be - cause Lester’s painful collection of African ‘slave’ narratives was an excruci - to $100,000 atingly painful experience. Adding to my morbid mindset was the fact that the week before I finished for info about a book entitled ‘Don’t Call Them Slaves.’ Both books detailed the long-term agenda of slave owners and White Su - Tay Jackson premacists to create a permanent inferiority complex in African Americans, Tuesday, August 25th marked the while entrenching a system of apartheid as the foundation of the American one year anniversary of the death of culture. Quanita “Tay” Jackson, the young Five minutes into reading Levine’s eye-opening report seemed to crystalize lady who was fatally shot near that reality, establishing a multi-centennial yoke of oppression dating back to Moody Park. the arrival of ‘African captives’ in America on August 20, 1619. During a “Tay Day March” in If Levine’s report is a template for how far Black Americans have traveled honor of Tay, it was announced that outside the shadow of slavery since the 13th amendment, we either need a the reward for information leading to new set of shoes, or pray for rain. the arrest and conviction of the per - In other words, America’s evil past and that peculiar institution has been son responsible for the shooting was replaced by a system of apartheid that has kept our tribe in a state of neo-slav - increased to $100,000. ery. 7th District Alderman Alderman Levine’s report--The State of Black Milwaukee in National Perspective: Khalif J. Rainey is renewing the call Racial Inequality in the Nation’s 50 Largest Metropolitan Areas’--paints a pe - for information related to this death. jorative and daunting portrait of Black life under apartheid described as some - “One year after her death we remem - body named Jim Crow. ber Tay who was an exceptional And for you who say I use the term ‘apartheid’ inappropriately or exces - young woman working to make a sively, this time I took it directly out of Levine’s report, which identified Mil - positive impact in her community. waukee as the worse of the worse of the nation’s 50 largest cities. Her life was cut too short because of Sadly, that’s not a surprise to all who have pleaded with politicians and pas - a senseless act of violence,” said Al - tors, philantropists and pimps for decades to intercede, to put into place reme - derman Rainey. dies to equalize the playing field. For the most part, we have been spitting “I’m urging anyone with informa - into a strong wind. tion that may lead to an arrest to step Levine’s study looks at how African Americans in the nation’s 50 largest up and help bring to justice those re - cities fare in the areas of housing, poverty and ‘intergenerational economic sponsible for Tay’s death.” mobility.’ Anyone with information related He also looks at employment, income, mass incarceration, health care out - Green Bay Packer Hall of Famer LeRoy Butler and Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy director of school to this case can contact the Milwau - comes, educational attainment and racial composition of private sector eco - culture, Kasey Herd, provided a bag consisting of schools supplies and produce from Pete’s Fruit Mar - kee Police Department at (414) 935- ket during an ‘Anthem Drive-Through Back to School Event held at the school recently. The event was 7360 or call Milwaukee Crime (continued on page 5) part of Anthem’s effort to give back to the community. (photo by Yvonne Kemp) Stoppers at 414-224-TIPS. The Milwaukee Community Journal•August 26, 2020•Page 2

PTrorvuidmes pthe esanmge oaldg tiereds in interview with Black Press rhetoric and falsehoods It not only marked Trump’s first time on the network but also his initial interview with any African American-owned media. The Na - tional Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), the trade associa - tion of 230 Black-owned newspapers and media companies that comprise the Black Press of America, has repeatedly requested inter - views with the president throughout his nearly four years in office. White House and Republican National Committee officials have not acted on the multiple requests from the Black Press of America seeking access to the president, Vice President Mike Pence, and Ed - ucation Secretary Betsy Devos. Kelly Wright, a seasoned and Emmy-winning journalist who once worked at Fox News, asked the president about the economy, COVID-19, and school choice Trump, savvy with his words, claimed that “most states are doing well.” “Now, Florida is headed in a really good direction [with COVID- 19], California and now Texas,” Trump declared to Wright. “I see where Germany got a big surge, France and Spain. But we’ve done a very good job.” Heavily criticized for calling the coronavirus the “Wuhan Virus,” Trump repeatedly referred to China as the source of the pandemic. He said America’s economy, including in the African American com - munity, was prospering before the pandemic, claims that don’t ex - Award winning journalist Kelly Wright has the distinction of being the first African American to independently interview President Donald Trump. An Emmy award winning journalist, Wright interviewed Trump at the White House. His interview was arrange in part actly match with various economists. by the NNPA, the Black Press of America. The president claimed that Biden and Harris would raise “every - body’s taxes and crash the [stock] market.” He referred to Biden as a “puppet,” and called the Green New Deal championed by former GA Democrat Democratic Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders a “disaster” and a “cartoon joke.” blasts party for Wright asked Trump about underserved communities, particularly African Americans, and the president declared that he’d done much treatment of to improve the lot of all minorities. “We’ve done Opportunity Zones, Criminal Justice Reform, and I BGeloargcia kSta tve Roept. eVerns on Jones saved HBCUs,” Trump exclaimed. “We gave them more money than launched into an impassioned they were seeking. Just before the virus came from China, the Black speech against the Democratic party at the Republican National Conven - community had the best unemployment and employment numbers in tion on Monday. history. They had a good month last month, they had the best num - The congressman, who is a Demo - bers, and then we got hit with the China virus.” crat himself, criticized the party for Since the pandemic began in March, more than 50 million Ameri - their treatment of African Americans cans have filed for unemployment compensation. The Republicans and reasserted his support for Presi - have sought to lower benefits for the unemployed, which has re - dent Donald Trump while speaking mained a sticking point in any potential bipartisan agreement to pro - at the Mellon Auditorium in Wash - vide relief. ington, D.C. “The Democratic Party does not The president also reiterated his stand that all schools should reopen want Black people to leave their this fall for in-person learning despite more than 5.2 million Ameri - mental plantation,” Jones, 54, said cans reporting having contracted the virus with at least 165,000 during his virtual speech. “We are deaths. free people with free minds.” When Wright asked Trump about his concern for children, the pres - He went on to praise Trump for ident demurred. enacting policies that benefit the “They don’t get sick,” he said, despite numerous reported cases Black community, including signing since some students returned to school. a bill to give funding to HBCUs and “If you are elderly, have a bad heart or a problem with diabetes or “working every day to make our communities safer,” while claiming something … children don’t get it. The mortality rate is almost non- that the Democratic party is “pan - existent in young people,” Trump stated. “Their system is a little bit dering” to Black voters. different.” “Democrats couldn’t do it. Wright also asked Trump about his decision to send federal agents [Barack] Obama couldn’t do it. Joe into Portland and other cities where the president claimed that there Biden and Kamala Harris definitely “are some hard-core anarchists and agitators at the highest level.” couldn’t do it,” Jones continued. He claimed that police in places like Portland, Chicago, and New “But Donald Trump did. He’s also York aren’t allowed to do their jobs for fear of “losing their jobs and working every day to make our com - munities safer. …On issue after pensions.” issue he destroyed these negative “A lot of them are leaving. Police have to be allowed to do their forces that have afflicted the Black jobs,” he said. community for decades.” When asked how he plans to help heal the nation, Trump said suc - “The Democratic Party has be - cess would accomplish that job. “We were there, and then China sent come infected with the pandemic of that virus,” Trump said. “I was starting to get along with Democrats intolerance, bigotry, socialism, anti- that no one spoke to. We were there, and the jobs numbers for every law enforcement bias and a danger - community was doing great. ous tolerance for people who attack others, destroy property and terror - But the plague came from China. Success will bring us together. ize our own communities.” The Milwaukee Community Journal•August 26, 2020•Page 3

MThie tMcitchhelle Galllle ryI onf Fltigeht arndn thae UtSO’l L oGungea havlel oef - ry to feature Tuskegee Airmen ficially opened inside their new locations at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE). Milwaukee County Ex - ecutive David Crowley, Milwaukee County Supervisor John F. Weishan Jr., and several other distinguished guests joined to - gether for an official ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday. The two new locations are the latest remodels to be com - pleted as part of a major refresh to the retail and restaurant of - ferings at MKE. “The new and larger museum space will provide us with more opportunities to showcase Wisconsin’s proud flight her - itage, and the newly-remodeled USO Lounge will continue to ensure the safety and comfort of military members and their families traveling through MKE,” said Airport Director Brian Dranzik. The Mitchell Gallery of Flight is a free non-profit aviation museum that features a multitude of exhibits, displays, and ar - tifacts. It is open to the public 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. “Along with our new space, we will also be introducing a new exhibit honoring Wisconsin's Tuskegee Airman, World Teachable moments. It’s too bad the annual Menomonee Falls Civil War and WWII exhibits were not advertised in the central city as War II African-American fighter pilot Lt. Alfred Gorham," said they provided a unique educational experience for the handful of African Americans who visited the park. For example, the curator Mitchell Gallery of Flight Board President Bill Streicher. of one civil war exhibit explained that Wisconsin considered succeeding from the union, not to support the Confederacy, but because “The new USO Wisconsin Center is pre-security and will citizens didn’t want to be subject to the Fugitive Slave Act. And Milwaukee hosted German POW camps during the war because of allow us to better serve military who are flying out of any con - Milwaukee’s German history. One camp was located on Port Washington Rd. near Capitol Dr. But the racist Germans POWs refused course,” said Executive Director of USO Wis. Josh Sova. to have Black guards. The army agreed. Adolph Hitler also extermined Africans, who he felt were inferior. ( Mikel Holt photos)

YJoadua Ynogun ge, aan arlunmsnu sF ofr Reuefusdoa mpow eSrfucl hchordl.a” rship King High School who is double ma - Young, who has become an activist joring in political science and eco - in the movement nomics (on the pre- law track) at and plans to one day use her law de - UW-Madison, has won the 12th an - gree to further civil and human rights nual Freedom Scholarship Essay causes, in her essay, wrote: “By bet - Contest, Alderwoman Milele A. ter investing in our urban, inner city Coggs announced today. schools, we can uplift our Black Selected from entries sent to the communities and work towards di - Alderwoman’s office, essay on free - minishing racial disparities in the jus - dom best captured the essence of the tice and education systems.” popular scholarship contest, Alder - Young, a former member of the woman Coggs said. City of Milwaukee Youth Council “The struggle for freedom, equal - (1st District) who served on the ity and justice has been brought to ACLU Student Alliance, won the Dr. the fore by the Black Lives Matter Martin Luther King, Jr. Spoken Word and a wider reckoning with Contest for the high school division, inequality, injustice and systemic was a three-time All-City Conference racism, made ever clearer during the Champion for MPS girls’ tennis, and COVID-19 pandemic,” Alderwoman a two-time state qualifier for the Wis - Coggs said. consin State Music Association Solo “Ms. Young eloquently wrote & Ensemble Festival. about that reckoning and what it For the winning entry Young re - means to her, and for me that struck ceives a $500 scholarship award. The Milwaukee Community Journal•August 26, 2020•Page 4 RREELLIIGGIIOONN Parents need ‘education’ to tGuoest C ohlumneist, Plapstor Arechie dL. Ivuy, focrmear MPtS eCO VtIDh-19 Veirusi hars h adk on ithed insts itution of education high school principal at every level since March of 2020, causing many to fall Pastor, New Hope Baptist Church behind and or fall through the cracks. Parents, I believe School begins for some student in MPS next week, and that by following the suggestion outlined above you can the District’s Phase 1 plan is virtual learning. This brief hopefully prevent your child from becoming a victim and article in not about MPS’s plan to provide educational ex - become a victor. periences at every level during this COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Archie L. Ivy is a former MPS High School Princi - but is a challenge to parents to use every opportunity as pal before retiring. He is also the Pastor of New Hope a teachable moment. Missionary Baptist Church. Pastor Ivy has served in the As parents you should take advantage of every oppor - ministry for 38 years and 32 in the pastoral role. He and tunity offered to learn how to use the technology the child his wife, Jeanette, have raised 3 children and are the is using. This should be offered through the School Dis - proud grandparents to Taylor and Caleb. Pastor and Mrs. trict’s Support staff. You can only assist your child in Ivy both have a heart bent towards teaching and mentor - Having completed his highly praised wildlife mural sponsored by the Harbor District BID 51 two trouble shooting problems if you know how to use the ing children of all ages. days early, internationally celebrated muralist Justin Suarez, aka “Aerosol Kingdom” is now technology. General Disclaimer: painting a Great Horned Owl on Historic Villard Ave. to kick off Visual Vibes on Villard. The artist As a parent you can make every opportunity a teachable This column contains the opinions and views of a guest finished the mural last weekend. It is located on 35th Street. moment by: columnist. The writer has used his best efforts in prepa - •. Supporting and helping your child to stay focused on ration of this information. the importance of learning at every level. No representations or warranties for its contents, either •. Stressing the importance of have a schedule or plan for expressed or implied, are offered. Neither the publisher LOon Scundaay elv enMing, Juacobs Bllakiem, a Bla ckg marn,o wasu shopt ins the badck seevecn tirmeys by Kreanoshca piolsice m officers as each day. And time management. nor the writer shall be liable in any way for readers’ ef - he was trying to enter a car that contained his three young children. •. Stressing the importance of being responsible, depend - forts to apply, rely or utilize the information or recom - The following is a joint statement from Muslim Advocates in Washington, DC; the American Albanian Islamic able, staying on task, and meeting deadlines. mendations presented herein as they may not be suitable Center of Wisconsin in Kenosha, WI; Masjid Al-Huda and the Milwaukee Muslim Women's Coalition in Green - •. Making family time, a time of fun, reviewing the learn - for you or necessarily appropriate for every situation to field, WI; and the Islamic Society of Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Islamic Dawah Center in Milwaukee, WI: ing experiences of the day; successes and failures. which they may refer. “Yet again, police officers committed horrifying, infuriating violence against a Black person. •. Having a before bedtime learning time (pre-school and This information is for educational purposes only. If you Our hearts go out to Jacob Blake, who we hope survives this shooting, and his family, which includes three or lower grades). would like to contact Rev. Lester, write to her c/o P.O. young children who will have to live with witnessing this trauma for the rest of their lives. We all are aware of the impact and disruption the Box 121, Brookfield, WI. 53008. “We condemn this police shooting and demand a thorough investigation in order to bring justice to Blake and his family. We also demand that the state of Wisconsin, the city of Kenosha and the Kenosha Police Department ensure that the officers who shot Blake are held accountable and that they take immediate steps to address how something so horrifying could and continues to happen.” D CTampla,e FL r– Cgonsyerva ticve Calergly l efruoptedr i n pdowentoawn cKeneosh a. avomices piredvail ” scaid hBishaop Sohines s. of Color chairman Bishop Aubrey Multiple videos show rioters break - “There’s been too much violence Shines issued a call for peace after ing into and looting stores. One this summer already at the hands of violent looting erupted in the city of piece of disturbing footage shows Black Lives Matter. I strongly urge WTheH WisEconDsin AHou seingx anpd Eaconomdic sDe vheloop- usHoimneogwn erfshiinp bauildns wcealithn, stgren gthens commu- Kenosha, Wisconsin after police two thugs, armed with semi-auto - the people setting fires in down - ment Authority has expanded its single-family financ- nities and in many cases allows homebuyers to save shot a Black man Sunday evening. matic rifles, at the head of a crowd town Kenosha to think about what ing options to help more Wisconsin residents achieve money compared to what they would pay in monthly The man, Jacob Blake, was taken that blocked a police carrier on they’re doing. It’s one thing to the dream of homeownership. rent. With interest rates continuing at historic lows, to the hospital after being shot Sunday night gather and peacefully, but The new financing options include loans with in- WHEDA’s low-cost mortgage and renovation loan op- seven times by police. The full de - “As the City of Kenosha works to it’s a dark road they will take if they creased down payment assistance of up to 6% of a tions make it possible for more buyers to achieve the tails of the incident are not yet determine what exactly happened choose to adopt the BLM intimida - home’s purchase price and an expanded number of benefits of homeownership. known. with Jacob Blake Sunday after - tion tactics that have hurt so many lenders that may originate WHEDA Advantage FHA Previously, WHEDA’s Easy Close down payment However, as a result, violence has noon, it’s important that peaceful in our country.” loans. Meanwhile, the current shortage of move-in assistance loans capped the maximum loan at 3.5% of ready homes has increased the utility of WHEDA’s a home’s purchase price, so the increase to 6% can sig- Homestyle Renovation loans, which allow borrowers nificantly reduce the amount of cash needed at closing. to finance all costs associated with purchase and reno- In addition to the expanded down payment assistance, in required lender qualifications from the U.S. Inner City and Suburban Faith-Based leaders held an racial unrest happening right in our own state. vation through a single 30-year, fixed rate loan. a change White churches apologize for racism ent of Housing and Urban Development interfaith public day of\ solidarity at the Milwaukee Mile The founding partners believe faith based organiza - “For many prospective homebuyers, the lack of sav- Departm HEDA Advantage FHA loans will now be J Grandstand inside Wisconsin State Fair park Sunday tions can impact change and influence racial reconcilia - ings for a down payment and repairs is a major barrier means W through dozens of additional lenders The Day of Solidary was a kick-off to an initiative en - tion by the acknowledgement of the church’s past and to homeownership,” said Joaquín Altoro, WHEDA available e. titled, We Race Ahead. This is an alliance of the city of present roles in systematic racism. Repentance, which is CEO. “The expansion of WHEDA’s Easy Close down statewid the current demand for homes, limited supply Milwaukee and suburban inter denominational churches defined as a change of heart, forgiveness, standing up for payment assistance loan is part of our strategy to in- Given a in ready properties and need for neighborhood and organizations to grow a more unified community that people of color and intentional steps of growing diverse crease homeownership among our diverse communi- of move- ation, the WHEDA Advantage Conventional is a tangible witness of God’s love through justice ande - relationships across the city and suburbs is key to the ties, large and small, all across Wisconsin. revitaliz le Renovation loan is playing an increasingly quality for all. church movement.. The new down payment option coupled with a Homesty t role in creating opportunities for homeown- It is said that the most segregated day in our country The historic program was filled with music, education, WHEDA mortgage can cover up to 105% of a home’s importan ring COVID-19. The loan allows homebuyers is Sunday and this is a catalyst to break that stigma. The and inspiring words from faith-based leaders across the purchase price, meaning buyers may need little to no ership du e all costs associated with a renovation – in- spark for this programs timing was fueled by the murder state. White church leaders also issued a public apology cash at closing. Our Homestyle Renovation loan also to financ p to six months of mortgage payments if the of , Breonna Taylor, along with the health to the Black community and, took a pledge to take ac - encourages homeownership and fosters reinvestment cluding u nnot be occupied during renovation. disparities highlighted by the COVID pandemic and the tionable steps to close the racial divide. in our neighborhoods with older housing stock.” home ca

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OONNitLLh aIIrNeNa EE!! churches closed due to the COVID-19 pan - demic and the city’s “stay-WWat-home” order, the Mil - waukee Communnity Journal’s WEEKEND EDITION can now be found and read ONLINE! Just go to milwaukeecommunityjournal.com and click on the cover of the WEEKEND EDITION! You will then be able to read it online the same way you can read the MCJ online! The Milwaukee Community Journal•August 26, 2020•Page 5 QUOTE OF THE WEEK

Statements on the Blake shooting, Tuesday deaths Marc H. Morial, President and WPeElcoRmeS baPck EstuCdeTntsI, VteaEcheS rs CEO of the National Urban FProm SupEerintenRdent CaroSlyn StanfoPrd TaylorErCecommit toT putting Iour stVudents’ edEucation fS irst. League, James Hall, Interim Presi - The 2020-21 school year will have a different look To the tens of thousands of educators across our dent and CEO of the Urban League and feel because of the current reality of living and op - state: Thank you for your dedication and commitment to of Racine and Kenosha, along with erating in a COVID-19 environment. But, when we our students. Continue to innovate, reimagine, and stay SBIyG MikeNl KwIakFu OYsei IHoNlt ’ Dr. Eve Hall, President and CEO of bring our collective strength and wisdom together in connected through this unusual and difficult time. Take the Milwaukee Urban League, and service to our students, families, and communities, I a few moments each day to recognize the inspiration Dr. Ruben Anthony, President and have no doubt we will have a successful year. you bring, the impact you make, and the critical role CEO of the Urban League of The Department of Public Instruction’s mission re - you play in the lives of our students. Greater Madison, issue the follow - (Bconltainucedk fr opm lpiagge h1) t worsens locally mains the same: Ensure every student has what they To the hundreds of thousands of Wisconsin students: ing joint statement in response to nomic decision makers. need to learn when they need it. To accomplish this, No matter the circumstances, you have shown you can the overnight murder of two In just about every indicator, Milwaukee ranked dead (no pun intended) Wisconsin must work in partnership to provide the do anything you set your mind to. Challenge your - Kenosha protestors and the shoot - last, or near the bottom. highest-quality education for our students. We have a selves, and make this school year new and exciting. ing of a third: Noted Levine: “Our particular emphasis is on Milwaukee, which we argue unique opportunity to focus our time and effort on clos - Make it the best one yet. Speak up and help your teach - The brutal and senseless murder represents the archetype of modern day metropolitan racial apartheid and in - ing existing gaps and addressing inequities in our edu - ers by telling them what works for you and what does of two protestors and the shooting equality.” cational system. not. Be there for your peers, and always remember to be of a third Tuesday night in He continued: “And our findings are devastating: on virtually all key meas - When students, educators, parents, families, and the best version of yourselves in all situations. Kenosha, is abhorrent to the rule of ures of Black community well-being, Milwaukee ranks at or near the bottom communities work together, Wisconsin achieves great To parents and families: Support of your children and law in our great state and should when ranked against other large metropolitan areas.” things. The pandemic and the racial and social justice their teachers is more critical now than ever before. Re - outrage and sadden every Wiscon - Moreover, “when we examine historical trends in some key areas, the re - movement have served to highlight the systemic in - main in communication with your school, trust they are sinite. We ask all to join us in sults are equally grim: Black Milwaukee is generally worse off today than it equities existing in our cities, state, and nation. As a looking out for the health and safety of your children, prayers for those who were mur - was 40 or 50 years ago.” state, we must strive to reduce and remove barriers and and have students’ best interests as a top priority. Most dered and injured and for continued Can you spell apartheid? Or should the question be, ‘how far have we re - challenges standing in the way of all students receiving of all, stay strong and resilient. Remember to take a prayers for Jacob Blake, the man ally advanced under the cloud Massa Jim Crow? a quality education. Working to improve access to tools breath, and realize we are all in this together. shot by Kenosha police, who may Among the report’s most alarming findings: and resources needed to effectively learn is essential. As state superintendent, it is my pleasure to welcome be paralyzed for life. • Desegregation has remained an allusive goal, if ever it actually was, in We must continue to encourage lifelong learning, and Wisconsin students and educators back to school! We appreciate the cooperation of Milwaukee, with the city remaining the most segregated city in the United the Kenosha police during the States. Before the dehumanization campaign begins... peaceful protests prior to curfew. That status is enhanced by the low percentage of African Americans living We demand that the Kenosha po - in Milwaukee area suburbs, identified in the report as the nation’s lowest rate lice continue to take appropriate of Black suburbanization. measures to make sure that those •Black household income has declined by “an astonishing 30% since 1979. DCouenty aSupelrviisnor Sgupre mew Mooiret Ohmok unade re leJasedu thes follotw-ingU statesmen t isn reysponsse tot tehe shm ooting of who protest in Kenosha are safe “Adjusted for metro area cost of living differences, Milwaukee has the lowest Jacob Blake, an unarmed Black man, by Kenosha police: from the actions of rogue individu - Black median household income of any of the nation’s 50 largest metropolitan “Before the inevitable dehumanization campaign begins—and while we ‘wait for more information’ to help us als – reportedly from so-called areas. determine whether or not Jacob Blake’s dignity will be taken into consideration—I want to remind folks of the “militias” – who are infiltrating the •“The income of the median Black household in Milwaukee is only 42% numerous incidents where white or white presenting men in predominantly white communities have pointed rifles peaceful protests. We are also call - of a White (non-Hispanic) household, the biggest racial disparity in the coun - at law enforcement officers and were taken into custody with little to no exchange in gunfire. ing for peaceful protests and for all try,” the report proclaimed. I would also like to remind folks that narratives about depression, alcoholism, the pressures of quarantining protests to end by the curfew im - It’s a small surprise, therefore, that the Black poverty rate in Milwaukee-- from COVID-19 and the like are used to capture the humanity of white men when interacting with law enforce - posed by Kenosha police. -33.4%---is the highest among the nation’s largest metropolitical areas, and ment, which is a luxury not afforded to Black men in our society. Let’s not let these violent “mili - almost five times the White rate. While our primary focus is on Jacob, his family and his full recovery, we must hold the officers involved and tias” hijack our pursuit of justice. * Milwaukee’s Black community is exceptionally impoverished. Black me - the Kenosha Police Department accountable for the assault on his life. Last night shows the threat of these dian household income in Milwaukee, adjusted for inflation, has declined by It is impossible for a Black man to be seen as unarmed when interacting with law enforcement if you have “militias” is a clear and present an astonishing 30% since 1979. weaponized his Blackness.” danger to those who protest. We are • A Black child born in the 1970s and early 1980s would have an income jointly calling for Wisconsin Attor - that was about 11% lower than his counterpart living in Baltimore, and over ney General Josh Kaul to investi - 40% less than his counterpart born in Boston. gate these groups and to take Moreover, the report continued, the ability of low-income Black Milwaukee appropriate legal action to prevent youth to climb the economic ladder is among the most truncated in the coun - Jacob Blake police killing the senseless murders of more Wis - try consin citizens. “The racial gap in the ability of low-income youth to climb the economic Kenosha NAACP chapter ladder is wider in Milwaukee than all but three other metro areas (Pittsburgh, by Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Milw) I am tired of condemning these The Kenosha NAACP joins the cho - New York and Chicago). aWlhlat haptpeoned Sounda y tco Jacoob mshootingms whicho is wnhy I j oinsed mcy enario rus of community members and organ - A child born into a low-income Black household in Milwaukee has esti - Blake in Kenosha iis an all too fre - colleagues in the House in passing izations who are committed to finding mated young adult income 80% lower than his/her white counterpart.” quent experience for Black people in the George Floyd Justice in Policing resolution; and meeting with local law • The poverty and unemployment rate directly contribute to Milwaukee America. Act (H.R. 7120) to begin making the enforcement to achieve that goal. having the second-lowest Black homeownership rate among the nation’s Jacob was shot in the back multi - steps necessary to build greater trans - Without any additional information largest metropolitan areas (27.2%). Only Minneapolis’ is lower. or investigative facts, the Kenosha Po - ple times in front of his children. parency, accountability and fairness • Only two-thirds of Black males between the ages of 25-54 (prime work - lice Department seems to have engaged Trauma was inflicted on not only in policing. ing-age adults) were employed in Milwaukee in 2016-18, the third lowest lethal force in the shooting of Jacob Jacob, but on his innocent children. I am calling for action from the rate among large metros. Blake. To add insult to injury, Jacob “The Black-white gap in male employment rates in Milwaukee is the sec - My heart aches for him and his fam - Senate Majority Leader to bring this Blake was gunned down in spectacle. ond largest in the country (only Buffalo’s is higher).” ily. I am praying that he makes a full bill to the Senate floor. I am also call - The Kenosha community is grieving • While education clearly matters for Black males in securing employment recovery from his serious injuries. ing on the majority in the Wisconsin as a result of this tragic shooting; but We must rid our communities and State Legislature to take up the police also, we grieve for what seems to be a –a Black college graduate in Milwaukee is almost four times as likely as a our systems of the racism that results reform measures laid out by our Gov - loss of civility in Kenosha. Regardless Black high school dropout to be employed—race also strongly affects the in biased policing practices, creating ernor and Lieutenant Governor ear - of who calls the police, we are all enti - labor market. devastating tragedies for Black men lier this year. tled to civility, respect and dignity as A White high school dropout is over twice as likely to be employed in Mil - We all must treat racism as the The longer these bills languish the citizens of Wisconsin and the United waukee as a Black dropout; and white high school dropouts post a higher em - public health emergency that it is and longer justice is delayed and denied. States. When any of us contacts the ployment rate than Black high school graduates in Milwaukee. Rep. Gwen Moore take appropriate action to keep other Our communities are calling for police, we seek help, not bullets; we • The median annual earnings for Black male and female workers in Mil - full recovery from his serious in - families and communities from being change right now, and they cannot are looking for peace, not terror; we are waukee, even adjusted to consider Milwaukee’s relatively low cost of living, juries. traumatized by these reckless shoot - and should not wait any longer for desperate for relief, not an ever-endur - nonetheless are still among the lowest for African Americans in the nation’s We must rid our communities and ings. meaningful action.’ ing grief. large metros. I our systems of the racism that results The Wisconsin Department of Jus - Jacob was shot in the back multi - But in the most tragic way, we are in addition, the median African American male worker in Milwaukee makes in biased policing practices, creating tice must conduct a thorough inves - ple times in front of his children. finding ourselves with police authori - only 59.7% of a White worker’s earnings, the worst racial disparity in the devastating tragedies for Black men tigation as part of the process of Trauma was inflicted on not only ties who seem more concerned with U.S. Only 17.4% of Black males, and only 14.6% of Black females in Mil - and women. We all must treat racism ammunition and escalation. Those who ensuring that police officers are held Jacob, but on his innocent children. waukee make more than $40,000 a year (compared to 46.3% of white males). as the public health emergency that it have been ordained with the privilege accountable when excessive, violent My heart aches for him and his • Black Milwaukeeans are severely underrepresented in management oc - is and take appropriate action to keep to act under the color of law continue force is used. family. I am praying that he makes a cupations in Milwaukee in proportion to their weight in the labor force. other families and communities from to disappoint the communities that they African Americans hold management jobs at only two-fifths of their pres - are serving. And, our police must be being traumatized by these reckless ence in overall employment in Milwaukee, the lowest ratio in the country. held ccountable in this tragedy. shootings. The rate for African Americans in top-executive positions in Milwaukee is TTHHEE The Wisconsin Department of Jus - Now, more than ever, we here in Kenosha have a tremendous duty to en - even lower. tice must conduct a thorough inves - • A majority of Milwaukee’s school system is hypersegregated. Black stu - tigation as part of the process of sure safety of all Kenosha citizens. In MMIILLWWAAUUKKEEEE the interest of securing our better days, dents in metro Milwaukee are as likely to attend an intensely segregated ensuring that police officers are held school-–a school in which enrollment is over 90% minorities as they were in accountable when excessive, violent we ask everyone to join together, stay calm and collected. 1965. CCOOMMMMUUNNIITTYY force is used. Human Rights Campaign Over 72% of Black Milwaukee schoolchildren attend hypersegregated I am tired of condemning these schools, the highest rate in the country, and significantly higher than the per - JJOOUURRNNAALL Sunday evening, Jacob Blake was Published twice weekly, shootings which is why I joined my centage 30 years ago. colleagues in the House in passing tased and shot seven times by local po - Wednesday & Friday lice as his children looked on. In re - “Moreover, 35% of Milwaukee’s Black schoolchildren today attend so- the George Floyd Justice in Policing called “apartheid schools” (schools with over 90% minority enrollment). Act (H.R. 7120) to begin making the sponse, HRC Human Rights Campaign 3612 North Martin Luther issued the following statement: • Milwaukee registers the third-highest rate of Black incarceration in state steps necessary to build greater trans - “What happened to Jacob Blake is prisons among the 50 largest metro areas in the US (measured by Black in - King Drive, Milwaukee, WI 53212 parency, accountability and fairness Phone: 414-265-5300 (Advertising and Administration) • 414-265-6647 absolutely horrific and clearly shows carceration rates in the central county of the metro area). (Editorial) • Website: communityjournal.net • Email: Editorial@milwau - in policing. that our nation is still deep in the battle The Black prison incarceration rate in Milwaukee is 10-times the White keecommunityjournal.com/[email protected] I am calling for action from the Patricia O’Flynn -Pattillo Colleen Newsom, for the safety and dignity of black lives. rate. Senate Majority Leader to bring this Founder, Publisher Classified Advertising Sales Jacob Blake was shot multiple times in • In Milwaukee, Black infant mortality rates, teen pregnancy rates, and low bill to the Senate floor. Robert J. Thomas, Co-Founder Leader broad daylight in front of his children. birthweight babies’ rates rank among the worst for Black communities in the I am also calling on the majority in Assoc. Publisher Jimmy V. Johnson, The officers responsible for this nation’s 50 largest metropolitan areas. the Wisconsin State Legislature to Todd Thomas, Vice President Advertising Sales senseless shooting must be held ac - “Moreover, when we examine historical trends in some key areas, the re - take up the police reform measures countable for their actions. Mikel Holt, Founding Editor, Mike Mullis, sults are equally grim: Black Milwaukee is generally worse off today than it laid out by our Governor and Lieu - The investigation should be swift Associate Publisher Advertising Coordination was 40 or 50 years ago,” Levine revealed. tenant Governor earlier this year. and thorough so that Blake’s family, Thomas E. Mitchell, Jr., Robin Davis, “Real household income for Black Milwaukeeans has declined by 30 over The longer these bills languish the the people of Kenosha, and all of the the past four decades; the Black poverty rate is higher than it was in 1970 Editor Circulation Manager U.S., especially Black Americans, can longer justice is delayed and denied. (though lower than its peak in 1990); Black male employment rates have Teretha Martin, Terri’s Innovative Yvonne Kemp, Photographer know that we are turning the tide on Our communities are calling for plummeted since 1970 (though had improved, at least through 2018, since Computers: Billing Clerk, Pro - Kim Robinson, Photographer our nation’s long history of devaluing change right now, and they cannot the Great Recession). “ duction assistance, tech-support Bill Tennessen, Photographer Black lives, and that we now live in a and should not wait any longer for The Black incarceration rate in Milwaukee is over two and a half times as Opinion and comments expressed on the Perspectives page do not necessarily meaningful action.’’ nation where unjust shootings of Black reflect the views of the publisher or management of the MCJ. Letters and “other people by police will not go unpun - high as it was 25 years ago and 10 times higher than the White rate (though perspectives” are accepted but may be edited for content and length. ished.” (continued on page 7) The Milwaukee Community Journal•August 26, 2020•Page 6 LEGALS &CLASSIFIEDS• LEGALS &CLASSIFIEDS NIO EL that you have an attorney help or kee County, State of Wisconsin. NOTICE IS GIVEN: priate to the action commenced: SUMMONS represent you. Dated: 2-28-2020 A petition was filed asking to 1. The procedure for obtaining a (PUBLICATION) NOTICE IS GIVEN: BY THE COURT: change the name of the person judgment or order in the action STATE OF WISCONSIN A petition was filed asking to If you do not demand a copy of the HON. CARL ASHLEY listed above: 2. The major issues usually ad - CIRCUIT COURT change the name of the person Petition within 40 days, the court Circuit Court Judge From: BRENDAN WILLIAM dressed in such an action. MILWAUKEE COUNTY listed above: may grant judgment against you for 182/8-19-26/9-2-2020 OBRIEN To: CECILIA MADE - 3. Community resources and family NOTICE OF HEARING From: MARCO ANTONIO EL To: the award of money or other legal LINE OBRIEN court counseling services available Case No. 2020CV003481 Marco Antonio Lara action requested in the Petition, and SUMMONS Birth Certificate: BRENDAN to assist the parties. Birth Certificate: MARCO ANTO - you may lose your right to object to (PUBLICATION) WILLIAM OBRIEN 4. The procedure for setting, modi - In Re: The name change of: NIO EL anything that is or may be incorrect STATE OF WISCONSIN fying, and enforcing child support LASHAWN MONIQUE BEA - in the Petition. CIRCUIT COURT IT IS ORDERED awards, or modifying and enforcing MON IT IS ORDERED MILWAUKEE COUNTY This petition will be heard in the legal custody or physical placement This petition will be heard in the A judgment may be enforced as NOTICE AND ORDER FOR Circuit Court of Milwaukee judgments or orders. LASHAWN MONIQUE BEA - Circuit Court of Milwaukee provided by law. A judgment NAME CHANGE HEARING County, State of Wisconsin. (b) The Circuit Court Commis - MON County, State of Wisconsin. awarding money may become a Case No. 20CV004336 Judge’s Name: HON. WILLIAM S sioner shall provide a party, for in - 6038 N. 62ND STREET Judge’s Name: HON. PEDRO lien against any real estate you own POCAN Room 401 PLACE: 901 spection or purchase, with a copy MILWAUKEE WI 53218 COLON PLACE: 901 N. 9th now or in the future, and may also In the matter of the name change N. 9th Street, Milwaukee, Wiscon - of the statutory provisions in this Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, be enforced by garnishment or of: CAMILE LAUREN HAMP - sin, 53233 DATE: September 21, chapter generally pertinent to the This case is scheduled for: Name 53233 DATE: August 25, 2020 seizure of property. TON 2020 TIME 1:45 P.M. action. Change Hearing TIME 2:00 P.M. Date: 9/9/2020 Time: 10:30 A.M. You are further notified that if the NOTICE IS GIVEN: IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: Date: 8-27-2020 Location: Milwaukee County IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: parties to this action have minor A petition was filed asking to Notice of this hearing shall be BY: JOSE L SALAZAR Courthouse Room 403 PLACE: Notice of this hearing shall be children, violation of 948.31 Wis. change the name of the person given by publication as a Class 3 188/8-26/9-2-9-2020 901 N. 9th Street, Milwaukee, Wis - given by publication as a Class 3 Stats., (Interference with custody listed above: notice for three (3) weeks in a row SUMMONS consin, 53233 Circuit Court notice for three (3) weeks in a row by parent or others) is punishable From: CAMILE LAUREN HAMP - prior to the date of the hearing in (PUBLICATION) Judge/Circuit Court Commissioner prior to the date of the hearing in by fines and/or imprisonment: TON To: CAMIEL LAUREN the Milwaukee Community Journal, STATE OF WISCONSIN HON. TIMOTHY WITKOWIAK- the Milwaukee Community Journal, HAMPTON a newspaper published in Milwau - CIRCUIT COURT 22 a newspaper published in Milwau - If you and the petitioner have minor Birth Certificate: CAMILE LAU - kee County, State of Wisconsin. MILWAUKEE COUNTY Re: Name Change kee County, State of Wisconsin. children, documents setting forth REN HAMPTON Dated: 8-18-2020 NOTICE AND ORDER FOR Dated: 7-16-2020 the percentage standard for child BY THE COURT: NAME CHANGE HEARING This matter will not be adjourned BY THE COURT: support established by the depart - IT IS ORDERED HON. WILLIAM S POCAN Case No. 20CV004126 by the court except upon formal HON. PEDRO COLON ment under 49.22(9), Wis. Stats., This petition will be heard in the Circuit Court Judge motion for good cause or with the Circuit Court Judge and the factors that a court may Circuit Court of Milwaukee 189/8-26/9-2-9-2020 In the matter of the name change specific approval of the court upon 179/8-12-19-26-2020 consider for modification of that County, State of Wisconsin. SUMMONS of: RAYAN AHMED HASSAN stipulation by all parties. standard under 767.511 (1m). Wis Judge’s Name: HON. TIMOTHY (PUBLICATION) By (Petitioner) AHMED HASSAN SUMMONS Stats. are available upon your re - WITKOWIAK BR 22 Room 415 STATE OF WISCONSIN This matter will not be adjourned (PUBLICATION) quest from the Clerk of Court. PLACE: 901 N. 9th Street, Mil - CIRCUIT COURT NOTICE IS GIVEN: by the Court except upon formal STATE OF WISCONSIN waukee, Wisconsin, 53233 DATE: MILWAUKEE COUNTY A petition was filed asking to motion for good cause or with spe - CIRCUIT COURT You are notified of the availability September 15, 2020 TIME 11:00 Case No. 20FA002627 change the name of the person cific approval of the Court upon MILWAUKEE COUNTY of information from the Circuit A.M. Divorce-40101 listed above: stipulation by all parties. NOTICE AND ORDER FOR Court Commissioner as set forth in From: RAYAN AHMED HASSAN **PLEASE DO NOT APPEAR IN NAME CHANGE HEARING 767.105 WIs.Stats. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: In Re: The marriage of: To: RAYAN AHMED IBRAHIM COURT** Case No. 20CV4620 Notice of this hearing shall be Petitioner JOSE L SALAZAR and Birth Certificate: RAYAN AHMED This hearing is being held via video 767.105 Information from Circuit given by publication as a Class 3 Respondent: GRISELDA FLORES HASSAN conferencing. You may join this In the matter of the name change Court Commissioner. notice for three (3) weeks in a row hearing by video or phone. of: SOPHIA CHEVAKO prior to the date of the hearing in THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, TO IT IS ORDERED By Video: https://zoom.us/join.com MAHNKE (2) Upon the request of a party to the Milwaukee Community Journal, THE PERSON NAMED ABOVE This petition will be heard in the By Phone: 1-(312) 626-6799 By (Petitioner) SOPHIA an action affecting the family, in - a newspaper published in Milwau - AS RESPONDENT: Circuit Court of Milwaukee Meeting ID: 968 9786 0169 CHEVAKO MAHNKE cluding a revision of judgment or kee County, State of Wisconsin. You are notified that the petitioner County, State of Wisconsin. Password: 134495 order under sec. 767.59 or 767.451: Dated: 8-4-2020 named above has filed a Petition for Judge’s Name: HON. PEDRO If you have questions or problems NOTICE IS GIVEN: (a) The Circuit Court Commis - BY THE COURT: divorce or legal separation against COLON PLACE: Milwaukee connecting to the Zoom hearing. A petition was filed asking to sioner shall, with or without charge, HON. TIMOTHY WITKOWIAK you. County Courthouse/Zoom, Room Please contact the court directly at change the name of the person provide the party with written infor - Circuit Court Judge 412 901 N. 9th Street, Milwaukee, (414) 278-4506. Thanks listed above: mation on the following, as appro - 185/8-19-26/9-2-2020 You must respond with a written Wisconsin, 53233 DATE: Septem - Milwaukee County Circuit Court From: SOPHIA CHEVAKO priate to the action commenced: demand for a copy of the Petition ber 25, 2020 TIME 9:00 A.M. Date: June 26, 2020 MAHNKE To: SOPHIA MAHNKE 1. The procedure for obtaining a within 40 days from the day after 178/8-5-12-19-2020 CHEVAKO judgment or order in the action SUMMONS the first day of publication. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: Birth Certificate: SOPHIA 2. The major issues usually ad - (PUBLICATION) Notice of this hearing shall be SUMMONS CHEVAKO MAHNKE dressed in such an action. STATE OF WISCONSIN The demand must be sent or deliv - given by publication as a Class 3 (PUBLICATION) 3. Community resources and family CIRCUIT COURT ered to the court at: Clerk of Court, notice for three (3) weeks in a row STATE OF WISCONSIN IT IS ORDERED court counseling services available MILWAUKEE COUNTY Milwaukee County Courthouse 901 prior to the date of the hearing in CIRCUIT COURT This petition will be heard in the to assist the parties. NOTICE AND ORDER FOR N 9th St Room 104 Milwaukee WI the Milwaukee Community Journal, MILWAUKEE COUNTY Circuit Court of Milwaukee 4. The procedure for setting, modi - NAME CHANGE HEARING 53233 and to JOSE L SALAZAR a newspaper published in Milwau - NOTICE AND ORDER FOR County, State of Wisconsin. fying, and enforcing child support Case No. 20CV4573 1136 S 8th St Milwaukee WI 53204 kee County, State of Wisconsin. NAME CHANGE HEARING Judge’s Name: HON. WILLIAM S awards, or modifying and enforcing Dated: 8-12-2020 Case No. 20CV3052 POCAN Room 401 PLACE: 901 legal custody or physical placement In the matter of the name change It is recommended, but not required BY THE COURT: N. 9th Street, Milwaukee, Wiscon - judgments or orders. of: MALIK LAWRENCE CLARK that you have a attorney help or HON. PEDRO COLON In the matter of the name change sin, 53233 DATE: September 22, (b) The Circuit Court Commis - By (Petitioner) MALIK represent you. Circuit Court Judge of: LAUREN ELIZABETH ANN 2020 TIME 9:30 A.M. sioner shall provide a party, for in - LAWRENCE CLARK 187/8-26/9-2-9-2020 HARRISON spection or purchase, with a copy If you do not demand a copy of the By (Petitioner) LAUREN ELIZA - IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: of the statutory provisions in this NOTICE IS GIVEN: Petition within 40 days, the court BETH ANN HARRISON Notice of this hearing shall be chapter generally pertinent to the A petition was filed asking to may grant judgment against you for SUMMONS given by publication as a Class 3 action. change the name of the person the award of money or other legal (PUBLICATION) NOTICE IS GIVEN: notice for three (3) weeks in a row listed above: action requested in the Petition, and STATE OF WISCONSIN A petition was filed asking to prior to the date of the hearing in Date: 8-11-2020 From: MALIK LAWRENCE you may lose your right to object to CIRCUIT COURT change the name of the person the Milwaukee Community Journal, BY: ANGELA PEARLE SHACK - CLARK To: MALIYA ELIZA - anything that is or may be incorrect MILWAUKEE COUNTY listed above: a newspaper published in Milwau - LEFORD BETH FRANCES ELLIOTT in the Petition. NOTICE AND ORDER FOR From: LAUREN ELIZABETH kee County, State of Wisconsin. 184/8-19-26/9-2-2020 Birth Certificate: MALIK NAME CHANGE HEARING ANN HARRISON To: LAUREN Dated: 8-18-2020 LAWRENCE CLARK A judgment may be enforced as Case No. 20CV004335 LEE LINCOLN BY THE COURT: provided by law. A judgment Birth Certificate: LAUREN ELIZ - HON. WILLIAM S POCAN SUMMONS IT IS ORDERED awarding money may become a In the matter of the name change ABETH ANN HARRISON Circuit Court Judge (PUBLICATION) This petition will be heard in the lien against any real estate you own of: THALIA GUADALUPE MAR - 181/8-19-26/9-2-2020 STATE OF WISCONSIN Circuit Court of Milwaukee now or in the future, and may also QUEZ IT IS ORDERED CIRCUIT COURT County, State of Wisconsin. be enforced by garnishment or By (Petitioner) THALIA This petition will be heard in the MILWAUKEE COUNTY Judge’s Name: HON. JEFFREY A seizure of property. GUADALUPE MARQUEZ Circuit Court of Milwaukee SUMMONS NOTICE AND ORDER FOR CONEN Room 402 PLACE: 901 County, State of Wisconsin. (PUBLICATION) NAME CHANGE HEARING N. 9th Street, Milwaukee, Wiscon - You are further notified that if the NOTICE IS GIVEN: Judge’s Name: HON. WILLIAM S STATE OF WISCONSIN Case No. 20CV001620 sin, 53233 DATE: September 18, parties to this action have minor A petition was filed asking to POCAN PLACE: 901 N. 9th Street CIRCUIT COURT 2020 TIME 10:30 A.M. children, violation of 948.31 Wis. change the name of the person Room 401, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, MILWAUKEE COUNTY In the matter of the name change Stats., (Interference with custody listed above: 53233 DATE: September 11, 2020 Case No. 20FA002275 of: ANTONIO DERAINE GAY - IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: by parent or others) is punishable From: THALIA GUADALUPE TIME 9:30 A.M. Divorce-40101 FIELD Notice of this hearing shall be by fines and/or imprisonment: MARQUEZ To: THALIA given by publication as a Class 3 GUADALUPE FUERTE IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: In Re: The marriage of: an AN - NOTICE IS GIVEN: notice for three (3) weeks in a row If you and the petitioner have minor Birth Certificate: THALIA Notice of this hearing shall be GELA PEARLE SHACKLEFORD A petition was filed asking to prior to the date of the hearing in children, documents setting forth GUADALUPE FUERTE given by publication as a Class 3 and Respondent: BRYAN JUSTICE change the name of the person the Milwaukee Community Journal, the percentage standard for child notice for three (3) weeks in a row DWIGHT SHACKLEFORD listed above: a newspaper published in Milwau - support established by the depart - IT IS ORDERED prior to the date of the hearing in From: ANTONIO DERAINE GAY - kee County, State of Wisconsin. ment under 49.22(9), Wis. Stats., This petition will be heard in the the Milwaukee Community Journal, THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, TO FIELD To: ANTONIO DERAINE Dated: 8-7-2020 and the factors that a court may Circuit Court of Milwaukee a newspaper published in Milwau - THE PERSON NAMED ABOVE GUZMAN BY THE COURT: consider for modification of that County, State of Wisconsin. kee County, State of Wisconsin. AS RESPONDENT: Birth Certificate: ANTONIO DE - HON. JEFFREY A CONEN standard under 767.511 (1m). Wis Judge’s Name: HON. PEDRO Dated: 7-24-2020 You are notified that the petitioner RAINE GAYFIELD Circuit Court Judge Stats. are available upon your re - COLON PLACE: 901 N. 9th BY THE COURT: named above has filed a Petition for 183/8-19-26/9-2-2020 quest from the Clerk of Court. Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, HON. WILLIAM S POCAN divorce or legal separation against IT IS ORDERED 53233 DATE: September 25, 2020 Circuit Court Judge you. This petition will be heard in the You are notified of the availability TIME 10:00 A.M. 180/8-12-19-26-2020 Circuit Court of Milwaukee SUMMONS of information from the Circuit You must respond with a written County, State of Wisconsin. (PUBLICATION) Court Commissioner as set forth in IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: demand for a copy of the Petition Judge’s Name: HON. CARL ASH - STATE OF WISCONSIN 767.105 WIs.Stats. Notice of this hearing shall be SUMMONS within 40 days from the day after LEY BR. 33 Room 500 PLACE: CIRCUIT COURT given by publication as a Class 3 (PUBLICATION) the first day of publication. 901 N. 9th Street, Milwaukee, Wis - MILWAUKEE COUNTY 767.105 Information from Circuit notice for three (3) weeks in a row STATE OF WISCONSIN consin, 53233 DATE: April 15, NOTICE AND ORDER FOR Court Commissioner. prior to the date of the hearing in CIRCUIT COURT The demand must be sent or deliv - 2020 TIME 9:30 A.M. NAME CHANGE HEARING the Milwaukee Community Journal, MILWAUKEE COUNTY ered to the court at: Clerk of Court, Case No. 20CV4334 (2) Upon the request of a party to a newspaper published in Milwau - NOTICE AND ORDER FOR Milwaukee County Courthouse 901 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: an action affecting the family, in - kee County, State of Wisconsin. NAME CHANGE HEARING N 9th St Room 104 Milwaukee WI Notice of this hearing shall be In the matter of the name change cluding a revision of judgment or Dated: 8-12-2020 Case No. 20CV3052 53233 and to ANGELA PEARLE given by publication as a Class 3 of: BRENDAN WILLIAM order under sec. 767.59 or 767.451: BY THE COURT: SHACKLEFORD 4520 N 27th notice for three (3) weeks in a row OBRIEN (a) The Circuit Court Commis - HON. PEDRO COLON In the matter of the name change Street Apt 3 Milwaukee WI 53209 prior to the date of the hearing in By (Petitioner) BRENDAN sioner shall, with or without charge, Circuit Court Judge of: MARCO ANTONIO EL the Milwaukee Community Journal, WILLIAM OBRIEN provide the party with written infor - 186/8-26/9-2-9-2020 By (Petitioner) MARCO ANTO - It is recommended, but not required a newspaper published in Milwau - mation on the following, as appro - The Milwaukee Community Journal•August 26, 2020•Page 7

(cSontinuhed froom patge 1`b) y police seven times, Blake hangs on death by a police officer who ignored cries Two men were arrested. They said the He noted that the governor has called for to ‘drop the knife.’ from a crowd of on-lookers to discontinue blast was accidental. a special session to address police ac - The witness said he didn’t see a knife, his inhumane assault. Demonstrations took place in dozens of countability, and pressure on state repre - and learned after the incident that police The flood of emails received over the cities around the country as video of the sentatives from civil rights groups, including had been called to the scene to response Blake shooting provided a clear example of Blake shooting went viral. the NAACP, will bring about significant to a fight between two women. the extent of concern for a stead succes - Sadly, his name has been added to the change in the future. Blake was attempting to break up the sion of police killings of Black men and ever-growing list of Black men shot, or “We are demanding equal justice for all,” women’s confrontation when police arrived. women in recent months. killed by police under controversial circum - Harris lamented. (Editor’s note: Gunfire broke up a Milwaukee was the site of dozens of stances. Governor Evers issued a statement fol - peaceful demonstration Tuesday night demonstrations against police brutality and NAACP state board member and vice lowing the release of the video in which he in Kenosha as a White teen shot and systemic racism over the last couple of president Wendel Harris was joined by this said police accountability must be pursued. killed two marchers and wounded a months. reporter on the nationally syndicated radio "This is familiar violence to too many of third. Police on Wednesday arrested 17 us," said Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, the year old Kyle Rittenhouse. state's first Black lieutenant governor. "This Authorities reported that the man was "This is familiar violence to too many of didn't start with George Floyd, unfortu - a ‘vigilante’ who was reportedly ‘protect - nately. It's been around far longer than him ing a gas station from looting.’ us," said Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes. "This and if we don't do anything this will continue Witnesses have reported that several as we saw yesterday." White men in military garb, and carrying didn't start with George Floyd, unfortu - Harris said the involvement of the gover - weapons, were among the marchers. nor and lieutenant governor is a strong in - The suggestion, and fear, is that these dicator that times have changed, for the ‘vigilantes had an agenda that could nately. It's been around far longer than better. lead to additional violence.) “America’s eyes have been opened be - Blake apparently had exited his car to him and if we don't do anything this will cause of the Floyd murder. White America break up the fight, leaving his three young was provided with a unique opportunity to children in the back seat. continue as we saw yesterday." witness why Black American men are dis - The children were said to be extremely Some of the demonstrations were held to show, ‘The Daily Drum.” trustful, or in fear of police.” traumatized after witnessing the entire inci - seek justice for a Joel Acevedo, a 25-year- Produced by Howard University, the radio Whites can no longer claim ignorance of dent. old Hispanic man who was strangled by an show focused on the Blake shooting and its systemic racism, he said, offering, “they None were injured, physically. off-duty Milwaukee police officer. aftermath. can turn on their televisions and see the It was announced Tuesday that Blake Demonstrations were also held in near-by While in agreement on most questions of - ramifications of the Black plight. was in serious condition in a Milwaukee Wauwatosa for a police officer who killed fered by host Harold Fisher, the long-time “I have to maintain a sense of hope; hospital and was paralyzed from the keck three young men during his short tenure on activists differed on whether justice would we’ve been in this fight for too long, and down. the force, the latest being a teenaged Black be rendered in the Blake scenario. now reached the turning point where, “it will The Community Journal was inundated youth at the Mayfair Mall. Holt stated that if history is the best judge, never be ‘business as usual.” with e-mails from around the country ques - He was exonerated for the first two ‘The cops will be exonerated, the family will The country is on the cusp of significant tioning the shooting and calling for an inde - killings. The most recent shooting is being receive a large settlement from the city, and change, he offered. pendent investigation. investigated. Citizens have asked that the then it will be business as usual, until the Holt was not as optimistic, explaining, (Several representative emails are being officer, Joseph Mensah, who is African next police killing.’ “with Republicans controlling the state leg - published on the editorial page.) American, be fired. Holt said there will be a “lot of political islature, little, if anything will come out of Dozens of civil rights, women’s, political Last week demonstrations outside the posturing, but little will actually change.” the governor’s special session. groups and politicians expressed anger or home of Mensah erupted into a confronta - Harris disagreed, offering a sense of ‘More importantly, you can’t legislate atti - frustration about the latest police incident, tion and burning of his home. A shotgun hope that systemic and institutional racism tudes. You can’t order people to stop being which followed in the wake of international blast, from one of the protesters, destroyed will finally be addressed by the public and racist.” demonstrations for George Floyd, a Min - Mensah’s back door. political leaders. The interview as conducted a few min - neapolis resident who was strangled to Milwaukee social indicators paint "COVID-19 is teaching us that we (acont induedi fsromt puager 5) bing pictureMor e fouotragreo usB is thalt anonec of kthe p ofweors thlakt bes, par - ticularly political entities, will pay heed to these findings it was down from its peak in 2003). any more than they did to reports showing Milwaukee can get The region's schools are as segregated as they were 50 leading the nation in seven negative social indicators. years ago (and significantly more than 30 years ago). Res - A couple of months ago, I posed the question of idential racial segregation is higher in Milwaukee than whether the Democratic Convention goers—or the party the any of the nation's largest metropolitan areas (though itself-- would address the myriad of problems facing its slightly lower than it measured 40 years ago). most loyal voters during their four-day love fest. Hispanic households have fallen by 2.3% during that truth Even though it was an abbreviated convention, not a same period). word was said about the Black poverty, education or our In 1979, annual income in the median Black household disparaging incarceration rates. out in Milwaukee was 58.3% of a median white household; There was plenty of symbolic gestures about ‘Black by 2018, that figure had fallen to only 42.0%. Lives Mattering,’ but nothing of substance to prove we Even more striking is how this racial income gap has do; no platform to equalize the playing field, or to crim - (about grown much wider in Milwaukee than in the nation. inalize systemic racism. In 1979, the ratio of Black to White household income Instead, I expect politicians and the valets of white was about the same in Milwaukee as in the U.S. (58.3% the knights to tell me to be quiet—again—and to stop hang - in Milwaukee versus 57.8% in the U.S.). ing our dirty laundry out in public before the election. Today, while Black median household income is only They will blame the sense of hopelessness and loss of virus) in 42% of White income in Milwaukee, it is 60.9% of White faith of many Black voters on me because I consistently income nationally (although the Black percentage has de - draw attention to these nasty white drawers being hung clined nationally as well since 1999, but by less than Mil - on lines for the world to see. a timely waukee), the report noted. Well, you can’t wash away apartheid with rhetoric, and What is most alarming about the report is that it was it if they are tired of me speaking truth to power, maybe they was conducted before the pandemic shut down America, man - should buy a new washing machine instead of trying to which means our plight has probably worsened since clean our dirty drawers with political rhetoric. spring. 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