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Milwaukee Courier: Safe & Sound Continues the Conversation with Local Youth and Community Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
Click here to view the original. By Dylan Deprey, Milwaukee Courier Who hasn’t felt a slight twinge of anxiety over the past two weeks? From the young and healthy, to the elderly and ill, the COVID-19 Pandemic has affected everybody across the world in some way or another. As youth are out of school, and […]
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service: ‘More High-Tech than High Touch’: Youth-Serving Organizations are Getting Creative Amid Pandemic
Click here to read the original. By Allison Dikanovic, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service Do you have questions about the COVID-19 outbreak and how we can better serve you with information? Please ask them here and check out our special landing page, which has resources and news you can use. Tamesha Roberson, 17, is used to spending a lot […]
BizTimes: Getting There: Joe’Mar Hooper
Click here to read the original. By BizTimes Staff, BizTimes Joe’Mar Hooper Executive director, Safe & Sound Inc. Age: 40 Hometown: Milwaukee Education: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, bachelor’s in secondary education and master’s in public administration Previous position: Wisconsin market leader for CommonBond Communities What drew you to Safe & Sound? “I went to MPS, graduated from UWM […]