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Milwaukee celebrates 45th Juneteenth Day with parade and street festival Sunday, June 19, 2016 was not only Father's Day, it was also Juneteenth Day. Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Milwaukee commemorated this event with a parade and an all-day street festival. The 45th Annual Juneteenth Celebration also launched the inaugural #BRONZEVILLESUMMER series, an entire season of events appealing to lovers of music, art, food, culture and fun. This year's theme for Juneteenth was "Celebrating the Journey of Fatherhood." Pictured at the Juneteenth event are (from left) Miss Juneteenth 2016; Miss Junior Juneteenth 2016; Northcott Neighborhood House president and CEO Mack Weddle; Garfield's 502 Club owner LaMarr Franklin, and both Miss Juneteenth 2016 runners up. Both Mr. Weddle and Mr. Franklin have served as long-time members of the Juneteenth committee.
Happy Juneteenth Day Milwaukee!
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500 Fathers stand up against violence
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On Friday June 17, 2016 Common Council President Ashanti Hamilton and Alderman Khalif J. Rainey, along with Mayor Tom Barrett and more than a hundred Milwaukee fathers attended a rally, to helping put a stop to violence in the community. The event was hosted in Moody Park, which is located in Alderman Rainey's district. The rally was held to call on Milwaukee fathers to help bring positive change to Milwaukee, by taking an oath to help put an end to violence on the streets of Milwaukee and help protect our communities. Mayor Barrett's Fatherhood Initiative partnered with a large number of Milwaukee agencies to call for a "First Annual Safe Summer Father's Day Weekend," due to the unusually high numbers of violent incidents that have already taken place in the city and the summer is just getting started. Pictured at the event are (from left) Common Council President Ashanti Hamilton; Alderman Russell Stamper; Milwaukee City Treasurer Spencer Coggs; Anthony Courtney, Alderman Khalif J. Rainey and many of the Milwaukee fathers who attended the event.
North Division graduate celebrates milestone achievement with all white graduation celebration Martinez Milton celebrated the life milestone of graduating from high school, on Friday, June 17, 2016 with an All White Graduation Celebration. The formal affair was held at the Radisson Hotel - West, 2303 N. Mayfair Road, and featured dinner, music and dancing for Martinez, his family and friends who all wore white. Martinez is a graduate of North Division High School, has GPA of 3.48, which was enough to earn him the number one rank out of his graduating class of 70. He has also served as president of the school newspaper and the school yearbook, has served on a number of volunteer committees, has received numerous awards and achievements, including a Letter of Great Achievement from the U.S. House of Representatives; and is a 2016 Milwaukee Times Baclk Excellence/ Louvenia Johnson Scholarship recipient. All impressive feats for any student but even more so, knowing that Martinez has lived with epilepsy/sSeizure disorder all his life. Martinez (seated center) is pictured with his parents and family at the all white event.
Congratulation Martinez! www.milwaukeetimesnews.com
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