Essential employment opportunities

UPDATE: Essential Job & Training Opportunities During COVID-19 Season

 from Common Council Members & DirectConnectMKE

Yesterday, we shared numerous job and training opportunities with you.
 A few more have arisen since and are indicated below. We encourage you to review 
and apply per guidelines and requirements indicated:
Fedex locations in Menomonee Falls, New Berlin and Cudahy are hiring right now. FedEx is
 really looking at hiring staff for the early morning sorts and has a few afternoon sorts available
 too. Starting wages $13.50/per hr. Package handlers will receive an additional $2.00/hr.
 effective April 5^th to June 6^th 2020. 
Join Paratech Ambulance Service as an EMT, Paramedic and more! New Employee 
sign on bonus stands at $2,500 and starting wages for an EMT stand at $14.00/hr., while 
Paramedics begin at $18.50/hr. Paid training and education is also available.
 Apply online at www.paratechambulane.com
America Works, in partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Children Camp; 
Families and the Milwaukee Fatherhood Initiative are hosting a live discussion on
 COVID-19 to check-in on how you are coping with these unusual times. Join the discussion
 with your cell phone, tablet or laptop on Wednesday April 29^th from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm 
by calling (414) 386-5765. See attached flyer for details.
Are you a City Resident interested in a general labor construction transitional job, working 
at City of Milwaukee worksites? Eligibility requirements apply. See attached
Compete Milwaukee flyer for additional information. Earn $12.53/hour, working 40 hours
 per week, while receiving great work experience and free career training such as CDL
 permit prep classes.
 Note that this Compete Milwaukee Transitional Jobs Program has different 
eligibility requirements from the Compete Milwaukee OSY Program whose flyer was 
posted yesterday.
A Special Thankyou to our Essential Service Workers and Partners! 

If you are not working for essential services in retail, healthcare, law enforcement government and facilities
 maintenance, we urge you to work from home. Stay home to lower the spread of COVID-19. Distribute 
the flyer attached to friends and family. The Stay at Home order has been extended to May 26^th 2020 by
 Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers.

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Supplemental Security Income Recipients, Act Now – Go to IRS.gov – A Message from Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul

Posted on April 24, 2020 by Andrew Saul, Commissioner, Social Security Administration

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients who don’t file tax returns will start receiving their automatic Economic Impact Payments directly from the Treasury Department in early May. People receiving SSI benefits who did not file 2018 or 2019 taxes, and have qualifying children under age 17, however, should not wait for their automatic $1,200 individual payment. They should immediately go to the IRS’s webpage and visit the Non-Filers: Enter Your Information section to provide their information. SSI recipients who have dependent children and did not file 2018 or 2019 taxes need to act by Tuesday, May 5, in order to receive additional payments for their eligible children quickly. 

By taking this proactive step to enter information on the IRS website about them and their qualifying children, they will also receive the $500 per dependent child payment in addition to their $1,200 individual payment. If people in this group do not provide their information to the IRS soon, their payment at this time will be $1,200 only. They would then be required to file a tax year 2020 tax return to obtain the additional $500 per eligible child.

I urge SSI recipients with qualifying children and who do not normally file taxes to take action now. Immediately go to IRS.gov so that you will receive the full amount of the Economic Impact Payments you and your family are eligible for.

Lastly, a word of caution. Be aware of scams related to the Economic Impact Payments. There is no fee required to receive these payments. Don’t be fooled.

Visit the agency’s COVID-19 web page for important information and updates.

Click here to view the IRS press release about this important issue.

Sat. April 25th, 2020 Conference Call Check in

Good afternoon,

Please note that we are hosting a conference call this Saturday at 10:30am Please dial in between 10:15 and 10:25 as we will start at 10:30.  Have a pen and paper ready. We would like to check in with everyone, provide some additional preventive and cautious measures, pass on information re: pantries and numbers to call.

WE would also like to provide updates on some programs and initiatives as well as gather information on how to best prepare the neighborhood and still address needs and concerns with your help.

We will also conduct a poll regarding how many individuals are able to use the newest tool Zoom which will allow us to see each other. during future meetings.

As theCoVid ( reference cdc.gov) has challenges daily, we would like to ensure that we are accessible and have links for you re: prayer, support, conversation, etc.....

We will also verify that we can send you the information we have so far from those who are running for office so that you can make informed decisions based upon their platforms. 

Please email:  5pnamil@gmail.com   for the call in information

Dr. Zelda Okia-"how to thrive and survive in the age of Black Burnout" webinar 4/11/20

Could you Be One of the Heroes to Lead us out of Coronacrisis?

Zelda Okia, MDApril 8, 2020 Click on the link below to sign up.

We all remember Yoda in the Star Wars movie “Return of the Jedi.” I often wonder if Yoda knew that Luke Skywalker was the Jedi Knight who would defeat the Dark Side. Would he or his training have been any different if he already knew the important role he played in defining the history of The Force?

Ok. Too far out there? What about the mother of our former President Barak Obama? 

Do you suppose she ever imagined that she was raising a son who would become President of the United States of America? Too lofty?

What about the parents of Greta Thunberg, the seventeen-year-old Swedish environmental activist, who also has Asperger’s syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder? 

If you knew or could see your future ahead of time, how many of you would have ghosted from your life ages ago?

Many times I look at my clients’ lives and I see so many areas where they are successful, talented, and quite adept. They can do things easily, where others struggle. They are good organizers, top-notch managers, and stellar scientists.

Yet, in other areas of their lives, they often feel powerless, defeated, and stuck.

I sometimes ask what they would do if they believed that the skills, talents, and gifts they displayed so easily in successful areas of their lives, were equally present in the other less successful areas?

It seems to amaze them.

They never see it.

We are allowed to believe what we choose to believe. 

And the degree to which we believe something determines how much and to what extent we allow that belief to infiltrate our minds, direct our actions, and ultimately define the course of our lives.

So what if your idea or something that you did was exactly what would lead us out of this Coronacrisis? What could that possibly be? How would you show up in your life? What would you have to believe about yourself?

Can you believe it now? 

This Saturday, please join me on my webinar titled “How to Survive and Thrive in the Age of Black Burnout.”

What could you do right now to begin to prepare for the Aftermath of the current crisis? Come and share your ideas on the webinar on Saturday April 11, at 10 am. Click the link to register!

polling places April 7th, 2020

Reminder if you are off paper you can register and vote:

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