Back to the Basics in Community Building

As we are building our city, join the 5Points community to build by fortifying and going back to the basics. Now inviting entrepreneurs, medical professionals, government and justice representatives to join us as we build our community for the future. Dr. Vanessa White Organizational Director

Watch party: Obama Presidential Center Grand Opening

You are invited to a Zoom meeting. When: Jun 18, 2026 10:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada) Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/NfEYhLs4ScSBWjk2MTduIw After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Juneteenth Celebration: Roots to Rhymes on June 20th, 2026

Summer enrichment: Sankofa Drum Circle

Valentine's Day: When Love Becomes Dangerous

Dear Sisters, We are inviting you to join us for our upcoming Sisters Talk: When Love Becomes Dangerous – Protecting Ourselves and Our Sisters. This is more than a conversation. It is a sacred space for truth, awareness, healing, and protection. As recent tragedies remind us, domestic violence is not distant — it is affecting women in our own community. We believe education, sisterhood, and safe dialogue can save lives. We need you in the room. Your presence matters. Your voice matters. And someone you know may need this space more than you realize. ✨ Call to Action: Register and Bring a Friend. https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/WqRMne3rQ7OyV1vCDmj1Tg Invite a sister, a daughter, a coworker, a neighbor — someone who could benefit from a compassionate, confidential, and empowering conversation. Together, we will: • Learn how to recognize warning signs • Understand why leaving can be complicated and dangerous • Discuss practical safety planning • Strengthen our commitment to protecting one another This will be a trauma-informed, peer-supported session. Cameras are optional. Confidentiality is honored. Healing is centered. Please register today and share the registration link with at least one woman in your circle. https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/WqRMne3rQ7OyV1vCDmj1Tg Because love should never cost us our safety. Because silence protects abuse. Because we are stronger together. With care and sisterhood, Heddy Keith Founder & CEO Center for Leadership of Afrikan Women’s Wellness (CLAWW)

Monday Writer's workshop with Jojopahmaria nsoroma

Jojopah has a master's degree in writing and the queen's english. she edits a lot of my work and the rewrites as well as book contributions. on monday's the workshop features free edits, collaborative writing, and much more. bring your work and let the expert help. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81362238330#success

Dr. King in my Life

Greetings, In carrying forth the mission of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and celebrating His Legacy, 5Points has agreed to tape individuals presenting how Dr King shows up in their lives both past and present. For example, "in the past, the main mode of transportation to school was to walk.  Dr. King took action when Ms. Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on the bus.  There was the "Montgomery Bus Boycott" that lasted more than 380 days. Due to the united front and refusal to take the bus until changes came that allowed seating in the front of the bus and preferential seating for all, the boycott came to an end with the company conceding.  Dr. King shows in my life regarding the bus as I now have several options.  I have the yellow bus, the city bus, cabs, ubers, and have preferential seating for all within certain age and disability categories.   Click on this link to sign up for a taping.  https://forms.gle/bx9GHSu3JpvZPsJJ7

Please updates us on your art purchases

Good morning, Recently, some of you participated in the "Save the Gallery" event by purchasing tickets, attending the event, making donations, or purchasing art. We are creating a Patron of the Arts wall. Please respond to this email if you have done any of the following: 1. Attended and contributed to the 5 Points Arts Gallery and Studios either through the Save the Gallery Event or by purchasing artwork or events 2. Have purchased art, wearable art, paintings, portraits, etc and supported any of the artists below. I may have missed someone within the community. please reply with the type of work and of whom you are a patron. a) Fatima Laster b) Rhonda Gaitlin Hayes c) Private collections purchases of rare artworks d) Evelyn Patricia Terry e)Ras 'Ammar Nsoroma f) Fonde Bridges g) Xela /Marcela Garcia h) Reynaldo Hernandez i) Robert Bell j) Artists featured at the 5points Art Gallery and Studios k) Juan Flores Thank you for supporting these 5 Pts Artists. Your response is kindly appreciated for our Patron of the arts pages on our sites. Your 5pna team, asc: sy

Save the gallery event today

Good morning, We are writing to request that you support the 5 Points Arts Gallery and studios, owned by Fatima Laster, "save the gallery" event today. Fatima and the gallery are integral parts of the 5 points neighborhood, its association, and its beginnings. Fatima grew up in the area, returned to own a space for the community, and contributes to neighborhood stabilization, the 5 points neighborhood association as a member, board member, community, and business representative. She has consistently and diligently fights with the anti-gentrification/neighborhood stabilization, community enhancement, and senior outreach programs. Her consistency, efforts, and dedication have brought national attention to the fight and her space is always open. She consistently offers programming free to attend and contributes heavily to any of 5 points initiatives. She values the city of Milwaukee as a whole. Her presence is more than appreciated and noted, it is of utmost importance to our survival. As a business owner, especially in the coveted art space, she is a representative to the next generation that everything is possible. It is on the heels of all of these aspects, that "a call" is issued for payment. This causes the gallery's existence, as a staple in the community, is at risk. Saving the gallery is more than necessary; it is critical to our very essence and being. Short story, there was during her second year, a sale of coveted works by an African artist. These works are rare and very hard to come by. She held an opening and had individuals come to buy from the family's personal collection. Not only did this preserve the artist's legacy, it also extended precious works to members of the community and gave the family an uplift as they realized that the very nature of the work is treasured. For the meager cost of what it takes to buy two large meals at a fast food place, you have the honor of contributing to a staple in the community and are able to choose whether to have your name recorded in the 5PNA Wall on its site as a patron of the arts. All we ask is that you choose one of these options and let us know once you have completed it: 1) purchasing a ticket to attend the "save the gallery" event today, 2) make a contribution to the gallery, or 3) purchase a small item. Any one of these will have you listed on our virtual wall.

Celebrate our Leadership Coach's birthday with us

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Community Engagement with Messmer

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Help from the Salvation Army

Straw by Tyler Perry: Sister Talk June 14, 2025

🎬 Sisters Talk: Real Talk on Tyler Perry’s Straw Join us for a powerful, honest conversation about the emotional weight we carry—and the moment we decide to lay it down. We’ll be discussing Tyler Perry’s thought-provoking short film “Straw” in our next Sisters Talk session on Saturday, June 14th. If you haven’t watched it yet, it’s streaming now on Netflix—make time for it, then come ready to share and reflect. 💬 Bring your truth. Bring a sister. 📅 Reserve your seat today—space is limited! https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ybdj24k9Q_S54LZTaod7AA #SistersTalk #StrawByTylerPerry #CLAWWHealingCircle #BlackWomenSpeak #NetflixWatchAndReflect Heddy Keith M. Ed CI, CPS Hypnosis Instructor Certified Journal Writing Instructor Certified Peer Support Specialist Founder/CEO Center for Leadership of Afrikan Women's Wellness (CLAWW) http://www.claww.org claww@claww.org 414-792-0918

175 Protections: A Blueprint for Revitalization without Displacement

https://www.5ptsartgallery.com/175-protections-a-blueprint-for-revitalization-without-displacement#:~:text=Gentrification%20is%20here Good morning, Thank you for inviting me to the group. As a community advocate with 5 Points and a member of the Community Advisor Board for health. It is an honor to become a part of the group to help lead change. Please note that we are facing a large crisis in keeping our property. For this very reason, Dr. Nicole Robinson, Fatima Laster, and 5 Points have created the 175 Protections booklet. Click on the link to read and join the crusade to "Save our homes and lands near Freshwater." Gentrification is real and moving faster than fire. Looking forward to your active participation and comments.

Family Fun at Grace Fellowship (Community Hub)

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The "One Big Beautiful Bill Act": Where is the money?

The "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" Where is the money? It is with the deepest view of our future, that we push for access to reading the by link and documents held in our representatives offices to push for a Budget the ensures our future: the taxpayers who are in all three divisions of financial spheres. The "Billionaires" of our society are made what we purchase from need, want or desire. Just as life exists for the greatest of us, we demand legislation that ensures the least of us have all the full benefits, measures for advance, reparations, and full life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The passage of any and all legislation that directly affects Americans' life, health, wealth, emotional, physicial, and spiritual selves is required to inform every citizen in a way that allows for their representatives to have communication. Without this and the vigilance of our elected officials, the government must cease any and all passage of matters as without such it guarantees a sure fire of the "Will of the People" and augments the "taxation without representation." Citizens and residents of the United States of American, read and send message to all government official 'on Capitol Hill' in Washington D.C., their respective offices in your state, and any and all official who are able to weigh in on your behalf. Sincerely, sy Read the analysis of the bill as requested by Hiraim Jefferies. https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2025-05/61422-Reconciliation-Distributional-Analysis.pdf

Health Fair- Health 360 Saturday, May 24th, 2025

#health #Community #literacy Register at: bit.ly/4kiZwBO *spiritual- Pastors Dr. Andrew Calhoun III and Brenda Calhoun *Financial- Dr. Vanessa White. *Eye glass collection and Prescription Drug Take Back- Mr. Samuel Sims. *Safety- Milwaukee Police Department *Diabetes *Center for Leadership for African American Women's Wellness (CLAWW)- Dr. Heddy Keith *Caregiving-Alz/Dementia- Sy -register for a chance to receive a free computer. (Inpower's site c/o Emani Taylor)

Thanks

Thanks to all of those who are contributing to those who have suffered due to the fire on 27th and Highland. WE continue to collect or drop off item on 6th and Edgerton. Your donations are helping to reach someone. 5 Points Milwaukee