From Community Org. Talibah Mateen- Lotus training-Thursday, Nov 14th, 2013

Legal Options for Trafficked and Underserved Survivors
Attorney Recruitment & Training
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Helfaer Hall, Mount Mary University

Agenda
8:30 Arrival and Registration
9:00 Welcome
9:05 Human Trafficking Overview
in Wisconsin (Dawn Jones,
Detective, Milw. Police Dept)
10:00 Victim’s Rights 101 (Christine
Nolan, Director of Training &
Victim Services, Wisconsin DOJ)
10:30 Victims’ Rights Enforcement in
Wisconsin (Julie Braun, Director
of Operations, Wisconsin Crime
Victims Rights Board)
10:45 LOTUS Legal Clinic (Rachel
Monaco-Wilcox, Chair, Mount
Mary University Justice Dept.)
11:15 Q/A, Networking
There is no charge to attend, however registration is requested.
www.brownpapertickets.com/event/494858
Questions? Contact Rachel Monaco-Wilcox at
monacowr@mtmary.edu or 414-258-4810 x442

Please join us for the first annual LOTUS training and recruitment for legal clinic
volunteers. LOTUS (Legal Options for Trafficked and Underserved Survivors) helps
victims of crime, including victims of human trafficking. At the training, you will:
• Explore local and national issues of human trafficking from experts
• Cover the basic statutory and constitutional rights that victims have in
Wisconsin and how they are enforced
• Learn about the work of the LOTUS clinic and volunteer needs
• Connect with community leaders who work on these important issues
Who should attend? Attorneys (all practice areas are needed) who are interested
in victim’s rights and assistance, as well as community and agency leaders who
work with victims of crime.

From Alderwoman Coggs- Housing Resource Fair

From Talibah Mateen- Free Truck Driving Classes and Job Oppt.

SPARKGLX 

Need A Job? 

 

 

Creating Careers And High Incomes

For You In Transportation

SPARKGLX: Preparing You For A High Paying Job With Benefits.

Director of Corporate Affairs 

702-277-9442 – Office Las Vegas

224-230-5737 – Office Chicago

702-948-6290 – Fax 

info@sparkglx.com

www.sparkglx.com

SPARKGLX is an 

alliance of professionals 

that provide work-force 

solutions for our clients

We do that by finding 

them the best 

prequalified potential 

employees.

Today, we will 

determine if you are one 

of those potential 

employees.

Creating Careers And High Incomes

For You In Transportation

SPARKGLX: Preparing You For A High Paying Job With Benefits

.

Part 1 – Overview – 15 minutes

Part 2 – Question and Answers – 5 minutes

5 min break. Those who are interested stay for Part 3

Part 3 – Details – 15 minutes

Part 4 – Questions and Answers – 5 minutes

5 min break. Those who are interested stay for part 5

Part 5 – Complete Pre-Application Paperwork and Schedule Phone Interview 

10-15 minutes (you will need to be at your computer for the phone interview)

Dismissed

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Complete Phone Interview and Apply for the Job Online – 15 minutes

Five Part Presentation

1. Be at least 21 years of age. And legal to work in the USA.

2. Be able to read, write and speak English

3. Be willing to start training within the next 2-3 weeks. 

4. Be willing to be gone from home for 2-3 weeks at a time 

driving cross county.

5. Have a valid state drivers licenses and 1 year of driving 

experience.

6. Have no more than 2 moving violations in the last year.

7. Have no more than 3 moving violations in the past 3 

years.

Creating Careers And Higher Incomes

For You In Transportation

How To Qualify

SPARKGLX: Preparing You For A High Paying Job With Benefits

.

8. Have no felonies in the past 10 year 

9. Be drug free for the past year.

10. Have No drug related crimes in the past 10 years.

11. Be willing to take and pass regular drug and alcohol 

screening tests.

12. If incarcerated, be out of jail or prison for at least 5 years

13. Have no DUI violations for the past 7 years.

14. Misdemeanors and accidents convictions are handled on 

a case by case basis.

15. Be able to pass a Department of Transportation physical

From Leif Ottenson-HGNI

 

(Please view in HTML or in a web browser)

October 22, 2013 eAnnouncement

 

REGISTER NOW! CLICK HERE Whole Neighborhoods…One Milwaukee Saturday, October 26th, 2013, 9am-3pm St. Marcus Lutheran School, 2215 North Palmer, Milwaukee Overview This Community Development Symposium brings together neighborhoodpartners to network, share information on promising practices, and build strength and support for collective impact. Many of us work in specific geographic places, with specific programs and partners, the symposium will help partners strategize to create a community development agenda with whole neighborhoods for one Milwaukee. Breakfast and Networking       8:00-9:00AM Literature tables will be available for participants to share programs and opportunities with others. Please bring materials to share!  Opening Remarks and Keynote Address     9:00-10:15AM Keynote Address: Noted community development researcher, Dr. Todd Swanstrom, will draw parallels between community development initiatives in the older industrial cities of St. Louis and Milwaukee. His presentation will discuss their efforts in St. Louis to create a well-organized network of grassroots organizations and Community Development Corporations who advance the agenda to transform St. Louis. In this session, participants will hear Dr. Swanstrom outline the steps St. Louis took to build a strong and connected system and why it matters for Milwaukee. Workshops/Breakout Groups                       10:30 AM to 11:55 AM “Accessing City Assistance and Services” – participants will learn about the support resources that the city of Milwaukee provides to neighborhood residents. This workshop is for residents, block watch captains, and leaders of community based organizations that possess a desire to connect their residents and neighbors with resources that will help them revitalize their neighborhoods. “Connect, Relate, Abate” -- Community safety pervades every aspect of a neighborhood’s quality of life. Community safety concerns connect many of the various strategies that work to revitalize neighborhoods.  In this workshop, neighborhood and law enforcement partners will discuss tactics for residents and stakeholders work together to deal with chronic nuisance properties in an effort to create a strong neighborhood. “Settle-Up” – Settlement Houses have long been places of strength, safety, stability and community solidarity. Programming from Milwaukee’s Settlement Houses (Neighborhood Centers) is growing and has the potential to serve nearly half of the Milwaukee’s residents. Participants in this workshop will learn how Settlement Houses are seeding and leading programs with residents in their neighborhoods. Workshop attendees will also learn how the work of neighborhood centers fits into the larger agenda of transforming our city, as they collaborate under the umbrella of the United Neighborhood Centers of Milwaukee (UNCOM). “Small Steps, Big Impact” – Change does not happen overnight. It requires small transactional efforts that lead to transformation over time. Leaders from the Layton Boulevard West Neighbors will discuss the model of the four Healthy Neighborhood principles (Image, Neighborhood Management, Physical Conditions, and Market) and their theory of transformation for the greater Layton Boulevard Neighborhoods (vocabulary, mindset, strategies, asset v. deficit-based approach, impact). This session will be a great opportunity to learn from one a thriving neighborhood organization. “Still Rising” – This breakout discussion features the story of SouthEastern Wisconsin Common Ground’s campaign, Milwaukee Rising, which engaged citizens who led with action, advocacy, and accountability to address the foreclosure crisis in Milwaukee’s urban core. This inspiring workshop will help participants learn how ordinary people can bring extraordinary results when they lead with power. Lunch and Networking                    12Noon-1:00PM Take time to visit literature tables and network with peers in one-on-one conversation. Special Door Prize During the lunch portion of the symposium, we will announce a $1,000 home improvement/home repair grant leveraged by a low-interest loan from ACTS Housing. Winners must be registered for the symposium a volunteer resident of one of Milwaukee’s neighborhoods. Funder’s Panel “Aligning the Grass-tops”    1:00PM-2:30PM This afternoon panel is designed to look at what’s happening at the “grasstops”. This panel takes a broader look at place-based community development approaches and what is needed at the grasstops to support impact at the grassroots level. Facilitated by Dr. Todd Swanstrom, panelists include Chief Edward Flynn, Milwaukee Police Department; Gill Llanas, Retired Executive Director, Northwestern Mutual Foundation; Susan Lloyd, Executive Director, Zilber Family Foundation; and Rhonda McFarland, Vice President Community Development Banking, Chase Bank. Closing               2:30-3:00PM   Sponsored By: BMO Harris, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Northwestern Mutual Foundation With support from: Zilber Neighborhood Initiative   Keynote Speaker Biography Todd Swanstrom is the E. Desmond Lee Professor of Community Collaboration and Public Policy Administration at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and co-author of the award-winning Place Matters: Metropolitics for the Twenty-First Century (2004).  His latest book (co-edited with Clarissa Hayward), Justice and the American Metropolis, was published by University of Minnesota Press in 2011.  Since 2004, as part of the MacArthur Foundation’s Building Resilient Regions Network (http://brr.berkeley.edu/), he has published research on local responses to the foreclosure crisis and efforts to increase employment of women, minorities, and low-income persons in construction.  His research currently focuses on community development and neighborhood change, especially in “weak market” metros. He is using the resources of his endowed professorship to support the Community Builders Network of Metro St. Louis (http://www.communitybuildersstl.org/), an alliance of community development nonprofits working to build vibrant neighborhoods that support a stronger and more competitive regional economy. Swanson has a Master’s degree from Washington University in St. Louis and a Ph.D. from Princeton University.

HGNI, Leif Otteson -Clinton Rose Center Development Session

From Ald. Coggs--Ideas for hire

Up to $50,000 for your great ideas for Wisconsin Avenue

By Jeff Sherman  
OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writer
Photography: J. Fojut
E-mail author | Author bio
More articles by Jeff Sherman

 Gallery: Wisconsin Avenue ideas needed

Wisconsin Avenue in Downtown Milwaukee has become a bit of a punching bag. As the main artery through the state's biggest city, it should be much "nicer" than it is. I agree. Reality is, though, that it's not as bad as many proclaim it to be. And, groups like Milwaukee Downtown, East Town, Westown and - of course - the City have truly improved the Avenue in the past several years.

But daily focus on design matters and a little bit more attention to details along the Avenue will help. To this end, ART Milwaukee,Newaukee and other civic groups want to continue to transform how people perceive Wisconsin Avenue. And there's a $50,000 fund to help bring your awesome ideas to life.

That's right. Stop complaining and be a part of the solution.

You have ideas, and Milwaukee wants them. And even if your idea isn't a winning one ART Milwaukee and Newaukee will help you find a team of local artists that can make your vision become a reality.

So what does a good place making idea for Wisconsin Avenue involve?

Here are a few of our thoughts from Jeremy Fojut, one of the architects of the initiative.

- Ideas for more creative bike racks
- Light and sound activations of skywalks and/or on the street
- Creative ideas to activate alleys
- New bus stop designs
- More walkable sidewalks and crosswalks
- Parking spot parklets
- Space activation through performing arts
- New trash receptacle that encourage usage
- Parking lots into parks
- Art installations that incorporate the trees, flower pots, public space, medians, street signage
- Art that encourages safety
- Programming that generates foot traffic with a focus on local business
- Art installations that create connections from crossing streets that lead you to Wisconsin Ave
- Ideas that involved social furniture on the avenue
- Ideas that activate space
- Ideas encourage sense of place
- Ideas that connect the avenue to other places

When you submit your idea think about this question: "How can we make Wisconsin Avenue feel more like home?" Up to four of the best ideas submitted will receive funding and support to come to life along the avenue.
Creational Trails: A Placemaking Experience in Milwaukee is a project put forth by the Greater Milwaukee Committee, ART Milwaukee and beINtween.

Upcoming Training Opportunities and events of interest--Leadership Coach Pastor Calhoun

Here are some upcoming free training opportunites

 

Please share the following through your networks, churches and communities.   

 

Events of Interest

 

1.  Marketplace Qualified Health Plans.  Thursday 24, 2013 5-7 PM, Black Health Coalition of Wisconsin, 3020 W. Vliet Street, Milwaukee.   414-933-0064, x 212.  Focus on the Affordable Care /Act Community Forum.  Come and listen to all providers of the insurance plan under what is better known as ObamaCare. 

 

 

2.  2nd Community Development Symposium.  Saturday, October 26, 2013, 9-3 PM  St. Marcus Lutheran School, 2215 N. Palmer, Milwaukee.  Focus on Creating Whole Communities."  This is being sponsored by LISC (Local Neighborhood Support Corporation.

 

 

 

Free Training Courses and Workshops

 

1.  International Association of Human Values Educators Course (IAHV):    October 28-31 4-6:30 PM.  The Next Door Foundation is putting on this training.  Focus on training adults the strategies used to manage stress and emotions in youth and themselves.  See attached flyer.  To sign up 414-274-2447.

 

2.   Citizen Academy Training:     Nov. 9 & 16 (two sessions 8 hours each (16 hours) to complete the training course.  Police District (Third District) is putting on the training.  Please contact Pastor Briggs to sign up and for details. 

 

3.  Community Building Milwaukee (CBM):  Nov. 6-8, 13-15, Jan. 8-10, 2014.  Three different times to participate in one of three workshop sessions.   Each training session is (16) hours to complete training.  Please contact James Bartos, 414-290-0472 for details and sign up.   

 

Please share with others and if you have questions, let me know.