“The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members."
-Coretta Scott King
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As we enter the month of May, we are getting together the final details of our Supporting Healthy Black Agriculture (SHBA) Workgroup, starting Saturday, May 14th. Thank you to all of our SHBA volunteers who will be joining us this summer! We look forward to getting to know each of you and collectively building a stronger and more united community.
We are still in need of some supplies! Take a look at our SHBA Wish List below. There is also still room to participate in the SHBA program. If you know a family that would be perfect for this Workgroup, please forward this email!
This E-Newsletter has a couple of exciting updates, including a new initiative that gives Black youth the opportunity to see themselves as change agents, alongside youth and leaders from across the country. As always, we encourage you to look for opportunities to get involved and reach out!
Forward together!
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Supporting Healthy Black Agriculture (SHBA) Cohort 2 Kicks Off Saturday May 14th, 2022 |
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SHBA DONATIONS NEEDED
Support Black Families in growing their own food and learn the basics of agriculture and advanced techniques. We are short few things, please see full wish list below!
Drop off Items Mon-Friday 11am to 4PM
2312 S Park St Madison WI 53713
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Order them via Amazon Wishlist!
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Urban Triage Organizes Youth March to Washington DC in Partnership with Milwaukee Grassroots Organizations |
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MADISON, WI (April 26, 2022)—Urban Triage, Inc. is excited to announce the Supporting Healthy Black Youth: Visible Youth Mobilization for The Poor People's Campaign Moral March on Washington, DC on June 18, 2022, in celebration of Juneteenth and Black liberation. In partnership with the Milwaukee Poor People's Campaign, Breaking Barriers, Community Task Force MKE, All Of Us Or None, and Tech*Niques--mobilizing youth across Madison and Milwaukee.
June 18, 2022, Mass Poor People's & Low-Wage Workers' Assembly & Moral March on Washington and to the Polls will be a generationally transformative and disruptive gathering of poor and low-wealth people, state leaders, faith communities, moral allies, unions, and partnering organizations. READ FULL PRESS RELEASE BELOW
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Local area youth can sign up for interest in the trip here:
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Our second Cohort of Supporting Healthy Black Agriculture (SHBA) starts 5/14/2022! |
Supporting Healthy Black Agriculture (SHBA) inspires Black families to create space for family bonding, building analysis, and engaging with agriculture while supporting their local community.
Participants will leave the program ready to break ground in their backyards, from gardening basics to advanced techniques. Our programming has expanded to include Farm Business Development to support new and existing Black farmers to improve their farm businesses.
Come grow with us!🌱
Sign up now! Application closes on 5/11/2022!
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Supporting Healthy Black Youth (SHBY) Workgroup in Milwaukee! |
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Nikkolas Smith
Artivist / Author / Illustrator / Speaker
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Supporting Healthy Black Youth (SHBY) successfully kicked off on Monday, April 25th! SHBY is a transformative workgroup that provides youth with the tools, skills, and space to explore their character, feelings, motives, and desires through creative arts such as hip hop, creative writing, photography, videography, in addition to trauma recovery as well as his story.
Through art, the program is cultivating leaders by exploring how art is connected to the following areas of focus: Perspective, Self-Awareness and Trauma. We hope participants will leave feeling empowered, inspired, capable and strengthen their abilities to connect to specific cultural principles and nuances.
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Cohort 10 of Supporting Healthy Black Families (SHBF) kicks off Tuesday, June 21!
SHBF is a 8-week personal leadership & personal change workgroup that empowers and inspires breakthroughs & transformation in Black people, Black families & Black communities.
Workgroups meet 2X for 8 weeks---Tuesdays & Thursdays from 6-8 PM.
For questions, please email SHBF@urbantriage.org.
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We would like to give a huge shoutout to Javaris Nunn. He was on leave for a couple of months, and our clients and our staff missed him so much! He returns as our Outreach Specialist Lead.
Welcome home, Javaris!
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Meet Chastity Natera, Quality Insurance Lead
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We want to recognize Chastity Natera, Quality Assurance Lead for Urban Triage. Chastity is a natural leader and strives to be the best and do her best at everything she does. Chastity comes to us with a background in childcare. Joining Urban Triage was a major change in every aspect, but right away she felt at home and immediately became passionate about her work at Urban Triage. Her attention to detail and time management is the reason she is entrusted with Quality Assurance. She leads by example and motivates our rental support team to utilize exceptional customer service and process rental assistance applications with thoroughness and complete accuracy.
We appreciate you. We see you. We love you, Chastity!
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Are You a Social Entrepreneur? |
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We want enterprising individuals seeking to change the world.
We are looking for diverse individuals—black, brown, people of color, women, immigrants, LGBTQ, and more. Who are working to solve our community's critical issues— food, health, literacy, technology, art, racial inequities, etc. Start local, think global, in service to the community.
We're changing the face of entrepreneurship by changing entrepreneurial intent, purpose, and the communities they represent.
Undecided? Give us a call! You can call and ask us questions at (608) 241.3616 or send an email to sga@collab4good.org. I know many of you dislike leaving a voicemail message, but please… if you don't reach us live, leave a voicemail.
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UJAMAA Black Business Days
1233 McKenna Blvd, Madison, WI 53719-2250, United States
Support local and black-owned businesses under 1 Roof right here in Madison, Wisconsin.
For more details please inbox UJAMAA Business Network on Facebook.
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Want a career where you are creating meaningful change and working with passionate individuals who are dedicated to creating and maintaining inclusive, equitable and healthy environments? Looking for dynamic work with competitive pay, take a look at our open positions! We offer a safe and inclusive environment, women and minorities encouraged to apply! |
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