Milwaukee It’s always important to “pay attention in class,” so I carefully listened and watched as the GED students and their tutors came together for a potluck lunch at the Dominican Center to mark the passing of another semester of study. I’ll stand first in line with those that scoff at service delivery as a …
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The Problem of Scale for Housing Development Projects
Milwaukee Talking to the housing and economic development people, whether from the government or nonprofits, I kept hitting my head against a ceiling when it came to the thinking about the housing problems. Looking and thinking about the issues in the Amani neighborhood made this headache unavoidable. Work with me on this. In Amani you …
Getting the Lead out in Milwaukee’s Amani Neighborhood
Milwaukee If you want to really be helpful in leadership development or organizer training, you can’t just pull a bunch of old training documents off the hard drive, print the agendas, change the dates, plug and play. If I’m going to do the work for more than an hour or two, I want to first …