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The Milwaukee Promise initiative is a multifaceted city effort to address systemic poverty, joblessness, poor health, crime and low educational achievement in city neighborhoods.
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Monday, July 21, 2025
Date:July 21st
Time:6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location:South Division High School auditorium, 1515 West Lapham Blvd.
The three final candidates under consideration to lead Milwaukee’s Office of Community Wellness and Safety will participate in public forums next week as the search for a new director reaches its final stages.
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Date:July 22nd
Time:6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location:North Division High School auditorium, 1011 W. Center Street
The three final candidates under consideration to lead Milwaukee’s Office of Community Wellness and Safety will participate in public forums next week as the search for a new director reaches its final stages.
Thursday, July 24, 2025
Date:July 24th
Time:12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location:TWO LOCATIONS: Sherman Park, 3000 N Sherman Blvd. and Washington Park, Near the Bandshell at 4599 W. Lloyd St.
Attendees can expect to meet with employers and career specialists from employment service agencies representing Milwaukee’s leading employment sectors including manufacturing, office, healthcare, retail, transportation/logistics and much more.
Thursday, August 14, 2025
Date:August 14th
Time:12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location:TWO LOCATIONS: Jackson Park, 3500 W. Forest Home Avenue and Basilica of St. Josaphat, 2333 S. 6th Street
Attendees can expect to meet with employers and career specialists from employment service agencies representing Milwaukee’s leading employment sectors including manufacturing, office, healthcare, retail, transportation/logistics and much more.
Thursday, September 11, 2025
Date:September 11th
Time:12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location:Walgreens (parking lot), 9040 W Good Hope Road
Attendees can expect to meet with employers and career specialists from employment service agencies representing Milwaukee’s leading employment sectors including manufacturing, office, healthcare, retail, transportation/logistics and much more.
Why take a Public Health Approach to Violence?
Each year, millions of individuals, families, and communities bear the physical, mental, and economic costs of violence. As a leading cause of injury, disability, and premature death, this issue compromises health and safety. Merely witnessing violent incidents can result in psychological disorders, such as depression, anxiety, and stress. Violence discourages economic development in troubled areas, thereby affecting the accessibility of jobs, healthy food, and safe housing. The physical wellbeing of residents, who stay indoors to avoid violent behavior in their community, can exacerbate health problems.
Fortunately, violence is a learned behavior and is preventable.
The public health approach uses a four-pronged framework to investigate, understand, and address violence by:
- Defining the nature and scope of the violence problem through data collection
- Researching why violence occurs, who it affects, risk and protective factors, and other influences that can be impacted through intervention strategies
- Designing, implementing, and evaluating violence prevention strategies
- Ensuring widespread adoption of evidence-based practices on an individual, family, community, and societal level