Engagements to Learn
Lake Valley engagement:
We got to talk to some youth leaders from the community of many different ethnic backgrounds. We got together to discuss their communities in depth as well as Milwaukee as a whole. From this process we moved on to individual explorations that tied together the importance cultural diversity. |
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Foundation Park Harvest Festival:
We found out an array of information from this event we planned from what spaces people think are beautiful to what they fear. People mentioned that thay wanted the feelings of safety and peaceful places built on. They mentioned that there should be more local businesses and opportunities for people that want to start one. Mostly they talked about how they wanted people to have more opportunities to come together. People were often excited when art was discussed. |
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Bethune Garden Tour:
We went around Martin Drive to encounter successful urban gardens. It was said that it brought a sense of community and togetherness. The gardens bring people out and people share what they learned with each other. It is a good way to pass on traditional foods to youth. Gardens are only successful when there are growers ready to maintain it. |
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Harley Community engagements: Citizens need to help craft ideas and that there are too many plans and not enough inclusion. We need to connect in a meaningful way to define a “better” community by listening and meeting needs to get people behind a cause. They want to connect local talents with resources to negotiate business and property ownership for things like a coffee shop to get places occupied. Find what the community will need support on, want, and will use. |
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Walk the Talk engagement: Designed to “inspire, educate and showcase our diverse communities and talent, explore creativity & innovation and the application to problem solving, and model a new collaborative way of working.” David Zack, a furturist wanted people to question hopes and fears of change. Sharon Adams gave insight on how to invite people to do better to restore lives and homes. Quarum Architects responded to how people work as well as environmental design. Harley Davidson focused on business through revitalization. |
Hmong American Friendship Association:
We we able to hear from HAFA's point of view about the cultural aspects within the neighborhood. Their insight for this community is to able to see more successful businesses. “When I hear the word hopefulness I want to see more successes happening here. If I walk on this block alone you can see how many daycares have been shut down and I believe children are our future and that’s why I like working with the youth. This community isn’t the safest for our children to grow up in, but why isn’t it? Why can’t we build stronger community? I see a lot of parents having so much hope that their children will take them out of this area.” “There is so much culture and so much history in this community that I wish we could turn this community into something that they can call home because right now it is just temporary to them”. We are struggling and here for a little bit. There is one (Daycare) next door to us that is closed down but its like why don’t we invest in things like that? Those things bring hope and things for our children to make the community better.” |
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