Recent News

One woman, armed with a bullhorn, fights COVID-19 in Milwaukee’s Metcalfe Park neighborhood (June 5, 2020) // “We’re just helping our neighbors out. One door at a time. One family at a time,” McCurtis says.”

PHOTOS: Neighbors helping neighbors: Metcalfe Park Community Bridges provides resources to 2,000 residents  (April 27, 2020) // “After a large-scale effort to survey the needs of its community, Metcalfe Park Community Bridges, a neighborhood-based grassroots organization, mobilized to deliver aid to more than 2,000 residents.”

Life as a black American in a pandemic // The stark disparities in how COVID-19 affects black Americans, from Robert Samuels. How wearing a face mask in public is different for black men, from Tracy Jan. And navigating the politics of hair during a pandemic, from Jordan Marie Smith.

#SpotlightSunday (Milwaukee Repertory Theater) // Danell Cross’ vision of moving forward is understanding that we all need each other, all people, regardless of race, socio-economic status or anything that can separate us. We need to start acknowledging  that we are all valuable to our city, and together we can create a healthy, equitable city where all citizens are valued.

Milwaukee food banks and pantries face unprecedented demands as the supplies tighten during the coronavirus pandemic (April 10, 2020) // “McCurtis, with nine others, has teamed up with Jewish Community Pantry. Every other Friday, they pick up goods from Feeding America, sort them and deliver them to homes in Metcalfe Park along with other items such as tissue, soap and toothpaste.”

Covid-19 is ravaging black communities. A Milwaukee neighborhood is figuring out how to fight back. (April 6, 2020) // “In Metcalfe Park, McCurtis and Cross – the mother and daughter pair leading the community group – had come up with an idea of what to do. If groceries were so hard to come by and food pantries were cutting hours, they would distribute care packages themselves.”

Community Organizers Adapt to Social Distancing (April 3, 2020) // “To request aid, residents fill out a survey, and Metcalfe Park Community Bridges goes to work to get the food or supplies requested. McCurtis said there have been 129 responses to the survey already.”

Community Heroes: Metcalfe Park organizers go digital with mass-texting and mutual aid during COVID-19 crisis (April 2, 2020) // “An organization that prides itself on face-to-face relationships, Metcalfe Park Community Bridges is now figuring out how to stay connected to its neighbors in an era of social distancing.”

Open house offers public opportunity to give input on Fond du Lac and North plans (Feb. 19, 2020) // “Metcalfe Park Community Bridges, the Dominican Center and Walnut Way hosted an open house to review the plan to update the Fond Du Lac and North area in partnership with the City of Milwaukee.”