By Jamaal Smith, Racial Justice Community Engagement Manager “Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrims’ pride, from every mountain side, let freedom ring…”   But who has that freedom rang for?  I always wondered as a kid who was Samuel Francis Smith discussing when he wrote these lyrics.  I was convinced it was… Continue Reading Has Freedom Been Realized?

By Paula Penebaker, President and CEO, YWCA Southeast Wisconsin Every year, the collective WE try to find new ways to honor Dr. King.  I like to look at where the nation was at the time of his death and how we have or have not moved since his assassination.  Following is our post published on… Continue Reading Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – Redux

By Leland Pan, PhD, Racial Justice Trainer, YWCA Southeast Wisconsin Human Rights Day is most commonly celebrated internationally on December 10, the  anniversary of when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. In the United States, people of color might read the thirty articles of the declaration and… Continue Reading Human Rights Day