Stand Together Milwaukee
Vision: Restore a sense of healthy community
through collaborative action
Mission: Groups, organizations and individuals
standing together to confront gun violence in Milwaukee as a Public
Health issue
Action Groups: Communication, Media, Outreach,
Policy
Stand-Up Initiatives:
- Coordinate, highlight and promote existing efforts towards a healthier
community
- Initiate an interactive Community Engagement Campaign
- Challenge mainstream and alternative media to reframe gun violence
as a Public Health issue, affecting all citizens
- Create, promote and implement effective solutions to reduce violence
and restore a sense of healthy community in the 4-county area
Community Groups involved in Stand Together Milwaukee
- Benedict Center
- Block Watch Council
- Brandwise Consulting
- Campaign Against Violence
- City of Milwaukee Mayor's Office
- City of Milwaukee Health Department
- Conceptz Communications/Urban Journal
- Esperanza Unida
- Greater Milwaukee Foundation
- Health Policy Advocates
- Layton Boulevard West Neighborhood Association
- Marquette University Law School Restorative Justice/Milwaukee
- Safe Streets-MPD District 5
- Milwaukee County District Attorney
- Milwaukee Public Theatre
- Mothers Against Gun Violence
- New Moon Productions (Guns, Grief & Grace in America Series)
- 9 to 5, National Association of Working Women
- Northcott Neighborhood Association
- Project Ujima
- Public Allies
- Radio Milwaukee – Unified Milwaukee/88Nine
- Scooter Foundation
- Silver Spring Neighborhood Center
- Social Development Commission
- Summer of Peace
- Task Force on Family Violence
- United States Attorney - Eastern District of Wisconsin
- Urban Underground
- Wisconsin Community Services
- YWCA of Greater Milwaukee
Stand Together Milwaukee is being launched at
the Scooter Foundation's
3rd Annual Freedom from Gun Violence Peace Walk.
June 8, 2008
12:30 meet at park
1:00 one-mile walk for peace
Community Picnic to follow
Washington Park
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
New Moon Productions Outreach Coordinator Diane Loos
(414) 282-4445
dloos@Quixnet.net
Click here to download a
flyer for STM.
Click here to download a fact sheet about the
Peace Walk.
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