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Wednesday, August 30, 2017

EDUCATION is the Theme for Show 35, Public Policy w/Mary Glass & Company, FRIDAY, September 1, 2017

September 1, 2017 - SHOW 35 Guests
- Public Policy w/Mary Glass & Company

L-R:
Attorney Raphael Ramos - Eviction Defense Project Coordinator, Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc.
President James Carlini - President, Carlini & Associates
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August 30, 2017
CITY-WIDE MILWAUKEE || This week's Radio Talk Show for Public Policy w/Mary Glass & Company has a Theme of "Education".

Attorney Ramos is back to give an update on the NEW services put in place by Legal Action of Wisconsin through the services of the Eviction Defense Center where he is the Project Coordinator.  The Eviction Center educates the citizenry of Milwaukee County of their rights and rules for when they find themselves facing eviction from their home place.

The non-profit law firm of Legal Action of Wisconsin has been providing justice for low-income individuals since 1968. Legal Action operates offices in six cities, Legal Action serves 39 southern Wisconsin counties with 55 staff attorneys and about 50 support staff. Legal Action's work is funded by many different public and private sources, including the federally-funded Legal Services Corporation, and has hundreds of active volunteer attorneys who supplement, enhance, and support our staff attorneys' case work.

Specifics of the Infrastructure will be addressed regarding the board, staff and Client Responsibilities.

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President Carlini will address the present structure in Education within our school system especially related to how effective our training is to competitiveness and availability in today's information technology marketplace.  He will share his views and research for what our pluses and minuses are global.  Rethinking our options for preparing talent is a must since we are potentially looking at a lot of jobs coming into Wisconsin, such as Foxconn.  We need to ensure the educational institutions are teaching more than just the Three Rs of the Industrial Age (Rote, Repetition, and Routine) for factory jobs.

We need to start getting schools to emphasize the new skills needed today for jobs of the 21st century.  FACT-based skills are what is needed: Flexibility, Adaptability, Creativity, and Technology-based skills.

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James Carlini is the monthly Information Technology guest commentator for Public Policy w/Mary Glass & Company.  He is on air the 1st Friday of each month, 3:30pm-4:30pm show, Riverwest Radio WXRW LP 104.1 FM, riverwestradio.com, Milwaukee, WI.

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Tracy K. Smith - U.S. Library of Congress Poet Laureate 2017 - Engaging


Ms.. Tracy K. Smith - 2017 Poet Laureate
AUGUST 29, 2017
CITY-WIDE MILWAUKEE ||  Today we salute Tracy K. Smith - the 2017 Poet Laureate of the Library of Congress.  She exudes a warmth that comes from the quiet of poems, literature, and writings.  We are introducing or reintroducing you to her - An American Poet.

Tracy K. Smith is an American poet and educator. Smith has been writing poetry for more than 30 years and published three books of verse. Now, she will follow in the footsteps of some of the most well-known U.S. poets, including Rita Dove, Louise Gluck, Billy Collins, W.S. Merwin, Charles Simic, and Juan Felipe Herrera.  She has published three collections of poetry, winning the Pulitzer Prize for her 2011 volume Life on Mars.Wikipedia

Meet Tracy K. Smith.

Sunday, August 27, 2017

Show 34 - Jennifer Potts, BID 39 & Nick Hansen, Art Saves Lives

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SHOW 34 - Friday, August 25, 2017

The show starts about 2:28 minutes after you click the show.




Listen to Jennifer Potts, Executive Director - BID 39 give the highlights of the Mission and Vision of Center Street Marketplace, BID 39.

Followed by Nick Hansen, Artist-Photo Journalist - Art Saves Lives gives his passion at the neighborhood level in Mural painting, being an Illustrator, Educator, and storyteller through photos.

Website:  artsaveslivesmke.com
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Tuesday, August 22, 2017

10 things Team Internet-Net Neutrality in MKE want you to know

Kick-Off - Thursday, August 24, 2017


Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC Launch NEW Broadband initiative

10 things Team Internet-Net Neutrality in MKE want you to know

#1
The growth of the day-to-day use of the Internet requires that the residential and commercial populations of MILWAUKEE that represent the urban stakeholder, taxpayer, voter, and worker requires a fast, state-of-the-art and dependable system for acquiring and sending data for quality of life and economic development communications.

#2
Digital Inclusiveness is a gateway for neighborhoods to leverage quality of life and economic development while eradicating Enduring Concentrated Poverty.

#3
The truth is, too many people of the public square, do not have direct access to necessary data that connect them to their government services, first responders, neighbor, employment, health care, education attainment, processing documents (email, text, fax, scanned paper), travel, news, media, groceries, dining, entertainment, safety prevention, voting, weather, traffic, transportation, and personal services.

#4
Access to public systems provided by the government is sketchy, lack use, lack commitment, lack citizen participation, and in need of massive updates.

#5
Private systems are cost-prohibitive and lack competitiveness.

#6
Academic settings and public libraries require “massive tweaking” for public use in computer space, day and night-holiday use with updated software and hardware.

#7
Elected officials are unaware and not hands-on with policies to ensure a more informed and computer savvy population in their districts and regions.

 #8
The Federal Communication Commission/FCC broadband service offered to the public December 2016 is called Lifeline broadband.  It requires an introduction to the People of Milwaukee, hands-on collaboration with service providers (public and private), and tweaking for appropriate and efficient services.

#9
Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC seeks action-oriented fellowship, partnership, leadership, mentorship, entrepreneurship, apprenticeship, ownership, and stewardship in the marketplace with the government, private, public, non-profit and vendors of all type.

#10
Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC first stops included the Federal Communication Commission, Free Press, Public Service Commission Wisconsin, and the Business Investment District 39 Center Street Marketplace. 

Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC
Milwaukeeans for Net Neutrality
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Saturday, August 19, 2017

REGISTER NOW! Kick-Off TEAM INTERNET-Net Neutrality Clinic, Special Guest Jeff Richter, PSCW


TIME:  2:30PM-4:30PM


August 20, 2017

CITY-WIDE MILWAUKEE || Connecting to the Digital Divide is PARAMOUNT to gain access to quality of life and economic development services in Milwaukee and globally.  

To get employment, to get announcements from government service providers, to hear from elected-appointed-hired-donor for hire government representatives, to sign-up for information deadlines and registration periods, to keep tabs on your social security, Medicare, Medicaid, Affordable Health Care information, to monitor your health records, to handle your banking, to shop at home, to pay bills, to take classes online, to follow your emails, social media, and on and on.

                                           Learn about

Lifeline program
The Lifeline program is the FCC/Federal Communication Commission program to address the lack of connectivity to the internet due to low income.  It provides monetary assistance to a household.

Jeff Richter is the FCC and State of WI representative for ACCESS to Lifeline.

RSVP your seat NOW.  This event is FREE to the public.

A visit with Candidate Sparkle Ashley - Public Policy w/Mary Glass & Company


August 19, 2017

SHOW 33 - Public Policy w/Mary Glass & Company
RIVERWEST RADIO WXRW LP 104.1 FM
riverwestradio.com globally

CANDIDATE SPARKLE ASHLEY - 18th District, Milwaukee County Supervisor
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Commentators

  • Dawn Powell, President, Dawn to Dusk Forever Community Garden
  • Rickey Potts, Chairman, BID 39, Center Street Marketplace

Friday, August 18, 2017
The show starts after 42 seconds.

Thursday, August 17, 2017

SHOW 33 - Candidate Sparkle Ashley - County Supervisor, 18th District

Candidate Sparkle Ashley - Milwaukee County Supervisor, District 18

August 17, 2017
CITY-WIDE MILWAUKEE || Show 33 - Public Policy w/Mary Glass & Company special guest is Candidate Sparkle Ashley - Milwaukee County Supervisor, District 18.

Time:  3:30pm-4:30pm
Riverwest Radio - WXRW LP 104.1 FM and riverwestradio.com,

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Sparkle Ashley was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and a Master’s degree in Social Work. Mrs. Ashley is the founder of SWAP (Social Workers As Politicians), a non-profit organization created to bridge the gap between social work and politics. Mrs. Ashley is an advocate for the fight to end homelessness in Milwaukee County.

Ms. Ashley was recently endorsed by Cavalier Johnson, Alderman District 2, City of Milwaukee.

She is seeking to replace incumbent Deanna Alexander, Milwaukee  County Supervisor, 18th District.

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

FCC Lifeline program clinic - Connecting the Digital Divide in Milwaukee through Team Internet


AUGUST 16, 2017
CITY-WIDE MILWAUKEE || Connecting to the Digital Divide is PARAMOUNT to gain access to quality of life and economic development services in Milwaukee and globally.  To get employment, to get announcements from government service providers, to hear from elected-appointed-hired-donor for hire government representatives, to sign-up for information deadlines and registration periods, to keep tabs on your social security, Medicare, Medicaid, Affordable Health Care information, to monitor you health records, to handle your banking, to shop at home, to pay bills, to take classes online, to follow your emails, social media, and on and on.

There are service providers for access to the wide-wide web - the internet.  There are broadband and wi-fi (an abbreviation for wireless fidelity, meaning you can access or connect to a network using radio waves, without needing to use wires.) providers 

You must become INFORMED for your personal benefits,
You must become familiar with the options available to you.
NO ONE IS EXEMPT.

In fact, seniors are asked to immediately address their like of access to the Internet.

They are reminded that having access - land line and/or mobile is critical to their "well-being".  Failure to GET CONNECTED is unwise.  It is like not have a utility for electricity.  Yes.  That important.

Lifeline program
The Lifeline program is the FCC/Federal Communication Commission program to address the lack of connectivity to the internet due to low income.  It provides assistance to a household.

As of December 2016, the Lifeline Program was created.  The services are administered through:

Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC).  

They service the entire USA.

Like any NEW program, we must tweak it to get the bugs out.  In other words, the services provided will become better through our use and training.
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Milwaukee Kick-Off
Thursday, August 24, 2017
East Library, 2320 N. Cramer
Community Room
2:30pm - 4:30pm


Join us.

Staying FOCUS - Public Policy w/Mary Glass

August 16, 2017
CITY-WIDE MILWAUKEE || Staying FOCUS is necessary for the People - the citizenry - Milwaukeeans - to help tone-down so many narratives that are coming like a Tsumni in our daily lives.

WI U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore - District 4
Politics
This morning the thought comes from my Google Alert (thanks, Google) - the Office of Wisconsin U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore, District 4, regarding the Impeachment of Donald John Trump.



Tuesday, August 15, 2017

FCC - Chair Wheeler & Commissioner Clyburn introduced Lifeline program for Broadband

L-R:  Commissioner Mignon Clyburn and Chairman Tom Wheeler
 - Federal Communication Commission


March 8, 2016 - 11:00 am

Broadband: A Lifeline for the 21st Century

If you’re reading this blog, youve probably come to take Internet access for granted. 
Without even thinking about it, millions of us go online multiple times daily, to check e-mail, catch up on the news, or shop or stream our favorite shows while the kids research their homework assignments on the Web. 
Now imagine if that Internet connection were severed. 
Almost every aspect of your life would be disrupted: how you keep in touch with friends and family; how you do your job; how you get news and entertainment; how you make informed financial decisions. More than sixty-four million Americans, however, don’t have to imagine life without an Internet connection; they live on the wrong side of the digital divide.
The biggest reason these Americans don’t sign up for broadband is cost. Only half of the nation’s households in the lowest income tier subscribe to broadband
The biggest reason these Americans don’t sign up for broadband is cost. Only half of the nation’s households in the lowest income tier subscribe to broadband. And 43 percent of all people who don’t subscribe to broadband at home say that affordability is the reason. Of the low income consumers who have subscribed to mobile broadband, 44% have to had cancel or suspend their service due to financial constraints and for those whose only access to the Internet is their smart phone, 48% have had to cancel or shut off service for a period of time due to financial hardship.
We can recite statistics all we want, but we must never lose sight of the fact that what we’re really talking about is people – unemployed workers who miss out on jobs that are only listed online, students who go to fast-food restaurants to use the Wi-Fi hotspots to do homework, veterans who are unable to apply for their hard-earned benefits, seniors who can’t look up health information when they get sick.
Internet access has become a pre-requisite for full participation in our economy and our society, but nearly one in five Americans is still not benefitting from the opportunities made possible by the most powerful and pervasive platform in history.
We can do better. We must do better. Indeed, Congress told us to do better.  By modernizing the FCC’s Lifeline program, we will do better.
Lifeline was established in 1985 to help low-income Americans afford access to vital communications, and the program has allowed tens of millions of Americans to afford basic phone service. But at a time when our economy and lives are increasingly moving online and millions of Americans remain offline, it doesn’t make sense for Lifeline to remain focused only on 20th century voice service.
Today, we are putting forward a proposal to help close the broadband affordability gap by modernizing the FCC’s Lifeline program. There are three central facets of this reform plan.
Chairman Tom Wheeler
Commissioner Mignon Clyburn
March 6, 2016
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This is a back story worth you reading.

Monday, August 14, 2017

B R E A K I N G N E W S -- DATE CHANGE: Kick-Off of TEAM NEUTRALITY MKE, August 24, 2017


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Milwaukee Kick-Off
Thursday, August 24, 2017
East Library, 2320 N. Cramer
Community Room
2:30pm - 4:30pm

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TEAM NEUTRALITY Kick-Off - August 17, 2017, East Library, 2320 N. Cramer


Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC
Kick-Off
T E A M   N E U T R A L I T Y   M K E

August 14, 2017
CITY-WIDE MILWAUKEE || JOIN US.  Be a part of Smart Growth in Milwaukee.

Thursday, August 17, 2017

Time:  2:30pm - 4:30pm

Place
East Library
2320 N. Cramer
Community Room
FREE TO THE PUBLIC

RSVP here so I can know you're coming.


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Kick-off for
NET NEUTRALITY in Milwaukee

Thursday, August 24, 2017



Sunday, August 13, 2017

SHOW 32 - Free Press, Net Neutrality, Team Internet & Sherman Park $2 Million Initiative

LISTEN TO SHOW 32
SUNDAY, August 13, 2017

CITY-WIDE Milwaukee || Public Policy w/Mary Glass & 

Company Show 32 shared a theme of:  
  • Free Press
  • Net Neutrality
  • Team Internet 
  • Sherman Park $2 Million MERI Initiative
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Free Press
Mary Alice Crim, National Field Director & Organizer, Free Press, was the special guest for Public Policy w/Mary Glass & Company, Friday, August 11, 2017, Show 32.

Theme:  Free Press, Net Neutrality, Net Internet & Sherman Park $2 Million MERI Initiative.  

Crim shared her reasons for being a staff member of Free Press and the background of Free Press, the well-known national media reform organization formed in 2003.  

She talked about Net Neutrality initiatives of Free Press and complimented Glass on the scheduled August 17, 2017, launching of "Team Internet MKE". 

Free Press was formed with the leadership of Robert McChesney (Professor, Southern Il University-Urbana Champaign; IL), John Nichols (Editor, Capitol Times; WI) and Josh Silver (Founder, Represent.us; MA).

Team Internet
Sponsors
Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC
Public Policy w/Mary Glass & Company
INDIVISIBLE - Milwaukee (The Hub) will kick-off 
"Team Internet MKE"

Date
Thursday, August 17, 2017

Time
2:30pm - 4:30pm

Place
East Library
2320 N. Cramer
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Announcement

MPA LLC Internship Program
Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC introduced to the audience the first Intern - BRIA SMITH, Sophmore, 16 years of age, the 2017 Ms. Juneteenth.  She will work to improve her skills in Communication for Public Policy w/Mary Glass & Company.   Her training will be as a Generalist to give her a broad-based opportunity.

Ms. Dawn & Youth Planting - Heritage Garden, 8th & Concordia
Dawn to Dusk Forever Community Garden

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Open Mike
Commentator Dawn Powell, Dawn to Dusk Forever Community Garden reminded the audience of her continued outreach to youth and young adults at Heritage Garden earlier on Friday with planting in the garden at 8th & Concordia.



Planting tips for the radio audience were for NOW planting during August, i.e., radish, spinach, kale, carrots,  and lettuce seeds.


Above:  BID 39 Outreach to neighborhood
Below:  Tia Richardson, Sherman Park Rising Mural 

Rickey Potts, Chair - BID 39, Center Street, provided the food and refreshments for Artist, Tia Richardson, "Sherman Park Rising Mural".  

Mr. Potts shared four (4) strategic points he, the Board and Jennifer Potts, Executive Director, is working to improve quality of life and economic development in the many contiguous neighborhoods of the Sherman Park area.  They include:
  • Removal of the brand "High-Intensity Drug Neighborhood" by government officials.
  • 100-Business leadership.
  • Sustainable Jobs with gainful employment. 
  • Continued outreach to members of the neighborhood for fellowship, i.e., Center Street Mural and BID 39 Meet n Greet.
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Sherman Park $2 Million MERI Initiative
Host Glass provided the third segment of Open Mike.  

She started a weekly update of the Sherman Park MERI/Milwaukee Employment/Renovation Initiative.  

This is the city of Milwaukee $2 million dollar funding through WI Department of Justice and Volkswagen.

TAKE A LISTEN here.  Click, the Show starts at 40 seconds.




Thursday, August 10, 2017

SHOW 32 - Free Press comes to Public Policy w/Mary Glass & Company


August 10, 2017
CITY-WIDE || Free Press the national voice for Net Neutrality will visit Public Policy w/Mary Glass & Company to talk about the campaigns afoot across the country to support NET NEUTRALITY.

Field Director, Mary Alice Crim will provide the background of Free Press as well as her 11 years working with Free Press to acquaint the citizenry across the country with top issues impacting freedom of use of the wide-wide web.  Providing up-to-date information about strategic planning, awareness for access and spreading the word.

Right now, Ajit Varadaraj Pai, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission, is busy with rolling back the gains made for open use by all rather than allowing a monopoly-oligopoly control by the wealthy and powerful businesses like Verizon, AT&T, and Comcast.

Milwaukee Kick-Off
Thursday, August 17, 2017
East Library, 2320 N. Cramer
Community Room
2:30pm - 4:30pm
NET NEUTRALITY - TEAM INTERNET
Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC will kick off a robust approach to providing HOPE and change through sharing in safe places - GENRES of Art.

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Published on Aug 10, 2017
Artist and poet G Yamazawa grew up Asian-American and Buddhist in the southern Bible Belt, where he often felt as though he didn't belong. But insecurity transformed into a love for the stage and performance. G Yamazawa gives his Brief but Spectacular take on art and creating a safe space for young people to cultivate their own voices. 



This entrepreneur says health care for all starts with keeping local talent.


Published on Aug 3, 2017

Christopher Ategeka grew up with the devastating effects of not having health care access, having been orphaned by HIV/AIDS and losing his brother to malaria. But he got the chance to go to school and become an entrepreneur, and now he's using his influence to recruit health professionals to work in underserved parts of Africa. Ategeka gives his Brief but Spectacular take on health care for all.