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Most rewarding program/initiative of this year is launching our own Northwest Side Participatory Budgeting Project with a resident steering committee: 

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Most rewarding program/initiative of this year is launching our own Northwest Side Participatory Budgeting Project with a resident steering committee: 

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In February the African American Roundtable (AART) launched its participatory budgeting process that will invest $40,000 in Milwaukee's Northwest Side. Since announcing, we launched a search for residents to join the steering committee who would be response for the following:

Making key decisions, like who is eligible to participate and what kinds of projects are eligible for funding

Attending all key meetings

Being collectively responsible for the full range of activities, from creating communications to drafting the ballot

Carrying out process evaluation

This committee is made up of seven resident leaders who are activists, organizers, faith leaders, students and parents-with the majority being Northwest Side residents.

Jaylin Mitchell was born in Milwaukee. She is a freelance writer, photographer, and gender/sex educator. They are rooted in love, laughter, and liberation.

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Introducing AART's Participatory Budgeting Steering Committee - African American Roundtable

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In February the African American Roundtable (AART) launched its participatory budgeting process that will invest $40,000 in Milwaukee's Northwest Side.

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What could've gone better: Hiring a youth organizer. We had 35 folks apply and didn't end up hiring anyone. One person we are working to resolve conflict with them and a person on staff, offered it to one person and they took a job elsewhere, and another person we offered it to decided they wanted to continue as a student vs holding a full time job and being a student. We are having conversations with our people on what our next steps will be. I appreciate the slower process we took grounded in our values and tons of wise council. 

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What could've gone better: Hiring a youth organizer. We had 35 folks apply and didn't end up hiring anyone. One person we are working to resolve conflict with them and a person on staff, offered it to one person and they took a job elsewhere, and another person we offered it to decided they wanted to continue as a student vs holding a full time job and being a student. We are having conversations with our people on what our next steps will be. I appreciate the slower process we took grounded in our values and tons of wise council. 

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Most proud of: Wrapping up a 3 year strategic plan and revamping/releasing our new mission, vision, and values: aartmke.org/

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Most proud of: Wrapping up a 3 year strategic plan and revamping/releasing our new mission, vision, and values: aartmke.org/

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Four years ago we set out to change Milwaukee. We were fed up with the status quo of police killing Black people, while their departments absorb the majority of our budgets, and our communities not having what they need.

We sought to LiberateMKE . While we've been focused on Milwaukee issues, we realized that people across the country could benefit from our work. The liberation of our people cannot wait.

From here on out, our organization will deeply center self work and leadership development in service of true liberation.

So without further ado, we are thrilled to share with you our new mission, vision and values. We hope that they resonate with you as much as they do with us.

AART's new mission:
The African American Roundtable (AART) organizes, nurtures, and transforms Black leaders to build power in service of Black liberation.
AART's new vision:
AART is a joyful, political home for Black people to thrive in liberated, interconnected communities.
AART's new values include:
Authentic Relationships Liberation Love Organization Community Transformation
We're so excited about the future of AART, and we invite you to get involved as we train up the next generation of Black leaders! Email info@africanamericanroundtable.org for more information.

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Why we're changing our mission, vision and values - African American Roundtable

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Four years ago we set out to change Milwaukee. We were fed up with the status quo of police killing Black people, while their departments absorb the majority of our budgets, and our communities not having what they need. We sought to LiberateMKE .

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The most proud of the year would be the MCHH 5th Annual Conference. There were about 172 attendees, it could have been better outcome if we did the outreach earlier enough to the community. The initiative of the year would be MCHH is just recently awarded the Cancer Survivor HEAL grant.

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Our turnout for the recent May Day has to be one of the events we're really proud of

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Even though we're very pleased with the turnout for the event I believe some factors during that day could have played out better. Such as the weather that day and overall planning.

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The most rewarding program to me personally has been our asylum program at Voces and even though it's definitely still in its baby stages I feel like there's so much that can be learned just by listening to the individuals' experiences. I've been moved by so many of the people that have come in and shared their stories with us and it's ultimately a really beautiful thing to be apart of.