This is Humanity
In just the last few days, many lives in Milwaukee have been forever changed by a historic flood. According to WISN 12, one neighborhood received 14 inches of rain in one hour. Basements and streets flooded, leaving families wondering what to do. On August 11, 2025, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers declared a state of emergency, but by this time, community members had already been leaning on one another.
Milwaukee native Montréal Cain of MERA was built for moments like these. Through his business or “ecosytem”, MERA responds to crises around the city through its Crisis Intervention Team and with the help of technology. Cain is currently receiving praise on social media from many residents and Milwaukee leaders for how he stepped up, with his son by his side, to clear sewage drains across the city. Cain also created informative social media videos to show others how to clear drains. He said he didn’t plan on going viral; he was just doing what needed to be done.
Cain spent hours clearing drains before he teamed up with another Milwaukee figure, Aziz Abdullah of InPower, a minority, woman, millennial-owned tech-enabled sales and marketing company…