Milwaukee, WI —Great Lakes Urban Empowerment (GLUE), in partnership with Progressive Baptist Church, the Wisconsin Black Historical Society, and community collaborators, successfully hosted GLUE Weekend on Friday, October 24, and Saturday, October 25. The two-day convening featured national Black Male Achievement leader Shawn Dove and brought together civic, faith, education, and community leaders to advance collective impact efforts across Milwaukee.
- Friday, October 24 — Civic Salon at Progressive Baptist Church: A multicultural, intergenerational, cross-sector dialogue on coalition building led by Shawn Dove, Managing Partner for Field Building at New Profit and founder of the Corporation for Black Male Achievement. The session focused on strategies for strengthening partnerships and scaling local impact
- Friday afternoon, GLUE members visited Washington High School for an intergenerational dialogue with students and staff from the Black and Latino Male Achievement Department. Shawn Dove, MPS School Board member Darryl Jackson, and other community leaders joined the conversation with students.
- Saturday, October 25 — Black Men Organizing Annual Gathering at the Wisconsin Black Historical Society: Committee report-outs, policy updates, and new engagement pathways were presented within the My Brother’s Keeper framework. Attendees reviewed progress to date and identified priorities for the next phase of collective action.
Outcomes
- Strengthened cross-sector collaboration among civic, faith, education, and community partners.
- Public sharing of committee accomplishments and policy updates that underscore Milwaukee’s role in the national Black Male Achievement movement.
- Identification of next steps to expand community participation and to align local efforts with My Brother’s Keeper Milwaukee, Black Men Organizing (BMO), Project IMPACT Micah 6:8, and the MIRACLE Mental Health Network.
Hosting Organizations
GLUE Weekend was hosted by Great Lakes Urban Empowerment, Milwaukee’s backbone organization for cross-sector collaboration, in collaboration with Progressive Baptist Church, the Wisconsin Black Historical Society, and other community partners.
Organizers will continue to convene stakeholders to operationalize the priorities identified during GLUE Weekend and to support implementation of policy and engagement strategies emerging from the convening…