Common Ground
Address: Multiple meeting locations throughout Milwaukee
Days/Hours of Service: Usually 7pm on weeknights
Description of Agency: Common Ground develops solutions to our communities’ toughest problems – together. This is done through their Issue Campaigns. Common Ground brings the city and the suburbs together by identifying issues, making specific plans, and taking action. Common Ground builds long term relationships with a wide range of people – business leaders, elected officials, school leaders, other community groups – because they believe we need to work with others to get our goals accomplished. Common Ground is a growing force in Southeastern Wisconsin. Some of Common Ground's Issue Campaigns include:
- Increasing police presence in Milwaukee neighborhoods
- Working with the City of Milwaukee to add 3,000 jobs to the Youth Jobs Program
- Getting five of the world’s largest banks to give $31M to maintain and rehab foreclosed properties in Milwaukee
- Addressing the healthcare crisis by creating our own healthcare cooperative
- Working to make sure all of our children get a quality education
Student Role in Agency: Service Learning students must complete the following:
- Attend 6 total meetings, 2 of each Issues Team Meetings, Healthcare, Education, Housing (Meetings are in Milwaukee and usually at 7:00pm on weeknights. Dates will be emailed when students sign-up for email lists.) Meetings can include leadership team training on October 6 or October 11.
- Work with the Marquette for Common Ground Core Team to expand on campus
- Connect new students to Common Ground
Commitment: Orientation plus a minimum of a 2-hour block of time per week.
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