Course and site listing for Catherine Bril
PHAS 7117: Cultural Diversity Healthcare
Students will sign up in class and do not need to come to Sign-Up Night.
Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility
Contact Person: Michelle Bones
Email: Michelle.Bones@wi.gov
Website: http://www.wi-doc.com/milwaukee_secure_detention_fac.htm
Phone: (414) 212-4930
Address: 1015 N. 10th St. Milwaukee, WI 53233-1446
Description of Agency: The Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility protects the public by detention, accountability and programming of adult inmates in a safe and secure institution while remaining committed to the goals of successful reintegration to the community.
Population: Incarcerated women
Our Space
Contact Person: Colleen Aird
Email: ColleenAird@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.ourspaceinc.org/
Phone: (414) 383-8921
Address: 525 W. Lincoln Ave.
Description of Agency: Our Space is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1988. Our mission is to empower adults who have experienced mental illness to attain a more meaningful life by offering quality programs and services, which promote recovery, rehabilitation, and renewal. Our Space is based on a membership and peer support concept, which creates a circle of wellness that enhances connectivity, self-determination, and reintegration. Programs offered include occupational therapy, prevocational, educational, recreational, and psycho-socialization services.
Population: Mental health patients
International Learning Center
Contact Person: Sajin Htaw
Email: Shtaw@nh-milw.org
Website: http://ilcmilwaukee.wordpress.com/
Phone: (414) 344-4777
Address: 639 N. 25th St.
Description of Agency: The International Learning Center (formerly Indochinese Learning Center) has provided English as a Second Language instruction to over 5,000 African and Southeast Asian adult refugees in the Milwaukee area since 1981. We specialize in literacy and communication skills for refugees who have had little or no prior education in their own country.
Population: Burmese, Hmong, Thai people
Our Next Generation
Contact Person: Rukiya Alexander
Email: Ralexander@ongkids.org
Website: http://www.ongkids.org/
Phone: (414) 344-2111
Address: 3421 W. Lisbon Ave.
Description of Agency: Our Next Generation, Inc. (ONG) is a nonprofit, community-based organization providing one-on-one mentoring and associated support programs for urban youth in the 35th Street and Lisbon Avenue community. ONG serves nearly 450 children from 25 schools. Our Next Generation’s mission is "to operate and maintain charitable, educational and social activities for central city residents of all ages, creeds and races, with special emphasis on children and their families."
Population: African American elementary, middle, and high school students
Pan-African Community Association
Contact Person: Christiana Attere
E-Mail: Cattere@panafricoma.com
Website: http://www.panafricoma.org/
Phone: (414) 442-5864
Address: 4063 64th St. Entrance off of Fibrantz St.
Description of Agency: The Pan-African Community Association, a non-profit community organization unites all people of African descent in the Greater Milwaukee area and beyond with the motto of "Many Faces, One Strength!" It brings resources and expertise together and matches them with the needs of our community; especially recent African Immigrants and Refugees, helping them transition and integrate smoothly into a new society and economic structure.
Population: Somali, Eritrean, Congolese people
Repairers of the Breach
Contact Person: Maryann Radowski
E-Mail: Maryannradowski@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.repairers.org/
Phone: (414) 476-3032
Address: 1335 W. Vliet St.
Description of Agency: Repairers of the Breach is Greater Milwaukee's grassroots homeless outreach, provider of the area's only daytime shelter and resource center for homeless people.
Established in 1991 as a 501(c)(3) advocacy organization, we acquired our first daytime homeless shelter in 1994. We purchased our current shelter facility, our sanctuary, in Milwaukee's Central City, in 1997.
Population: Predominantly homeless African-American men
Council for the Spanish Speaking
Contact Person: Kay MacKenzie
E-Mail: Kmackenzie@spanishcentermilw.org
Website: http://spanishcenter-milw.org/history.html
Phone: (414) 615-1350
Address: 1615 S. 22nd St.
Description of Agency: The Council for the Spanish Speaking, Inc. advocates on behalf of Latinos and the socially and economically challenged. It offers programs in education, housing and human services to improve quality of life for families, children, youth, and the aging; promotes cultural, racial and linguistic understanding; and community planning and development supportive of social and economic equity.
Population: Hispanic adults and children
Indian Council for the Elderly Inc.
Contact Person: Carol Tucker
E-Mail: Ctucker1026@yahoo.com
Website: N/A
Phone: (414) 933-1401
Address: 631 North 19th Street
Description of Agency: The mission of the organization is to improve the peace and welfare of Milwaukee’s urban Indian community. The center offers wellness and social services for people of all tribes.
Population: Senior Native American people
Central City Churches
Contact Person: Bryan
E-Mail: Bryan@centralcitychurches.com
Website: http://www.oslcmilw.org/CCCOutreachMinistry/tabid/301/Default.aspx
Phone: (414) 342-1522 or (217) 491-2351
Address: 3022 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Description of Agency: For more than a century and a half, the people of Our Savior’s have been celebrating and proclaiming the presence of God in the city and the world. We are a diverse congregation made up of people with widely differing life stories and experiences. Yet, united in Christ, we are all truly equal. No matter who you are, what your age, gender identity, racial or ethnic heritage, economic status, mental or physical ability or sexual orientation, you are most welcome to join with us in praising God and bringing healing, hope and justice to life in the city.
Population: Predominantly African-American people
Milwaukee Christian Center
Contact Person: Barbara Wyatt Sibley
E-Mail: bwsibley@mccwi.org
Website: http://www.mccwi.org/
Phone: (414) 645-5350
Address: 2137 W. Greenfield Ave.
Description of Agency: The Milwaukee Christian Center (MCC), was founded in 1921 by an American Baptist missionary to meet the needs of newly arrived immigrant children on the south side of Milwaukee. Over time, MCC developed into a multi-faceted social service and neighborhood development agency that serves families, youth, and the elderly. MCC believes that all people have the inherent worth and deserve to be treated with compassion, dignity and love. MCC exists to offer hope and support to individuals and families while providing a safe and nurturing environment to people of all cultures, faiths and walks of life. MCC currently offers a variety of programs including: an emergency food pantry, senior adult program, neighborhood improvement project, juvenile justice programs and youth programs at 3 separate sites.
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