Browse Items (24 total)

McGov (series 3 of 3), Tay Butler, Creative Health Collective, 2020

From the artist: “I want new hoopers to see this collage mural, see Arike’s jersey and remember that girls can ball, too. I want hoopers my age to see…

Tags: African Americans, Art, Black Lives Matter, Collage, Face Mask, Race & Ethnicity, Sports, Urban Milwaukee

McGov (series 2 of 3), Tay Butler, Creative Health Collective, 2020

From the artist: “‘McGov’ is the creative culmination of these memories and emotions. Three separate scenes come together to form one singular vision…

Tags: African Americans, Art, Black Lives Matter, Collage, Face Mask, Race & Ethnicity, Sports

McGov (series 1 of 3), Tay Butler, Creative Health Collective, 2020

From the artist: “Born and raised in Milwaukee’s Sherman Park neighborhood, I know how important basketball is to our community. I grew up playing…

Tags: African Americans, Art, Black Lives Matter, Collage, Face Mask, Race & Ethnicity, Sports

Viruses Do not Discriminate, People Do, Tou Fong Lee, Creative Health Collective, 2020

From the Artist: “This is an androgynous piece, a combination of half masculine and feminine forms. The pink coils are often worn mainly by Hmong…

Tags: Art, Asian Americans, Face Mask, Hmong, Photograph, Race & Ethnicity

New Traditions Will Save Our Culture, Tou Fong Lee, Creative Health Collective, 2020

From the Artist: “This mask represents the cultural symbols of Hmong Nplooj Sev, a well-known style of Hmong clothing. What makes this style stand out…

Tags: Art, Asian Americans, Face Mask, Hmong, Photograph, Race & Ethnicity

A Vote For Change, Stephanie Cruz, 2020

In October 2020, Yazmin Cruz voted in her first presidential election. Although the election was on November 3, 2020, she decided to cast her vote on…

Tags: Activism, Photograph, Presidential Election, Race & Ethnicity, Vote

Jamee N. Pritchard, Oral History Interview with Phareda Be, April 29, 2021

In this oral history interview with Phareda Be, she describes her experiences of graduating high school in 2020 at the height of the global…

Tags: Education--K12, Education--Universities, Graduation, Oral History, Race & Ethnicity, Student, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Xenophobia

States are calling racism a public health crisis. Here's what that means, https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/14/health/states-racism-public-health-crisis-trnd/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNN&utm_content=2020-08-14T15:28:06, August 14, 2020

This article discusses racism being recognized as public health crisis in many states and the link between racism and public health. The article calls…

Tags: News Article, Public Health & Hospitals, Race & Ethnicity, Racism, Text

u/swegmaster1, Water St. Last Night Looked Busier than I Had Ever Seen It Before..., August 16, 2020

A reddit user shared that they saw Water St. and parts of Brady packed on a Saturday night with about half the people wearing masks. They also noted…

Tags: Bars & Restaurants, East Side Neighborhood, Face Mask, Night Life, Race & Ethnicity, Reopening

Juneteenth, Amanda Irene Seligman, 2020

This woman in the grocery store in Glendale was kind enough to allow me to take her photograph. The imagery on her shirt combines African American…

Tags: Juneteenth, Photograph, Race & Ethnicity