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🎉Congratulations to Serenity Inns Inc, winner of the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment Community Health Award at the 2025 MANDIs! @LISC_Milwaukee @Froedtert #MANDIS2025
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🚨 Deadline Extended! 🚨 The application deadline for the 2025 #MANDIs is now Tues., 4/22! Now in its third year, the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Community Health Award— presented in partnership this year with @Froedtert—continues to honor efforts that strengthen the health and vibrancy of Milwaukee’s diverse neighborhoods. Visit the MANDIs website to learn more about eligibility, selection criteria, and how to submit a nomination: mandiawards.com
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LISC Milwaukee retweeted
The HUD Section 4 Capacity Building Program supports local nonprofits nationwide so they can develop affordable housing & meet community needs. We ask orgs to join our support letter to Congress to ensure continued funding of this key program: liscpolicy.wufoo.com/forms/m…
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In 2020, LISC #ImpactNotes pledged to support #Project10X and invest in racial equity. Check out our progress! Read the full update in our latest blog post, where we share stories of the people and places we’re serving. lisc.org/our-stories/story/l…
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Learn more about the importance of teacher diversity in our schools!
Research shows that a diverse teaching staff has a positive impact on student performance. In a new blog, @LISCEducation's Daniel Stinfil, Sr. shares best practices from school leaders for attracting + retaining a diverse teaching + leadership staff. lisc.org/our-stories/story/t…
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In @Shelterforce, LISC's Bill Taft discusses the importance of small, community-focused CDCs, their contribution to equitable growth and opportunity in underinvested communities, and how they collaborate with partners to drive social and economic impact: shelterforce.org/2024/08/28/…
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LISC Milwaukee retweeted
Celebrating the MANDI Awards as a real estate juror and wondering where @compujeramey is? Proudly sitting at the @UrbanMilwaukee @WPR table. #MANDI24 – at Milwaukee, WI
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Congratulations to Vivent Health - winner of the @ahwendowment sponsored MANDI Community Health Award #Mandi24 #LISCMKE
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🎉Congratulations to @ViventHealth, winner of the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment Community Health Award at the 2024 MANDIs! This award recognizes an organization working to eliminate #healthdisparities through systems change right here in our community. Cheers to Vivent Health! @LISC_Milwaukee #MANDI24
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Our @LISC_Milwaukee AmeriCorps cohort came together for a peer meeting luncheon this week. These members are collaborating on a multi-neighborhood strategy to better connect residents and entrepreneurs to City and County resources. That's the power of @AmeriCorps! #Stand4Service
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Youth in under-resourced communities deserve quality, safe spaces for sports! If you are a #nonprofit looking to improve the physical environment for youth sports, apply by September 5 for a grant from LISC + The @DICKS Foundation. Learn more: lisc.org/our-initiatives/spo…
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Nelida Garcia, the founder of Xula Mexican Coffee, dreamed of owning a coffee business long before it became a reality. With support from #KrogerFoundation and Access, Inc., she received the planning, tax, and accounting assistance needed to establish her business. [1/2]
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📢✍️🏾Apply for a $10K #SmallBusiness grant! We're partnering with @Verizon Small Business Digital Ready to offer free, on-demand courses on topics like e-marketing and so much more. Complete two courses by 6/28 to be eligible for a $10K grant: digitalready.verizonwireless…
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Big news! @StateFarm has committed $2M to support affordable housing, small biz, income and wealth building, and healthy food access in under-resourced communities nationwide. With the new grant, State Farm’s support for LISC now totals $155M since 2000! lisc.org/our-stories/story/l…
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Congratulations 🎉 to the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment Community Health award finalists, Hmong American Friendship Association and @ViventHealth, and to all of the 2024 MANDI finalists! Watch the finalist announcement from @LISC_Milwaukee below:
⏰ 11AM TODAY! Our 25th Annual MANDI Awards Finalists will be announced! Today - Wednesday, May 29th, 2024 at 11am. Visit mandiawards.com to join us live! (link in bio) This year’s Finalist Announcement will be broadcast live from Journal Commons. One of our 2023 MANDI Awards Finalists.
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We're thrilled to announce a new resource developed by LISC's Government Investment team in collaboration with @HUDgov + @PlanetNutshell. This tool focuses on #Section108, one of HUD's most powerful public investment tools for state and local governments: youtube.com/watch?v=f9J6mIuf…
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💌 Our 2023 AR is here! We're deeply moved by the collaborative efforts of our partners, communities, and colleagues. Together, we took action on the #housingcrisis, #climatecrisis, worked to help close health, wealth and opportunity gaps, + more: report.lisc.org/lisc-2023-an… [1/3]
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LISC Milwaukee retweeted
An incredible story of quick thinking and heroism. Way to go to this young man! @WISN12News Glendale 8th grader helps stop bus after driver passes out ⬇️ wisn.com/article/glendale-8t…
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