"Black Developer Offers Community $30+ Million Opportunity to Own The Block"

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Supporting the local? We are all about that!

Supporting local Black Business? Now your really talking our language!

The buzz about The Block has been popping up since this weekend when Juneteenth celebrations ensued in the city of Milwaukee.

As informed by a provided press release, Lavelle Young, Developer of the Martin Luther King Jr. Library Redevelopment Project announced the opportunity for community members “to pledge support and interest in participating in a community ownership model” of the project.

Young further commented that:
“It’s gruesome to turn on the TV and frequently see a Black man that looks like me, lynched. It’s even more nightmarish to live in a city that has consistently topped most, if not all, major cities as the worst place for Black people to live,” said Young. 

Are you ready to take the pledge?
To pledge your support and interest in participating in a community ownership model of The Block, visit buildingblocksinbronzeville.com 

/CW

Juneteenth Black Lives Matter Street Mural in MILWAUKEE

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Many Street murals have been popping up around the country to express solidarity with the Black Lives Matter call to action. Today on this Juneteenth of 2020. Alderwoman Milele A. Coggs, invites our Milwaukee community to join Lead Artist Vedale Hill, in a Black Lives Matter community art mural.

We had a chance to talk to Vedale as he was preparing for todays Juneteenth event. Here is what he had to say:

“The Black Lives Matter Street Mural is a public art piece commissioned by the City of Milwaukee,  funded by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, supported by West Care and the local Walmart. I was selected as the Lead Artist to program and produce the mural with the help of other local artists. During these difficult times in our country, I feel that it is a necessity to help the community grow, while also understanding the beauty of the moment. As a long time advocate for community development, I believe that at this moment we are no longer knocking at changes door but instead, we are kicking it in. The location in its self is ideal because it serves as a double entendre of meaning. It is not only literally an intersection but is an intersection between the police and the community that they have taken an oath to serve.” 

As a local media outlet that is all about community and creative culture, we are proud to see a visual representation of the rhetoric we have always lived by. Please join and be apart of this historic event.

(Don’t forget your mask! #SociallyResponsible)

BLACK LIVES MATTER.

/Lexi, Editor-in-Chief CW

Fashion in a Pandemic w/ Vato

Fashion in a pandemic? Not a problem!

Our Fashion Editor, Vato Vergara turns up his creativity with a trendy and expressive motion picture of fashion in the present and foreseeable future.

In collaboration with @rea_naomi and @robranmke

/CW

The 28th Amendment - Limiting Militant Infringement of Civilian Rights Bill

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PROPOSAL FRAMEWORK 

United States Constitutional Amendment 28 - Limited Militant-State

Militant Infringement of Civilian Rights Bill

Dismantle and reform all current militant and policing practices/policies within the United States of America, perpetuated by the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches, and fortified by law enforcement departments and agencies, which infringement upon basic rights of growth, prosperity, and life, and are based on discrimination of ethnicity, wealth, gender, sex, or sexuality, physical or mental exceptionality, and citizenship. Enact new comprehensive laws that are uniformly practiced across all villages, cities, counties, and states, with no exceptions, which does not infringe upon states’ 10th Amendment Reserved Powers, but assures rights originally granted under the United States Constitution. New universal laws/policies to include without limitation:

 ● Dismantle all current militant policing practices/policies within the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and other departments, reforming all agencies within these departments, especially but not limited to the Federal Protective Service (FPS). Enact new comprehensive laws/policies uniformly practiced across all villages, cities, counties, and states, including but not limited to:

1. Rewrite and reform current Use of Force Continuum Models, including but not limited to: De-escalation Stage, and ESCALATED Situations Stage. Reforms to be voted on.

2. Ban of excessive force and lethal force practices, including but not limited to: ban of No-knock entry, ban shooting with traditional guns, ban use of assault weapons, ban Shoot-to-kill practice, ban pepper spray, ban strangulation/chokeholds, ban tear gas, rubber bullets and tanks during civil protests, ban of any other weapons of opportunity (reforming Use of Force Continuum Models), and ban lethal force for security and protection of items, property, resources, and capital (cash or liquid assets).

3. De-escalation practices BEFORE ANY form of physical interaction (reform to be the first stage in Use of Force Continuum Model).

4. Force ONLY to be enacted in ESCALATED Situations (ESCALATED Situations practices to be tiered and voted on, reforming Use of Force Continuum Models).

5. Exhaust all prerequisite options available within the De-escalation Stage BEFORE using ESCALATED Situations Stage within reformed Use of Force Continuum Model.

6. ESCALATED Situations Stage in reformed Use Of Force Continuum Model to allow tasers and rubber bullets ONLY, and ONLY as last resorts due to lethality, tiering tasers use BEFORE rubber bullets.

7. Require warning BEFORE use of EACH stage/tier involving verbal force and physical force. 

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Supporting the local has never been more important than now. As an independently owned Magazine, Media and Design firm, we have always searched for ways we can help navigate and change the narrative of our diverse community. Where structures of propaganda and content overload often distract us from the REAL, we want to make sure that services, stories, and social stimulation that we are linked to speak to our community, instead of shadowing it. Please hit us up with your thoughts, email us with your request for creative media service, drop a comment, join the team, or pitch an idea for collaboration.

We need you!

/CW

The Love Project III: Closure - Ortizus

Here at CopyWrite, we are always working behind the scenes. This week we decided to highlight one of our very own, Imani! While mainly known by her social media tag @ortizus, she is what can again be described as the jack of all trades. This week Imani released her final piece of her trilogy mini-documentary, The Love Project. In her final piece, she focuses on what closure means to Gen Z (people born between now and 1994) but the conversation is open to everyone.

“In the final part of my love trilogy, we tackle the concept of "closure." What is closure? What does it mean? How we look at things like this is important because what we may feel is a common conception is not defined by one singular definition. Are we bad people for understanding healing differently? Or do we all heal the same?

Sidenote: What makes these responses so unique is that no one was briefed what the project was about nor the questions prior to the interview. These are all honest and unbiased answers--off the dome. Thinking on your feet is a talent and I only let the participants have less than 20ish seconds before I asked them to start speaking. I wanted real authentic answers and here we have it.

Thank you all for your support and please watch this with open hearts and open minds.

You are always welcome to leave comments or thoughts below. Disagree? Have a different viewpoint? Feel moved? Let us know below or join the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #Theloveproject!”

There are three parts to this series: Love, Complications and Closure. All video can be found on her youtube: ortizus

So join the conversation and let’s discuss your thoughts on this project!

/CW