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PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS

The Students Speak Out Milwaukee project kicked off with workshops hosting students from two local schools, Web Dubois and Community High School, as well as from a community organization, Running Rebels.

GLOSSARY

Futures First Initiative

Funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, the Futures First Initiative links seven high schools with community-based organizations, local government agencies and employment opportunities aimed to direct young people away from gangs, violence and academic failure. Programs and opportunities created through the Futures First Initiative include help for students making a shift from one school to another, the development of the new, small Transition High School and training and career development linked to meaningful paid work.

Milwaukee Small Schools Network

Milwaukee Small Schools Network supports small charter schools devoted to individual growth plans for Milwaukee Public School students. Small school charter high schools play a vital role in the effort to provide top quality education and safe learning environments for all Milwaukee students.

Running Rebels

Since 1980, the Running Rebels Community Organization has been dedicated to developing Milwaukee's youth mentally, physically and spiritually. By offering a youth program that focuses on education and recreational activities, Running Rebels provides Milwaukee's youth with positive alternatives to gangs and substance abuse. Programs for high risk youth include mentoring, tutoring, crisis stabilization, anger management, daily living skills, an after-school and summer safe and sound program and separate programs for serious chronic offenders and firearm offenders.

Violence Free Zones

Violence Free Zones are a national model for stopping violence in schools and creating peace in the communities that surround the schools. In partnership with Runnin Rebels Community Organization, Latino Community Center, and the Center for Neighborhood Enterprise, which designed the model and provides technical assistance for the partnering organizations, Milwaukee Public Schools sustains Violence Free Zone on seven high school campuses.

IN THE NEWS

• Speak out like your President by Sophia Townsend in South Division Cardinal, April, 2009
• Milwaukee students speak out on the Web: School issues discussed on social networking site, on Marquette Tribune Web site, September 11, 2008
• MPS board member hopes to give students a voice with new Web site on JSOnline, September 7, 2008