By Claudia Delgadillo, Milwaukee Neighborhood Information ServicePhotography: Milwaukee Rep
Right in front of each and every good guy appears a exceptional girl.
If you do not think us, take a look at 12 Milwaukee females being honored during Women’s History Month by the Milwaukee Repertory Theater.
Each three females, that will be called “Milwaukee SHEroes, ” will soon be saluted throughout the run associated with the play, “Eclipsed. Week” The play focuses on five extraordinary females and their tales of hope and resilience throughout the Liberian Civil War.
The 12 SHEroes were selected from significantly more than 100 nominations and had been honored in the opening night of this play Friday, March 6.
This week, we function Shayvon McCullum, creator of Secure Bridges; Kai Gardner, creator of Tables Across Borders; and Katie Avila Loughmiller, creator of Latinas Unidas En Las Artes, or LUNA.
Whom: Shayvon McCullum
Just exactly exactly What she does: McCullum was raised within the 53206 neighbor hood, bouncing between many houses down and up Burleigh Street. She’s got worked in health care for 18 years. She’s got developed programs both for uninsured and under-insured clients. Performing three jobs at any time, this woman is additionally the single caregiver for two growing young ones.
Community engagement happens to be a part that is major of life, and cooking and feeding those who work in need are her priorities.
Who: Katie Avila Loughmiller
Exactly exactly What she does: Avila Loughmiller can be an interdisciplinary practice that is social whom explores her very own social complexity and feminine identification whilst also carrying out work that strengthens and builds community.
Avila Loughmiller happens to be an artist-in-residence at Santa Fe Art Institute, Atlantic Center for the creative Arts, Little home Gallery, Vermont Studio Center, Wildacres Residency Program and MKE LAX. This woman is the co-founder of LUNA, a Latina musician collective, and a founding member of heard Space, a ladies of color-led performance arts collective, both located in Milwaukee. Along with her art practice, she’s a very good dedication to training and it has taught Southern Africa, new york, Los Angeles, Boston and presently teaches into the movie theater division in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
She can be heard on “We heard we are funny, ” a comedy radio show on Riverwest broadcast (WXRW 104.1 FM).
Who: Kai Gardner
Just exactly What she does: Kai Gardner is active in a lot of communities and it has served regarding the panels of Hillel Milwaukee, JCRC Milwaukee, the Friendship Circle Wisconsin, NCJW Milwaukee, water Literacy Project, Hands and sounds and different impairment liberties groups.
She’s got a long reputation for advocating for assorted marginalized and vulnerable communities via her operate in medical and appropriate solutions situation management.
Gardner works due to the fact system coordinator of refugee health insurance and social solutions at Advocate Aurora, may be the Milwaukee community engagement manager for EDOT and a co-facilitator for Nurturing Diversity Partners. She volunteers and develops tasks extensively with refugee, immigrant and differently abled populations.
She additionally organizes the “Unity Brunch, ” an event that is networking neighborhood communities and activists across missions and cultures.
Biographical information supplied by Milwaukee Rep.
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