IT IS OFFICIAL. THE 500 BLACK TUXEDOS EVENT 2022 will be held at THE ITALIAN COMMUNITY CENTER on the Lakefront of Milwaukee on Saturday, December 10th, 2022. For signup, donation and volunteer information, click here for thecagemke.com.Read More
We Got This is excited to kick off its 10th year of growing young leaders on Saturday June 11th at 8am. Young men, middle and high school age, are invited to come out to the We Got This Community Garden on the corner of 9th and Ring to make a positive impact on the community...Read More
Plant Donation with Teens Grow Greens We are also looking to gather plants for the upcoming growing season and will gladly take plant donations. We have a great opportunity with Weber’s Greenhouse & Teens Grow Greens where you can donate $20 for a Plant Box (comes with several plants hand picked for the garden) or go into their store and select any...Read More
The temperature is rising on 9th and Ring and before we know it, dozens of young men will congregate at The We Got This Community Garden at 8 am on Saturday mornings to serve, grow, and garden. Before We Got This Garden Clean UpThe temperature is rising on 9th and Ring and before we know...Read More
In Its Sixth Year, Program Has Grown From 1 Boy To Up To 100, Founder Says By Mary Kate McCoy Published: Tuesday, October 1, 2019, 5:05am SHARE: ListenDownload At 8 a.m. — not a minute after — on Saturday mornings in the summer, young men from Milwaukee’s north side are ready to work. For six...Read More
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — The 6th season of ‘We Got This’ wrapped up on Saturday. It’s a community beautification and improvement program near 9th and Ring in Milwaukee. Artist and Activist Andre Lee Ellis and his wife Angela adopted an abandoned community garden next to their house at 9th and Ring, making it an informal...Read More
Printed on http://milwaukeecourieronline.com Boys travel from all around Milwaukee to the corner of 9th and Ring to be apart of We Got This. Photo by Dylan Deprey The clock struck 7:59 a.m. “You’ve got one minute,” shouted Andre Lee Ellis, to a boy starting to pick up speed as he ended up taking off into a full sprint past the corner of...Read More
This Saturday when you visit The Garden you will see the young men operating under a different order. I have a small group of brothers that are 18 and older that will help keep order and share more with the brothers because we are growing so fast. We will introduce “The Clothing Closet.” This is...Read More
A conversation with activist and organizer Andre Lee Ellis about the “500 Black Tuxedos” event at the Milwaukee Art Museum, how Ellis’ “We Got This” project got started, issues of race in Milwaukee, his grandson, and much more. The Milwaukee Magazine Podcast is now available on iTunes and Stitcher. “We’re teaching young black men to break the cycle,”...Read More
