Tuesday, November 22 is Giving First day – a day that flips the script on Giving Tuesday and asks you to give before Black Friday and Cyber Monday. We’re setting a goal today to raise $5000, which is what it costs our organization to maintain the garden spaces throughout the year (outside of work kids do on...Read More
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
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
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
Nearly 400 African-American boys and men, ages 5 to 73, got dressed up for a day on the town in December 2015. In a year defined by tragedies, they ended it with hope and high style. The full photo essay for “Well Suited” is available in the February issue of Milwaukee Magazine. The issue is available on...Read More
“The event came from a request of little Black boys in my neighborhood on 9th & Ring Street who saw me dressed up to go to dinner and wanted to know why they couldn’t dress up and go to dinner. The event was created to give them that chance and also allow little Black Boys who...Read More
