Revitalizing Bronzeville: Celebrating Culture & Community

Welcome to Community Voice. I'm your host, Keith Ferris. I want to thank everybody for joining us this morning. What up, B? Man, trying to make it happen. Captain Apostle, what's happening? Bishop, chairman of the board, superintendent. You earned all the names. God bless you. I figured I'd give you all your accolades. Good morning to you, too. We're joined. We good over there, Byron? Yeah, we all right. How we doing on our crawl?

I don't know when you get the door. All right. Well, we're joined in studio. It is that time of year again. It's for Bronzeville Week, and we're joined in studio by Alderwoman Malalee Cox. Good morning. Good morning. How are you? I'm doing well. Happy belated birthday. I appreciate that.

And sister give me your name again Ray Hill And you're with the historic King drive Thank you, thank you, and we're here to talk about Brownsville week So I'm gonna just turn it over to you all and give us all of the particulars right this year. It is the 16th annual Brownsville week eight days from August 1st to August 8th of

predominantly free events open to the public. The events are primarily focused on art, culture, and commerce.

When we started at 16 years ago, we couldn't do it alone. So many friends and I dug in our pockets and I jokingly say we use the lint in our pockets and some dental floss and made eight days worth of events with the support of our friends. But one of the sponsors or supports that have been there from the beginning is the historic King Drive bid. And they sponsor several events throughout the week. And I'll turn, we kick off.

Saturday, August 1st, with the Harambe 5K Walk Run, which registration begins at 6 a.m. on North and King Drive. That evening we have the Royal Rhythm Experience as summer.

of 85 beginning at five and the first 20 people are free and then Sunday is our biggest event of the whole week and that is the Brownsville Cultural Arts Festival on North Avenue from King Drive to 7th Street and we encourage families to come out and enjoy our culture and commerce but there are some specific events that the bid is also sponsoring throughout the week and I'll have Ray.

Tell you more about those. Yeah, good morning, everybody. Again, all the women have laid it out for you all. It's eight days of amazing events throughout King Drive and the Vinesville District. So this year we start off with our business breakfast, which is free. It's Wednesday August 4th at the America's Black Holocaust Museum from 8.30 to 10.30.

We also have an art walk. So we have art installations from the 1st through the 7th in Hill Crow, Plenty of Usage, Peatsbrook Market, and the MLK Library. And then we end that with a art walk capstone, which is a gallery at Salute Society August 8th from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. So it's a lot to do. Petroleum rides.

Oh, yeah. The triley rides. Yes. Free triley rides on Thursday the 6th. We do two rides. The first one starts at 3.30 at the America's Mod Collar Class Museum. And the second ride is at 5 p.m. It's a great time. It's about 45 minutes. Again, family friendly, so bring your family. I see you have August 8th. Is that still happening in the pancake and poultry? Yes, yes. And since there'll be a rising grind?

Yes, I think since the beginning, we've had packets and poetry and people love it. As many might know, Rise and Grind will be closing. This actually will be their last day open. And it'll be hosted by Mario, the poet, a former Waukee Public Library poet laureate. He will host it, but it'll be, and people can come and sign up.

If you're a poet and you want to be heard, you have an opportunity to also sign up and be heard. So it's in front of Rising Grind. We close off King Drive, put a stage in the middle of the street, and have breakfast and pancakes out there, and listen to some wonderful poetry. Oh, this local legend's softball game. Are you related to Miss Hill, Mr. Ray Hill?

That is me. I am winning that day. The other captain is G Smith from these Clippers. So we have our teams. That's also a free event at Carver Park, a part of the week. That's from noon to two. So you have to come watch G and his team lose to my team. Yes. We just can't play. We just got a...

You know, I was telling people it's like the kickball league. It's just like the old Negro baseball league. Everybody, everybody churfing, everybody talking. The Brownsville and Friday Browns would lunch and learn housing and neighborhood resources.

would be something where a lot of information I would think. Yeah, definitely. We try to not only entertain during the week, we also try to educate and share resources. That particular lunch line, there'll be some food provided, but there'll be resources and information provided from Department of City Development and a couple of other community agencies, just letting people know assistance.

for, you know, purchasing your home, rehabbing your home, doing work on your home, all of that kind of thing, as well as some resources for your neighborhood as well. So that'll be there and that's free and open to the public as well. It's some great opportunities to purchase homes in Brownsville and for those who already live there.

It's opportunities to get resources to help fix on your home. But these are also some resources you could use even outside of the Bronzeville District. So I would encourage anyone who might be in need of some housing resources to come out and hear the information. There is a lot of development going on there in the Bronzeville area, particularly on North Avenue. Talk a little bit about that.

We go through a process. North Avenue is considered the commercial corridor of the Bronzeville District. The Bronzeville District created in 2005 by my predecessor, Michael McGee Jr., is a development district. It's not the neighborhood, it's the district. There are some great neighborhoods that make up Bronzeville, Harambe, and Howard Park.

North Avenue is that commercial corridor. So when I came in in 2008, one of the things I decided was to make sure that the land in that district that anybody had a fair opportunity to build on it. So we started a RFP process, a request for proposals so that it would have to be public, that it was an opportunity to purchase and people had to come with a plan on what they wanted to build. A couple of years later, I created the

Bronzeville Advisory Committee, of which Ms. Hill is one of the members, but it's residents who are members, it's artists who are members. So whenever we do RFPs, the finalists come before the Bronzeville Advisory Board. It's just another layer of community to look at the proposals to make sure that whatever is being proposed fits with

the Brownsville Cultural and Entertainment District. If you see cranes in the air now, there's six in North, those that's done by Fit Development and African American Owned Lead Development Company, and that's the Brownsville Think Creative Hub Arts and Tech Hub. So you will soon see Black Arts MKE, the Wisconsin

Conservatory of music. I'm doing lessons in there and having offices in there and it's several units of apartments and a couple of live work apartments for artists as well and a cafe. Now, the Arts and Culture Center that's going on the corner of King Drive in North Avenue, that's part of the King. Correct. That's part of the business improvement district, which is still in phases of planning.

They do have a current gallery right now on 5th in North Avenue Park. 507 Gallery 507 on Fenlason, excuse me, in North Avenue. But I also want to add what all the women did recently in 2022 was the Grimesville Overlight. And so that entire corridor.

there has to be emphasis on anything related to Brownsville arts and culture related. So we can't just see a smokey pop up there. There has to be pure intentionality on what type of. Or a dialetry or dialetry or ashes furniture. No shade, but we just want to be intentional about the area. And that's one of the latest projects that all the women in the King Drive did work on to ensure that things that happen in the neighborhood fit within the neighborhood.

Yeah, and there should be a historical marker right there on the corner of second and north because that's where I was born. So you can, there used to be Mercy Memorial hospitals and maternity hospital. That's where I was born. So we just get a historical marker there where they have. Are there any plans for the old nationals building there?

Is that that's that little building, you know, you had that little gangway that was there used to be a story there called national tea So there am I it's on King John. Yes No, it's between monarchy and north and Right, it's it wouldn't be next door. So I think it's still privately owned. Oh, okay. Okay. So there's no plans on you know in the in and in the back of

There used to be this little quality gangway, but it was a little mall. But at the end of that ball was Robby's. And that was Bobby Thomas. So it was like he had three locations there, where Victory Church is on Tetonia. That was the Ebony Cube. But next door, where that parking lot that the post office uses, that was Robby's. And then he had one on 76 and Silver Spring. Now, this is back in the 60s, you know, so in terms of

I was just wondering, I'm seeing that development, I had an opportunity to drive down King Drive and that north. And the level of development that you're seeing is just incredible. That's why I always brag we have the greatest King Drive Boulevard Street in the country. There are over 900 King Drives across the country. And unfortunately something that we all know if you travel is usually blighted, disinvested.

And at times ours has looked like that as well. But I think we worked diligently over the last couple of decades to improve it. And we're still working. It's still greater things coming. But even right now, it's the best change of our imagination. And I always say, I dare anybody to show me different. Yeah, it is. I mean, it's amazing. We need to take more pride.

in our city and yours, what we doing? Well, drive through the city, you'd be surprised. Definitely. And hopefully, Bronsville we give people an opportunity, part of our goal in creating it after we battled over the no-dialetry and Bronsville thing to get a fresh grocery store there. We thought about, you know, instead of fighting against what we don't want, maybe we should

you know, attract what we do want and highlight the good stuff about that's already over here. And that's how the idea for Browns a week came about with myself and several other friends. And we're like, what are the different things we can help spotlight that are great over here already. And that might show people the potential of what could be over here. And so for 16 years, we've done that strong. And this week, if you haven't had a chance, you can get a copy of the schedule. We have a Facebook page.

We have our Instagram, Bronze Week, but you can also go to Milwaukee.gov forward slash Bronzeville and get a copy of the schedule for the entire week. And let's can we shout out some of your sponsors? Yeah, definitely. Yeah, thanks. Of course, the historic King's Drive be a better philanthropy. The city of Milwaukee thrive on and visit.

There are several other sponsors who contribute both money assistance and in kind as well. But those are the presenting level sponsors, if I'm not mistaken. And personally, as well as YWCA has sponsored the scholarship for number one. I think people don't understand that when you're talking about developing a business development area,

That takes years. I think we always want it just instantaneous, right? It doesn't. And you can tell me if I'm wrong. But you're trying to make this a destination point that people are going to drive there because of all of the attractions that's available there. It actually already is a destination. Oh, yeah. I think, you know, related to the runs a week, I don't know of a festival that lasts or an event that lasts eight days.

I know one that lasts a week or maybe a weekend, but the fact that there are specific curated events to highlight the districts in the area for a day straight and beyond, I think is unique in itself. But in a sense, you can drive as murals. We have, you know, walking tours. We do trolley tours every year during Brownsville Week. There's an opportunity to continue to patronize and support the district.

But every time we get visitors from all over the world, that is always the reaction of like, wow, this really is a decency. We go over things from where the Republicans now have their... Yeah, but I'm saying that they saw something, the value in it. And so if they pay in rent, property tax, we cool with that.

Um, and I'm a civic media that there's a lot that's going on. There's a lot that's going on down there. So again, Brownsville week starts Saturday, August 1st. It starts with the Harambe 5k walk and run. That's still a certified run. Yes. Okay. And you can register for that. And then all the events and the website they can go to if they just want to get the events for the week. Milwaukee dot go forward slash bronzo. I didn't want to highlight something to keep this year.

I do want to always pay homage to, this couldn't have started without some great people, but one in particular who's no longer with us. My assistant, Makua Dancer, for 18 years she was my thought partner on all of this.

I have the idea and she helped me grow it and help me execute it. This is our first year doing the bronzer week without her and Lord knows it's hard, but I also want to just give that credit and give her her flowers for being a co-founder of bronzer week. So that's that's one and

something else that her passing made me think about mortality, right? And how this highlighting of Bronzeville Week has to continue beyond any of us. So this year we pay particular interest in ensuring that some younger people.

got an opportunity to curate some events and experiences during the week. Our youngest curator is 17 years old, and I just want to highlight her event. Ms. Kalei Phillips, she is doing the Rooted and Natural event on Wednesday, August 5th, from noon to four at Alamo, 1942, North Dr. MLK Drive. And Rooted and Natural is celebrating

It is an indoor outdoor community experience of open learning, confidence and healing through natural hair, food, music, live hair demonstrations and more. So I encourage people to come out for that. We also have another young lady, Kennedy Harris, during the Briceville fashion show. It's a platform for storytelling, entrepreneurship and community pride explored through fashion hosted by Kennedy Harris from 7pm to 9pm at America's Black

Holocaust Museum, and then we have Friday, August 7th, lit in Bronzeville, a community movement experience designed to bring residents, families, artists, and wellness advocates together through movement, culture, and connection. Hosted by Calais Tatum, 5 to 8 S. Salute Society, 2372 North MLK. So, and there's a few others, but those are the big ones by young people on here. So I encourage folks to come out and support.

Walter woman the lately Cox this Ray Hill Bronzeville week it starts Saturday August the first that's right down the corner of King Drive and North right is that the station

But then we follow up with the festival, the Rizal Coastal Arts Festival, over 130 vendors, three stages. I was going to ask you about the stage. Main stage and a kid zone. And this year we're partnering with the King Drive back to, I mean King, King, back to King Advisory, back to school. Fest folks, they're moving it from the park to our kid zone. So they'll be giving out a thousand book bags. So if your kid needs a book bag with supplies for school, come on out registration.

starts at 11, and they start doing a giveaway at 3.30. So we encourage families to come out and enjoy some good music, some good food, and some good people. Appreciate you as always. Thank you. Thank you. You're listening to Community Voice. We're going to take a quick break, and we'll be right back. Welcome back to Community Voice. That voice you heard was from the super producer.

the way he get paid to do. Oh, man, well, I'd love to see your scope of work in terms of what you do. We're joined in studio by Mr. Richard Badger and Ms. Amani Stingley. Good morning. Can we black, can we go off? And the building was happening, man. Man, golfing. Golfing. As often as possible, still not good at it, but making my way through it. Man, I was watching the Open.

To me, anytime you do the open, the weather needs to be awful. That weather was so nice for Europe. I mean, normally, because Tiger played one year, it looked like he was playing it a month soon. Absolutely. It's not the British open, it's called the open. Correct. Right. And so, so here to talk about, well, golf and a very special event you're doing. Absolutely. So we're, you know, we black, we golf, we, um, one of the things that we created years ago.

is Sunday Funday. And so originally we were doing Sunday Fundays every Sunday during golf season. After church. Well we originally it was at 10 o'clock and then because folks was complaining that you know they had to be at church we pushed it out to 12 o'clock and folks the church folks did one come. So so then we kept it so then we moved it back to 10 o'clock but

Sunday funded have become a tradition and so instead of. So then we settled it down from every Sunday because I became a lot to just the second and fourth Sunday. The second Sunday being really focused on beginner golfers at Lincoln Park in their practice area will do like an abbreviated golf clinic and then we'll take them out on the course and then on the fourth Sunday will kind of move around to different municipal courses. I'm walking county municipal courses. Well.

Over the years, we've had a bunch of women that have come to us saying, hey, I want a lot of play golf. I want a lot of play golf. And the one thing I've learned, especially coming from my wife and other women that are close to me, women want to learn how to play golf, but they need to do it in an environment that seems to be more comfortable for them to be able to do it. And so what we've done is the women have been in our ear and we are responding and we're listening.

And so on Sunday, August 9th, we're going to be hosting our Sunday Funday, and it's the Women's Edition. So this is the invitation for all women who want to learn how to play golf or who play golf to be able to come out and fellowship around the game of golf.

We did change the location. I'm going to be, instead of at Lincoln Park, we're going to be at Noise Park on 82nd and Good Hope. And so... Two blocks from Christian. Two blocks from Christian Faith, yep. Two blocks from Christian Faith. But it's after church. Okay, okay. It's going to be at noon. It's going to be at noon. So we have a schedule from noon to three. And so it will be after church. So we can go, you know, go get your God feel.

and then come and cuss God out for putting you in a position where you're missing every shot. So Imani, tell us about this. Were you one of the people who said, hey, hey, we need to do this? Where were you in all of this? Yes, so I have just kind of been one of the coaches that have helped out in being that representation for women involved. How long you been golfing?

I've been golfing self about eight or nine. You said, you know, my uncle, my dad are just huge advocates of golf and women in golf specifically. So being that representation, I'm here to help show them that there are women that do this and there are women that play, love to play and that there's a community for us in this game. So over and beyond your family, what is it about golf that you like so much? It just shows you so much about life.

and it shows you so much about yourself. It's basically like putting a mirror up to yourself when you're out there and basically making you be reflective after every shot. How do you react to adversity? How do you react to when things don't go your way even though you thought you were doing exactly what you needed to do? So over the years that's just kind of how I've looked at golf is that it can show you a lot about life if you let it. So is it who are you competing against yourself or the people that might be in your group?

It depends on what you ask. Okay. Good answer. It depends on what you ask. I'm asking you. For me, I'm out there competing against myself. Golf is already too hard in my opinion to constantly measure up to other people. You're out there playing your own game and on any day, everybody can be bad.

So if you're constantly comparing yourself to other people on the golf course, I feel like that's not like a good measure. It's like you against you while you're out there. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, if you had to put a person, like if you really needed to put identified person that you're competing against, it's going to be the grounds crew because they're the ones who set in the course up. And so they're setting the course up to be as

as challenging and as rewarding as possible. Like they even, some golf courses even have events that's the, it's the ground, what is the ground crew revenge tournaments. And so it, what it does, it allows the grounds crew to really dismantle the course to make it as difficult as possible for a golfer. Like they may have a water hose on the putting grain that's going to be in the path of your ball rolling to the cup or they'll put the pin placement will be

on a hard heel, so unless you drop that ball right in the center of the cup, it's going to be impossible to make the ball. It's just this crazy thing. So if you're in competition with anybody, it has to be the grounds crew. But to Imani's point, I mean, you're navigating the course for your game, not the person, not the people that you're playing with. You have to navigate the course for your game.

We can have the same yarded shot, but it's still a different shot because it's not in the exact same spot. And the conditions are never going to be exactly the same. The wind changes all the time. The blades of grass are different. The humidity is different. If it's a 150-yard shot, if you're 150 yards, you're 150-yard shots from the pen, but you're west of me. Yes, a 150-yard shot, but you're in a different spot, a different location. So every shot is different, so you can't compete.

against one another, you have to really compete against the courts. You're listening to Community Voice. We're joined in studio by Mr. Richard Badger, Mr. Mani Stingley of We Black We Go Off. We're going to take a quick break and we'll be right back. Welcome back to Community Voice. I love all African people all over the world.

All right, we're doing this studio about Mr. Richard Badger, Ms. Amani Stangley. How do you spell it? Is it I or E? I? Faith? Yes, it's Wiley, yes. We're here talking, we black, we golf, and we're talking about a very special Targaryen event. Can I say is that? Absolutely.

Yeah, so talk again, give people specifics on it and certainly encouraging people to be a part of. I saw your golf clubs in your backseat boy. No, so those were not my golf clubs in the backseat. That was the mobile driving range. So I was working with some kids yesterday. Okay. And so we I'm going to get a specifics, but we have some mobile driving ranges that we take out to the community because it's hard to.

get kids or it's hard to get our community to come out to a golf course to learn how to play golf. But if we bring golf to the community, then at least we're able to introduce the game in a very basic way, put clubs in the hand of the swing clubs, get a feel for the game. And what we have found is that a lot of people are interested in golf when it literally comes into the front door, you know what I mean? So they can appreciate the

The the difficulty that golf is because people if you never swung a golf club if you never played the game But you've seen the game You're like how hard can it be to hit to take a stick and hit a ball and the ball is not moving Well, I can assure you it is extremely difficult And the to be accurate is even more difficult Which is why the best golfers in the world men or women have been playing for?

all their life. Like they've had clubs in their hands and said like three, four, five, six years old, eight years old. Like Imani is a, Imani hasn't talked about herself, but Imani is an amazing golfer with amazing skill set, right? And so that comes from starting at such an early age. So you have to tip your hat to her parents who understood the value of the sport and the capacity of the sport, but then also what the sport.

also can connect you to on the professional side. I was watching tape. I think it was either Merv Griffin. Tiger Woods was five years old. His swing was perfect at five. Now, there's some people with just product, you know, I mean, it's they just take to it and it is more and I watch golf every weekend. You know, I'm watching and you just begin to appreciate the skill level.

that folks have, right? I'm talking about the dude who might be the 400 ranked golfer in the world, but got skills. Absolutely. So talk about the event. So you want it? Sure. So we were thinking about how we could get more women, especially black women into the game of golf here in Milwaukee. If you guys don't know,

Black women are like the fastest growing demographic in the game of golf. It's trendy right now, which is okay. And it is, there's a lot of women who are like, oh, golf, we're looking for something else to do besides go to work, go home to our kids, go home to our husbands every single day. So we've been trying to morph and find a way to bring more women into

the Sunday fund days. And there was I think a lady who posted online looking for a community here in Milwaukee of black women in the game or just women in general. So the brainchild kind of came up with Laverne's wife, I'm sorry, Richard's wife Laverne, where she was just like, we should have a Sunday fund day dedicated to women. And that's kind of how this came about. Yeah. I listen. That's it.

I listen. That's one of the things right out. Keep you married. Learn how to listen. Even if you don't listen, look like you're listening. Absolutely. Good answer. So the Sunday Fund again is going to be Sunday August 9th. It's going to be a noise spark on 82nd at Good Hope. You don't have to have equipment.

We'll bring equipment out. We'll have instructors out. We'll have equipment out. We do ask that if you're going to come that you pre-register. So you go on our social media site to do that, to register. But if you don't register, still come. There's a $10 fee to it. But we ain't even sweating you on that. We want to be able to introduce the game to you. Put clubs in your hand. We do ask that you dress athletically because we've had in the past women will come to our Sunday Funday. Very cute.

But the shoes were not for the occasion. And so if you're gonna come cute, that's fine. But make sure you got some sneakers in the car. Man, I saw some slick shoes. Those are nice. In turn, they were golf shoes. Why are you so depressed about that? Because I look walking around on the streets and golf shoes. These golf shoes I got on right now.

OK, OK, and I'm cool with it. So so I feel like what I wear your football cleats the vibe. So here's the thing golf is golf is a vibe. It is become a lifestyle type of sport. So I mean, men have been wearing golf shirts forever and golf golf slacks forever. But the shoe game has evolved where the shoes can be worn to the course on the course and then back off the course. Do you think in just in general.

I thought no one had impact in terms of getting people out the golf like Tiger Woods I mean black folks white folks Tiger Woods did What was the movie where? Was it big boy where he joined the who's your caddy who's your caddy? You think if people see more I mean we see Charles Barkley worse for swing ever I'm not even a golfer I know that you think if you people begin to see some of the more I because a lot of celebrities play golf well

Absolutely. So I think social media is Tiger Woods is probably the most credible athlete to change the game of any sport. Simply because Tiger changed the game in regards to other. Michael Jordan is a golfer primarily because of Tiger Woods. Now we consider Michael Jordan the goat that is not debatable. Just so everybody knows Michael Jordan is the goat.

But he plays golf to the degree that he plays because of Tiger Woods. So Tiger had an influence on who we are deemed to go or who I have deemed to go. So and his impact is global. Steph Curry. Steph Curry is a hell of a golfer. So right now you got LeBron James who's been playing golf for less than a year. Usher has been playing golf for less than a year. Kevin Hart just started playing golf. Kevin Hart's been playing less than a year.

Brani James has been playing golf. I think Brani has been playing longer than LeBron. So Lulu Gonzalez, she's a comedian. She plays golf. Angie Martinez, the DJ in New York, she plays golf. Shonda Rhimes. Shonda Rhimes. There are so many people who play. This is how I kind of sum it up. Unless you're a golfer, you don't realize how many people

Don't play golf Like it's it's more you're more likely to find people that play golf But because they don't know you play golf they don't talk golf to you because golf is a whole conversation It's a whole language. It's a whole thing that happens It's almost it's not necessarily a secret society, but it almost moves like a secret society I also think that with all these celebrities get into the game people like LeBron Steph Curry It makes it so that the kids are like oh golf is kind of cool Because when I was a kid

I did not like golf. I wanted to play basketball. I wanted to play volleyball. I wanted to play the team sports because that's what my friends are doing. But if we have more celebrities getting into the game, learning the game, it becomes cool to them to actually be on the golf course. I regret in high school dude was like, man, you come out here and you could catty, man. I didn't want to even pick up a golf. I regret that.

Because with the caddies, they get a chance to get out and play a little bit, and plus the scratchy making. Absolutely. Well, Caddy, I mean, I just talked to a gentleman who is a professional caddy now at a country club, a local country club, and a lot of these country clubs are looking for caddies. The caddy program, they have caddy programs. These country clubs have caddy programs where you can actually be awarded a full scholarship to college. They pay for your

freshman to senior year of college. So it's tremendous opportunity there. And then all the relationships and networking that you get done as a caddy, you know, so it's that I would I would say this, though, I wish NPS would do a better job at infusing golf into their gym curriculum. You know, I always thought that gym class was kind of a recruiting tool for the sports for the school. But they don't some of the schools like I went to math, I graduated from Madison High School many years ago.

Not one time did they ever bust out with golf clubs. We had a hole. We played badminton. We, um, we didn't even rock climb. We did badminton, which I wouldn't. I don't even know if there's a professional badminton. I know it's an Olympic sport, but it's big and it's big in Asia and see it really. No, it really is. I was, I was on 30, 30 an hour, man. But big and 30, 30 an hour was golf. But it, but, but.

We had a golf team. We didn't have a badminton team. So my point was, like, you know, if we have a golf team, then why aren't we, why isn't MPS introducing golf in gym class? You know, as an elementary school, they had square dancing. I was wondering if you guys, because we had it. Yeah, they didn't have square dance teams. Right. We had square dancing, man. The parachute with the ball bouncing on it, you had to run under the parachute. Like, what?

So yeah, I mean, I wish the MPS would, it's on their roster. I think the sport is on their roster. But maybe they don't have anybody to teach golf in or whatever the case may be. Now I know, do they do anything through Muni Rec? The first team in partnership with Milwaukee Rec. Yeah. And what about that location right there on, it's about 17th and state? The old bridge in the gap. The old bridge in the gap. Is it still using it?

Uh, it's my understanding that everything is still there, but they're not necessarily using it. I mean, I heard that they're doing workforce services there now. Um, but yeah, it's my understanding. Like I think bridging the gap was ahead of its time. What about first team people still doing first? First team is at noise. So where we're going to be at. That's first tears. That's their hub now. They have where they have their general offices in Tosa, but the, um, on hand location is noise part. And, um,

for the event on August 7. How many holes? So it's nine holes. It's a part three. It's a pitch and pitch and putt course. So it's a part three course. There's only nine holes, but this is going to be more of a clinic than us actually taking them out on the course. So anybody anybody wants to go out on course for more than welcome to do so. It's a part three course. So it's a short course. You don't need a driver, any big clubs, anything like that. But we really want to introduce the game. So there's a driving range there at noise. And so we're going to be primarily posted up on the driving range.

and then the putting green area. And the other side of it is the community side. The ladies are looking for other ladies who are interested in golf in general. So they can come and find a whole plethora of other women who are like, oh, we're all interested in the same thing. Let's get to know each other, get together, and maybe even take it past this clinic on that Sunday. Yeah. Jesus Stingley. Did you hear plethora?

I am a Stinkley. You're a Stinkley. Again, that event happens August 9th. Sunday, August 9th. And if people want to register, they can go to We Black We Golf on Facebook and the link and the flyer is on our Facebook page. And we'll get it updated today to have it on the website. Weblackwegolf.com.

Appreciate you, Richard. Thank you. I appreciate you, Keith. Thank you. We're going to get your help up there so you can get out there. Yeah, man, it's getting better, man. After the back of Nakame, I'm a better man. Hey, praise God, man. There's an everything. You know, there might be something in that. I know she might be listening to that. Maybe that's something me and the wife can do together. Yes. I mean, I said, we failed in kayaking. My wife just started like really getting into it and I'm excited. So like,

Imani is my wife's golf coach because clearly I can't teach my wife, right? Yeah. And so you understand. Yeah, I understand. And I'm cool with that because she's out there and she wants to learn and she's enjoying herself. And so it's like, you know, however I can get her into the game is however I can get her to the game. So I'm excited to see how her growth comes about. I could get Rhonda in if she could buy gear.

I'm just saying for women, the gear, there's the gear. I'm telling you, man, that she got into the whole running, triathlon, because of all the gear she could buy. You got more cute. The sister's going to look amazing. Don't get it twisted. The first thing that they, one of the first things when I talk to a woman that wants to learn how to play golf is, I'm going to go find me a cute outfit. There you go.

That is not the first thing I hear from a brother. We don't call it cute, but we do have a fit. Listen, Black folks is going to do what we do. We ain't come in half-stepping with anything. We're going to look the part at all times. You know what I'm saying? But the sisters make it a priority. Brothers are competitive. I teach golf. I was the head golf coach at Auburn.

Emani's the current head golf coach at our at our Ronald College. So we kind of know what we're doing, right? I had brothers tell me that they're going to go take lessons to learn how to play golf before they come to me to take lessons. I'm like, that's like cleaning your house with a housekeeper. Like, why are you going to clean your house in the house? The housekeeper is coming. Like, that doesn't make sense to me, but it's the competitiveness. You know, and I'm like, as an instructor, it's hard, it's hard to be an instructor and maintain your skills. So

If I'm teaching somebody how to play golf, I'm not a golfer at that point. I'm a teacher. And so you don't have to compete against me. Right. You don't have to impress me or anything like that. I'm here to help you. Because you're going to be trash for a very long time. For a very long time. You're going to be trash. Richard Badger, thank you. Imani Stanley, thank you. We black, we golf. Hey, we're taking.

Why'd I do that? You listen to a community voice. We're gonna take a break and we'll be right back. Welcome back. Did you jump rope when you were little? I did. I didn't really double dutch. You remember when they doubled like, you had to do that, huh? That's just what he just did. You're ready to go. You're ready to go. You're ready to go. I need those cubes. It's all preparation. And then you're ready for that break. I'm leading for it now, not yet. I'm leading for it.

kind of like the temptation song. It was the third and hope, not yet. Miss Kristen Harris, she's with Versity Blood Center. Let me do this. Join us tomorrow, Friday, July 31st at 11 a.m. for our 11th annual.

WNLV Community Resource Fair at the Clinton-Rose Senior Center, 3045 North Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. There will be tons of resources, money giveaways every hour, state fare tickets, MPD, ice cream truck, the mobile survival live house, book bag giveaway, a demo drive of a Tesla and fun for the kids, but most of all, there will be diversity mobile unit there and we're doing a big blood drive tomorrow. Right, yeah.

Hey, welcome back. Thank you. Thank you for having me. Yeah, we're excited to be there tomorrow. We have our newest donor center, Versity on King, which is in Thrive on King building, just a few blocks from Clinton Rose. So we figured why not bring our mobile bus right down the street to capture some of those people who may want to donate blood that'll be at this event versus making them come to Thrive on King. So just excited to be in the community, educate people about blood donation.

have 20 slots open, but right now we have eight filled as of this morning, and our goal is to get at least 12 to 15 people to donate. So hopefully we can make that goal. And I have signed up. I don't want to call myself a regular. Here's the backstory. We did a live remote at Thrive on King. And Kristen kept, come on. You go give blood, Becky. You go give blood. I'm going, yup. Yup. I'm going to give blood. You're going to give blood. As soon as she turned her back, I was gone.

So then I felt all guilty. So I said, you know what, let me call. So I think, I think the first time I gave blood was March. Okay. And then I came back again in April, June. Okay. So I've done it twice this year. And let's talk about it because people most in need of blood.

usually people of color, yet we have probably one of the lower donor rates. We do. I say that I feel like every time I come on the radio here or just talking to people in the community, the trust isn't there. You know, mistrust with health care. We are part of health care. We have needles. You know, what's in that needle? What are you giving me? There's nothing in the needle. It's a clean, fresh needle. We are

actually taking your blood to give to, you know, cancer patients or, you know, a kid living with sickle cell disease, an adult living with sickle cell disease, you know, different blood products can serve different purposes. And so when we think about, especially black people and donating blood, we have this RO antigen that I know I've talked about, but it's an RO antigen that's found in

45 to 50 percent of blacks and african americans and that is the specific type of blood we need for those people living with sickle cell disease and people with sickle cell disease are in so much pain they have crises and blood is the only medicine that they can take and so if we don't have enough blood on hand you know for for anybody you know unfortunately things can happen um tragedies can happen and so we need we need blood but we really need the black community to trust that

This is a safe process. We have phlebotomists that are of the community understand that people need to be educated. We're showing up in places where we are so we can educate and also collect blood. So it's important for us to continue to push the work. Talk about the types of blood and why now. I think they like my blood. They're trying to what is it when they you can do your normal blood when they're just taking the blood, but what is it when they separate it?

Oh, you're talking about double reds, probably? Yeah. So that's a more intense process. That's about two hours of sitting in a chair where they're actually separating like your platelets, your blood. And there's a certain how that blood is. Does it always talk about the amount of iron I have in my blood? Or are you good?

Oh, yeah, very good. And see that every time I come in, she said, don't you want to do it? But talk about, you know, that and then the rare blood types that people might have and the importance of those folks giving.

Yeah, so I talked about RO that is specifically, I mean, anybody can kind of use it, but it's really makes for a smooth transfusion for those living with sickle cell disease. It's RO blood. So your blood type could be O positive, but then you have this antigen of RO. And then there's just a whole blood donation, which you're probably doing where you come in. And that's just probably 10, 15 minutes in the chair, we're just taking your blood. There's platelets, which is about

That's probably about an hour and a half donation where we're taking your platelets. That goes to like cancer patients and things like that. And then the double reds is where they're actually separating your whole blood and your platelets. And that is about, it could be about two hours. So it depends on your blood type of where your blood can go and to which person, but ONIG is universal.

O's are great, OPAS, ONAG, but ONAG can pretty much go to anybody. It's just so important. And then you were talking about sickle cell. And we've come a long way in terms of how we're treating it, but it's still an issue, right? It's still a thing. I mean, back in the day, people would have blood tests before you got married. So you kind of knew who you were getting involved with.

Not really that's real. Yeah, there are lots of tests making sure Yeah, yeah, no, that's very true, too But yeah, there were lots of tests back in the day But now it's kind of willy-nilly and people mix in and you know if you have the sickle cell trait and then you get with somebody who has a sickle cell trait your child will more than likely have sickle cell and That's another thing we do is we won't be doing it tomorrow, but we do it at our versity on King location is

test for your blood type. So we tell you your blood type and people sometimes ask us a lot of questions about sickle cell trait. And people don't know sometimes they have sickle cell trait because they don't have sickle cell. But you might have some of the ailments that someone living with sickle cell has, but it's not as prevalent. So you got to know who you're with. When you were talking about the sickle cell,

people giving blood, who, who, beyond the blood type, what are some of the things, if there's some people when they go down, they just, they just can't give blood. What would be some of those reasons why a person wouldn't give blood? Oh yeah. So someone living with sickle cell cannot give blood. There's certain medications that we'll ask you about. So if you're on certain medications, you're unable to give. If your iron is low, which I was, that's why I asked, are you good?

you can't give. So if it's like below 13, you can't give. If you've had certain illnesses, there's a whole kind of laundry list of questions that you'll go through when you actually donate blood.

Um, you have to weigh at least like 110 pounds. You know, there's certain criteria. It's kind of a mini physical that you get before you donate and we'll ask you a serious. Well, the phlebotomist will ask you a series of questions and then, you know, from there, you may or may not be able to high blood pressure is another huge one, especially in our community. High blood pressure, um, defers people in low iron. Um,

Have they lifted the ban on gay men being able to do blood? Yeah, that was lifted maybe two years ago. Maybe between four and two years ago. It hasn't been that long and it wasn't really a big conversation nationwide.

But yeah, we do get a lot of people from the LGBTQ community who are like, I can't donate. And we're like, yes, you can. Because to be honest, in the past, it was like, hey, if you're a part of this community, you might have X, Y, and Z. But now we're at the point where you don't know what anybody has. When we do the testing of the blood after people donate, there are some phone calls that have to be made to say, hey, unfortunately, you have this situation going on. We can't use your blood. People don't like hepatitis.

HIV Who knows there's all type of phone calls that could be made That people just don't know what they had because they people don't always go to the doctor don't ask for a panel so when you're donating blood you're actually we test for everything and so Just because you donate we appreciate people donating but just because you donate doesn't mean your blood is going to be used We could not use it for a certain reason. No, so tomorrow. Yeah, do you need to know we're

We're signing up in advance. But what about people who just walk up? Yeah, so I'd say, I mean, right now we have eight slots that have been taken. We have an opening for 20. So if you come during a time where there is an open slot, that's fine. I think people should come and check out the bus and talk to the team and just say, if there's nobody there, we'll take you. If they have an appointment, obviously people may have to wait. But I encourage people to do walk-ins because somebody might not show.

it's worth the ask to come up to the bus. And it starts as soon as we start. Yeah, we'll be there the majority or the whole time 11 to three. So our last appointment can probably be around two 15 ish. So we don't want everybody to rush at two o'clock and try to donate, you know, we have a good amount of time because there's questions we have to ask you, you have to go through the process. So we just ask that people, you know, try to try to space it out a little bit.

You sign up right now No, no, okay See that's what I did to you now you're gonna do it to him But I'm gonna tell you though spread spread the guilt spread the guilt Nobody poking me. I'm fine Come watch him see how I really see it on TV And see it in person. No, man. It's watching though watching your bags fill up

you know, and and watching how and and and you're correct on the football is they're very good. Well, I'll tell you very painless. It is not painful. Thank you. You know, somebody got a little testimony. It might as well be. Yeah, but you might need some blood one day, bro.

Blood of the lamb, amen. That's his name. Call him. You know what? I don't know if lamb blood is compatible. When you have a surgery, run off and get some lamb blood when you have a surgery. You're the blood of the lamb. You need a lot of keys.

And every time I go in, she always has to tell me what my blood type is. So I'll find out again when I go in. Oh, yeah. You've got to know your blood type. Yeah. Well, she always tells me, like, I'll write it down for you. And I still forget it. Oh, yeah. Well, it's been always good seeing you. Good to see you, too. Thank you. We'll see you tomorrow. And again, this is part of the 11th annual WNLV Resource Fair. The mobile, Versity Mobile Unit will be there so people can give blood.

Certainly, if you can sign up, we want you to sign up, but this is worthwhile. And we appreciate that. Please, yeah, please come out. I appreciate you. Thanks. I appreciate you guys. You're listening to Community Voice. We're going to take a quick break and we'll be right back. All right, man. Let me let me do this. Let me respond to the community call. Welcome to the program. Good morning. Yes, sir. Good morning.

Welcome to you. Good morning. Good morning, Tyrone. How are you, sir? Good morning. Bless you all for great playing the Lord. Thanks for asking. How about you and your family? I'm doing all right for a black man living in America. How about you? Well, hey, watch out for them large cracks in them sidewalks. You'll be stumbling again.

Don't you like with old dudes? Watch out now. Watch out. Hey, you know what? I'm trying to get the people out of the city, man. Suck it, suck it now. All right. Now we got the preamble out the way. What's up, man? No, I was just appreciating you with the morning ride out. Good morning, Clark Kent, man. Good morning, Milwaukee. Tyrone Depp, you're speaking.

I appreciate, you know, I've got my father's old golf club. I get out there, you know, I appreciate a nice good. I'll tell you, I had some good laughs. Well, I'll tell you, I watched one a couple of years ago with BJ Singh. Yeah. And I think he's playing the senior circuit now. OK, but what's this other boy's name? He used to rub on the cap all the time there. Oh, man.

It'll come to me there, but he was always rubbing on that cap, though. Oh, man. Well, he's leaving me right now. But anyway, what I was thinking was, I appreciate the way they broke it down there. Good morning to Craig Stingley as well there since, you know, we're speaking, you know, because I know he's a real big golf advocate. Craig been trying to get me on the golf course.

Here you meet Keon too, but I would tell Keon, you know, even with fishing, you know, because that's where I was going with it. I mean, I would watch these fishing programs, but there's an actual art to fishing with the lures and the, um, uh, you know, the shallow, the deep. Okay. I got to guess, man. So where are you going? Well, that's what I'm saying. I mean, there's art to, there's art to golf, just like there's art to fishing. Yeah.

but I mean I don't get excited about sitting up watching two men fish though you know I mean but there's an art to it though so yeah that's where I was going I don't know other than the two-bed fishing you know my my pastor is an avid fisherman and

I know pastor Williams over a community, like they got a whole little fishing group that they go out. Man fishing never made me, the only fishing I'm doing is at the fish counter. If they can say that is, man, cause you know that, especially people use a live bait. I worked at summer camp and the worst duty you could have was being out there watching these kids try to put the net.

put the worm on the needle and then don't let them catch a fish. Like they run, they just take off. I had some fun fishing days with a lot of my cousins. They're Steph and Wadi and their mom and father, they're my cousin May and Lord now. Man, I mean, they would fish at the rivers, man.

Well, because we went from golf to fishing, I got to guess. So, appreciate you, man. We come back, man. Appreciate you. Thank you. I couldn't take it. I couldn't take it. You have to stay and wrap it up, right? Yes. And we were at Mr. Jones' memorial service. We were at Holy Redeemer.

And student minister William Mohamed got up. They started playing the music. He said, you wrapped me up and I said anything. You wrapped him up. You get up there, you get to wrap up. And some people act like the music ain't playing. Everybody's going like, amen. Amen. Just wrapping up. We're doing this studio by Pastor.

DJ, yes. I told you, I told you to do your government. Oh, that's right. Oh, that's right. Let me introduce you. Daryl Heisman II. Yes, Daryl Lynn Heisman II. If you want the full government name. Give it to her. Daryl Lynn Heisman II. But known as DJ. Yes. How you doing, man? I'm doing well. It's good to be here. I appreciate you opening up the doors for me to come in and have a conversation. Oh, man, it's great having you in here, man. You know, just a lot of admiration for the family.

Bumped into your uncle Willie a couple weeks ago. We had a great conversation. Yeah, man kind of go back to them with them They were at Westside. I was at Metro. Oh, wow. So you go back go back. Oh, man, the whole choir competition was real. Oh, wow, I didn't know that. Oh man It was tell right out. I mean it was that bad and a lot of us, you know Milwaukee being small walkie. Lovis went to school together

Right. But, you know, we churches and black folks were so compressed that everybody kind of knew everybody. Right. But that whole thing with Westside, man, it was always, they were, what are they doing at Westside? Yeah, and it's funny because I remember Westside. Do you? Yeah, as a baby. Right. I remember.

the hard wooden pews and, you know, my grandfather up there preaching. So I was there just long enough to recall it as a child being at West Side. There is a, I have this Marvin Winans had come in to preach for your dad. And he got up. It was a school night and he got up and he said he gave the time. I don't know if it was 815. He said at 815, I'm a quit.

Preacher said that all the time. I'm a close. I'm a close, right? For the fourth time is Noel Jones is right. So he said, yeah, I'm gonna quit. So I mean, and he was we were like here. And whatever 815 915 he stopped. He cut. Wow. Wow.

Your dad got up and said, I know what you said. But you got to finish this thing, man. I was like, and you know, I was going like, boy, because preachers will lie to you in time. You know, I'm taking my seat, man. You know, let me do this. And then we're going to talk about, about, you know, talk about your, the thing that you all are doing this weekend.

What do you think about ministry? What does that mean? Yeah, so ministry is first and foremost one of the greatest sacrifices I think anyone can make doing anything because when we talk about ministry the thing that we never talk about is the suffering that comes with doing ministry and I was talking to a good friend of mine who recently launched his church and he was telling me about

a lot of the things that he was experiencing that wasn't in the job description when you're doing life with so many people, you're doing their ups with them, you're doing their downs with them.

buried family after family and trying to be there as a form of support, trying to be benevolent to people. Some people over the years have dealt with their homes being burned down and how do we come and come together to support them? How do we deal with the people that over the years that we've helped and then one moment we do something or say something they don't like and they

Forget all of the things that we've done in the past to help as a community as a church. And I'm not just saying us as pastoral leaders, but as a community. So I think ministry is a great sacrifice. It's something that you have to be willing to suffer for.

And then at the end of the day, I think that anyone who commits themselves to doing ministry full time has to fully depend on God and not try to do it in their own strength. A lot of talented preachers, a lot of talented ministers, they lean first on their gift, the gift to speak well, the gift to show up well, the gift of charisma, and sometimes

You lean into that gift for so long, you forget that. I really, really, truly need God to do this first. God has to be the center of it. So I could go on and on because I've been in this my whole life. Like I just told you, I grew up on my grandfather's front pew into my dad's transition as lead pastor, into my transition as one of our associate pastors. So ministry, again, it's about sacrifice and suffering.

There is a thing that I say around here. There are no victims just volunteers. That's right. You take what goes along with it. A lot of people don't always understand. I would say to any young person who contemplates going into ministry that maybe your first sermon should be Jesus and the wilderness. That's it. Because your humanity and how you're still human. That's right. And that's the piece of it. And a lot of it, you know,

don't believe the height, right? You know, like you begin to because of your gift. I heard Bishop Aliphont say this. He says that what is the Bible says that your gift will make places will make room for you. Yes. He said, but it's your character that keeps you there. That's a man. And so that ability to have a character because I think preachers should be the embodiment of what they preach about. I agree. You know, which is hard.

You know, I sacrifice that's what we're talking about. That's what we're talking about. You know when I was in preacher school, you know, I came to the conclusion or preachers need to be saved, too. Yes. You know, because it's like you if you you can you can get lost, you know, and and and in this vocation, you know, that's not.

It's a vocation, but I think that that whole idea of what a pastor does is takes care of the needs of the people. Amen. And that's what people did. And if you catch it, understand that that just goes along. If Jesus was crucified, the little suffering that I do here is nothing compared to the suffering that

He did absolutely. I just you know, you you wonder now because there are a lot of challenges And let me ask that question that how do we I've heard this where people say that the method changes But the message doesn't how do you adapt to these changing cultural trends that we have? Well, when you talk about changing cultural specifically

I mean, there's a spectrum of changes that are happening every day so broadly. I think that when you talk about the method, there is a way to present the gospel that is different than, again, my grandfather, the way he presented it. I think also you talk about the level of education from generation to generation that changes the method. So when you talk about adapting today, what I would

what I would probably speak to is where we are from a technology standpoint. The hot topic is AI. You have to be very clear as a man of God, as a leader of God that you are studied and that you can deliver good information that is biblically sound because guess what? People can just find it. They can find it quickly if you missed

uh an interpretation of the Holy Ghost for example or if you've missed the interpretation of uh one of a parable in the scripture so I think right now the method has to be studied and it has to be very much in alignment with what is biblically sound because people have access to information like kids

pull up things right away. I may say something, they be like, well, dad, you know, that's not exactly right. This was actually designed in 1957, you know, and of course, Google has been around for a long time, but AI is even a deeper dive that goes quicker with more resources at the speed of light. So I think that that has to be the focus right now is not only, like you said, living the life of standard, right? That comes with

with accepting the call, but also making sure that when we speak, when we open our mouths to declare the gospel of Jesus Christ, that it is biblically sound and it is and it is and it lacks opinions. We have a lot of opinionated voices right now and I'm not pointing out any person. The ex Jesus of all of that is that people says opinion, but it's also a view, right? I mean, like

We're shaped and formed by the environment, the religious environment that we come out of. And so a lot of that, and certainly in adult learning is kind of unlearning something. Absolutely. That at the point seemed right or was right for that moment. And that's what I'm talking about in terms of cultural shift. I understand. You know what I mean? So it's, I think,

There's a he's gone home the glory now a good friend of mine. Yeah, it was amazing. I'm a Baptist grew up Baptist Yeah grew up men and I got saved became church of God Christ elder and I asked him a question I said the more Do you still have questions? Mm-hmm and and I just wonder Can clergy still have questions well

You know, you're going to get me in trouble. You think you're trying to give me trouble? Okay, but no, let me let me answer that because I'm passionate about this. I really am. I tell people who are newly introduced to Christ that you have to question everything for yourself. If you hear a message and there's a piece of that message that you either don't fully understand or that you don't fully agree with.

That is an opportunity for you to find the answer. I think that as believers, when we sit in the pews, we take it for granted that everything that is preached to us is solid. Now, we'd hope so, right? But I think that sometimes and in some moments, you have to use it as an opportunity to start to educate yourself. I went through church for decades before I took on that principle of,

question everything because at the end of the day, you are responsible for your faith walk. You are responsible for your faith journey. So, yes, we have to... Well, not so much at the... Look, and I was just saying as you think, as you speak in, they don't need your permission. They go question it. They go because it might push up against something. Sure. They strongly believe. Sure. But I'm asking in terms of

of a clergy person. Is there still question? I mean, God is God. Yes. That one. But after that, there are a whole lot. And then how much of it is our culture as descendants of enslaved Africans, where we were taught, you never question God. That's not true. I mean, the Bible, Jesus and Gethsemane, who was he questioning? He's questioning God. I think, honestly, the moment

a clergyman, pastor, bishop, whatever office they're sitting in stops questioning is the moment that they have run dry on their journey. That's my personal response to that. I think that we always have to question because the Bible, the Bible reveals revelations the more we question and the Bible reveals itself more. It's, it's

it's not surface. And if we don't question the Bible itself and begin to dig deeper into the scripture, then certain things will never be revealed to us. That's why the revelatory word of God has grown and has transitioned from generation to generation, because I believe that with a new generation comes new questions. And because there are new questions, there's new revelation that is revealed.

We're joined in studio by Pastor DJ Heinz. We're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back. 106.5 FM with your host, Keith Parris.

All right, welcome back and let's get to the real reason why DJ is here. Talk about what you guys are doing Saturday. Man, we're doing something exciting. It's called family fest revival at the beach and we'll be down at McKinley Beach. We have a huge tent. We're going to have a like kind of almost like an old school tent revival. We're going to have church and we're going to do a baptism right there in the lake and early on in the day we have

programming for our kids from 11 to 1230. Our kids and youth, they're doing their kids blitz. And then our youth led by Pastor Kateri, who's our youth pastor. She'll be doing a whole thing for the youth called Fun and the Sun. And we're praying for the sun. But yeah, we're going to just take ministry down to the lakefront and have a good time and celebrate family. You're still doing the baptism. We're doing the baptism. In that cold water. Hey, man.

See, there you go. We gonna do the baptism. Man, when I got baptized, that water was so hot. I don't know if the devil got into the water when that water was so hot, man. You know what you asked me was, I live it right. I lied to my baptism. No, I said you must be living it right, but I told you right. And I'm gonna give you a reason why. I lied to my baptism. You lied about it? No, I lied at it.

Remember Kelly said, you know how to swim? I go, yes. I could swim. So if my spiritual life is on top, it's because I'm blind and baptized. Why would you have to learn how to swim and do baptized though? Why was that a requirement? Now you got me worried. Well, you know, we're going to have people out there, assistant. Yeah, I mean, it's, I think that that's, that's nice though, man. I think that, you know, it's literally thinking outside the box.

Yeah, well, you know, sometimes you my dad always says you have to take church outside the four walls and into the to the community and you know We know a lot of people like to gather down at at the lakefront during the summer months and you know What better way to help celebrate our city and you know being outside and enjoying the beautiful weather then joining them with some service, you know beautiful music and who came up with the idea

My dad did you know, he's a he's a cyclist. So he was right. Really? Yeah, I know he's a golfer 25 miles 30 miles my dad's on that bike Yeah But he was riding down and he was like, you know what it'd be great if we could bring because we've been doing family fest for years He's like it'd be great if we could bring it down here off-site and and you know and enjoy the lakefront So it was his idea. I can't take any credit to

People need to sign up where they can Christian faith dot org if you want to be baptized You can hit the link right there under a family fest, but otherwise just show up It doesn't cost anything just want to come out and participate Bring your family bring your children your neighbors everybody come on out and and just enjoy the festivities

Man, I, I, I appreciate it. And thank you for having that conversation. Oh man, it was great. I enjoyed it. Man, I'm, you know, a lot of times when, um, when folks come on, I do a thing called faith justice politics where you get a chance to have conversation with very diverse clergy, um, in the city, um, that, you know, God speaks with one voice, but there are many voices that speak and talk about God. And so for people to be able to.

to hear those different voices and to hear the perspectives. I think it's important for the community, man. So I appreciate you being a good sport about it. Oh, absolutely. And thank you for the work that you do, man. It's really important. I appreciate it. I just run my mouth. So again, give people the time and where you live. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at McKinley Beach. Again, this is Family Fest revival on the beach. You can register to be baptized at christianfaith.org.

Appreciate you ma'am. Appreciate you get my best of the family. I absolutely will let me think I got a whole list of people to thank don't I let me thank all the women Malalee cogs Let me thank miss Amani Stingley. Let me thank miss Kristen Harris. Let me think pastor DJ I Got to read the line and one more time. Okay. I got it Join us Friday 31st at 11 a.m. for our 11th annual community resource fair

at Clinton Rose Senior Center 3045 North Dr Martin Luther King Drive. There will be tons of resources, money, giveaways, every hour, state fair tickets, the MPT, MPD, the MPD. I can't even do it. The Milwaukee Police Department ice cream truck, varsity, mobile unit, you still can sign up to give blood, the book bag giveaway, a demo drive of a Tesla.

Okay, and fun for the kids. So again, that's the WNLV resource fair. That's going to be tomorrow at Clinton Rolls starting at 11 o'clock. And then let me again, let me thank Pastor DJ Hines for being part of the program today. Byron, oh Byron left. What up, Deebo? All right. All right. Good Lord, wouldn't quick the rise. We'll talk to everybody on Monday. You have a good weekend and go from this place in peace.

Welcome to Community Voice.

I'm your host, Keith Ferris.

I want to thank everybody for joining us this morning.

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Well, we're joined in studio.

It is that time of year again.

It's for Bronzeville Week, and we're joined in studio by Alderwoman Malalee Cox.

Good morning.

Good

morning.

How are you?

I'm doing well.

Happy belated

birthday.

I appreciate that.

And sister give me your name again Ray Hill And you're with the historic King drive Thank you, thank you, and we're here to talk about Brownsville week So I'm gonna just turn it over to you all and give us all of the particulars

right this year.

It is the 16th annual Brownsville week eight days from August 1st to August 8th of

predominantly free events open to the public.

The events are primarily focused on art, culture, and commerce.

When we started at 16 years ago, we couldn't do it alone.

So many friends and I dug in our pockets and I jokingly say we use the lint in our pockets and some dental floss and made eight days worth of events with the support of our friends.

But one of the sponsors or supports that have been there from the beginning is the historic King Drive bid.

And they sponsor several events throughout the week.

And I'll turn, we kick off.

Saturday, August 1st with the Harambe 5K Walk Run, which registration begins at 6 AM on North and King Drive.

That evening we have the Royal Rhythm Experience as summer.

of 85 beginning at five and the first 20 people are free.

And then Sunday is our biggest event of the whole week.

And that is the Brownsville Cultural Arts Festival on North Avenue from King Drive to 7th Street.

And we encourage families to come out and enjoy our culture and commerce.

But there are some specific events that the bid is also sponsoring throughout the week.

And I'll have Ray.

Tell you more about those.

Yeah, good morning, everybody.

Again, all the women have laid it out for you all.

It's eight days of amazing events throughout King Drive and the Vinesville District.

So this year we start off with our business breakfast, which is free.

It's Wednesday August 4th at the America's Black Holocaust Museum from 8.30 to 10.30.

We also have an art walk.

So we have art installations from the 1st through the 7th in Hill Crow, Plenty of Usage, Peatsbrook Market, and the MLK Library.

And then we end that with a art walk capstone, which is a gallery at Salute Society August 8th from 4 p.m.

to 7 p.m.

So it's a lot to do.

Oh, yeah.

The triley rides.

Yes.

Free triley rides on Thursday the 6th.

We do two rides.

The first one starts at 3.30 at the America's Mod Collar Class Museum.

And the second ride is at 5 p.m.

It's a great time.

It's about 45 minutes.

Again, family friendly, so bring your family.

I see you have August 8th.

Is that still happening in the pancake and poultry?

Yes, yes.

And since there'll be a rising grind?

Yes, I think since the beginning, we've had packets and poetry and people love it.

As many might know, Rise and Grind will be closing.

This actually will be their last day open.

And it'll be hosted by Mario, the poet, a former Waukee Public Library poet laureate.

He will host it, but it'll be, and people can come and sign up.

If you're a poet and you want to be heard, you have an opportunity to also sign up and be heard.

So it's in front of Rising Grind.

We close off King Drive, put a stage in the middle of the street, and have breakfast and pancakes out there, and listen to some wonderful poetry.

Oh, this local legend's softball game.

Are you related to Miss Hill, Mr. Ray Hill?

That

is

me.

I am winning that day.

The other captain is G Smith from these Clippers.

So we have our teams.

That's also a free event at Carver Park, a part of the week.

That's from noon to two.

So you have to come watch G and his team lose to my team.

Yes.

We just can't play.

We just got a...

You know, I was telling people it's like the kickball league.

It's just like the old Negro baseball league.

Everybody, everybody churfing, everybody talking.

The Brownsville and Friday Browns would lunch and learn housing and neighborhood resources.

would be something where a lot of information I would think.

Yeah, definitely.

We try to not only entertain during the week, we also try to educate and share resources.

That particular lunch line, there'll be some food provided, but there'll be resources and information provided from Department of City Development and a couple of other community agencies, just letting people know assistance.

for, you know, purchasing your home, rehabbing your home, doing work on your home, all of that kind of thing, as well as some resources for your neighborhood as well.

So that'll be there and that's free and open to the public as well.

It's some great opportunities to purchase homes in Brownsville and for those who already live there.

It's opportunities to get resources to help fix on your home.

But these are also some resources you could use even outside of the Bronzeville District.

So I would encourage anyone who might be in need of some housing resources to come out and hear the information.

There is a lot of development going on there in the Bronzeville area, particularly on North Avenue.

Talk a little bit about

that.

We go through a process.

North Avenue is considered the commercial corridor of the Bronzeville District.

The Bronzeville District created in 2005 by my predecessor, Michael McGee Jr., is a development district.

It's not the neighborhood, it's the district.

There are some great neighborhoods that make up Bronzeville, Harambe, and Howard Park.

North Avenue is that commercial corridor.

So when I came in in 2008, one of the things I decided was to make sure that the land in that district that anybody had a fair opportunity to build on it.

So we started a RFP process, a request for proposals so that it would have to be public, that it was an opportunity to purchase and people had to come with a plan on what they wanted to build.

A couple of years later, I created the

Bronzeville Advisory Committee, of which Ms.

Hill is one of the members, but it's residents who are members, it's artists who are members.

So whenever we do RFPs, the finalists come before the Bronzeville Advisory Board.

It's just another layer of community to look at the proposals to make sure that whatever is being proposed fits with

the Brownsville Cultural and Entertainment District.

If you see cranes in the air now, there's six in North, those that's done by Fit Development and African American Owned Lead Development Company and that's the Brownsville Think Creative Hub Arts and Tech Hub.

So you will soon see Black Arts MKE, the Wisconsin

Conservatory of music.

I'm doing lessons in there and having offices in there and it's several units of apartments and a couple of live work apartments for artists as well and a cafe.

Now, the Arts and Culture Center that's going on the corner of King Drive in North Avenue, that's part of the King.

Correct.

That's part of the business improvement district, which is still in phases of planning.

They do have a current gallery right now on 5th in North Avenue Park.

507 Gallery

507 on

Fenlason, excuse me, in North Avenue.

But I also want to add what all the women did recently in 2022 was the Grimesville Overlight.

And so that entire corridor.

there has to be emphasis on anything related to Brownsville arts and culture related.

So we can't just see a smokey pop up there.

There has to be pure intentionality along what type of.

Or a dialetry or dialetry or ashes furniture.

No shade, but we just want to be intentional about the area.

And that's one of the latest projects that all the women in the King Drive did work on to ensure that things that happen in the neighborhood fit within the neighborhood.

Yeah, and there should be a historical marker right there on the corner of second and north because that's where I was born.

So you can, there used to be Mercy Memorial hospitals and maternity hospital.

That's where I was born.

So we just get a historical marker there where they have.

Are there any plans for the old nationals building there?

Is that that's that little building, you know, you had that little gangway that was there used to be a story there called national tea So there am I?

Yes No, it's between monarchy and north and Right, it's it wouldn't be next door.

So I think it's still privately owned.

Oh, okay.

Okay.

So there's no plans on

you know in the in and in the back of

There used to be this little they call it a gangway, but it was a little mall.

But at the end of that ball was Robby's and That was Bobby Thomas.

So it was like he had three locations there where Victory Church is on to Tonya.

That was the Ebony Cube But next door where that that parking lot that the post office uses that was Robby's and then he had one on 76 and Silver Spring Now this is back in the 60s, you know so in terms of

I was just wondering, I'm seeing that development, I had an opportunity to drive down King Drive and that north.

And the level of development that you're seeing is just incredible.

That's why I always brag we have the greatest King Drive Boulevard Street in the country.

There are

over 900 King Drives across the country.

And unfortunately something that we all know if you travel is usually blighted, disinvested.

And at times ours has looked like that as well.

But I think we worked diligently over the last couple of decades to improve it.

And we're still working.

It's still greater things coming.

But even right now, it's the best change of our imagination.

And I always say, I dare anybody to show me different.

Yeah, it is.

I mean, it's amazing.

We need to take more pride.

in our city and yours, what we doing?

Well, drive through the city, you'd be surprised.

Definitely.

And hopefully,

Bronsville we give people an opportunity, part of our goal in creating it after we battled over the no-dialetry and Bronsville thing to get a fresh grocery store there.

We thought about, you know, instead of fighting against what we don't want, maybe we should

you know, attract what we do want and highlight the good stuff about that's already over here.

And that's how the idea for Browns a week came about with myself and several other friends.

And we're like, what are the different things we can help spotlight that are great over here already.

And that might show people the potential of what could be over here.

And so for 16 years, we've done that strong.

And this week, if you haven't had a chance, you can get a copy of the schedule.

We have a Facebook page.

We have our Instagram, Bronze Week, but you can also go to Milwaukee.gov forward slash Bronzeville and get a copy of the schedule for the entire week.

And let's can we shout out some of your sponsors?

Yeah,

definitely.

Yeah, thanks.

Of course, the historic King's Drive be a better philanthropy.

The city of Milwaukee thrive on and visit.

There are several other sponsors who contribute both money assistance and in kind as well.

But those are the presenting level sponsors, if I'm not mistaken.

And personally, as well as YWCA has sponsored the scholarship for

number one.

I think people don't understand that when you're talking about developing a business development area,

That takes years.

I think we always want it just instantaneous, right?

It doesn't.

And you can tell me if I'm wrong.

But you're trying to make this a destination point that people are going to drive there because of all of the attractions that's available there.

It actually already is a destination.

Oh, yeah.

I think, you know, related to the runs a week, I don't know of a festival that lasts or an event that lasts eight days.

I know one that lasts a week or maybe

a

weekend, but the fact that there are specific curated events to highlight the districts in the area for a day straight and beyond, I think is unique in itself.

But in a sense, you can drive as murals.

We have, you know, walking tours.

We do trolley tours every year during Brownsville Week.

There's an opportunity to continue to patronize and support the district.

But every time we get visitors from all over the world, that is always the reaction of like, wow, like this really is

a decency.

You know, we go over things from where the Republicans now have their, yeah, but I'm saying that they saw,

they

saw something, the value in it.

And so if they pay in rent, property tax, we cool with that.

Um, and I'm a civic media that there's a lot that's going on.

There's a lot that's going on down there.

So again, Brownsville week starts Saturday, August 1st.

It starts with the Harambe 5k walk and run.

That's still a certified run.

Yes.

Okay.

And you can register for that.

And then all the events and the website they can go to if they just want to get the events for the week.

Milwaukee dot go forward slash bronzo.

I didn't want to highlight something to keep this year.

I do want to always pay homage to, this couldn't have started without some great people, but one in particular who's no longer with us.

My assistant, Makua Dancer, for 18 years she was my thought partner on all of this.

I have the idea and she helped me grow it and help me execute it.

This is our first year doing the bronzer week without her and Lord knows it's hard, but I also want to just give that credit and give her her flowers for being a co-founder of bronzer week.

So that's that's one and

something else that her passing made me think about mortality, right?

And how this highlighting of Bronzeville Week has to continue beyond any of us.

So this year we pay particular interest in ensuring that some younger people.

got an opportunity to curate some events and experiences during the week.

Our youngest curator is 17 years old, and I just want to highlight her event.

Ms.

Kalei Phillips, she is doing the Rooted and Natural event on Wednesday, August 5th, from noon to four at Alamo, 1942, North Dr. MLK Drive.

And Rooted and Natural is celebrating

It is an indoor outdoor community experience of open learning, confidence and healing through natural hair, food, music, live hair demonstrations and more.

So I encourage people to come out for that.

We also have another young lady, Kennedy Harris, during the Briceville fashion show.

It's a platform for storytelling, entrepreneurship and community pride explored through fashion, hosted by Kennedy Harris from 7pm to 9pm at America's Black

Holocaust Museum, and then we have Friday, August 7th, lit in Bronzeville, a community movement experience designed to bring residents, families, artists, and wellness advocates together through movement, culture, and connection.

Hosted by Calais Tatum, 5 to 8 S. Salute Society, 2372 North MLK.

So, and there's a few others, but those are the big ones by young people on here.

So I encourage folks to come out and support.

All the women the lately Cox this Ray Hill Bronzeville week it starts Saturday August the first that's right down the corner of King Drive and North right is that the station

But then we follow up with the festival, the Rizal Coastal

Arts

Festival, over 130 vendors, three stages.

I was going to ask you about the stage.

Main stage and a kid zone.

And this year we're partnering with the King Drive back to, I mean King, King, back to King Advisory, back to school.

Fest folks, they're moving it from the park to our kid zone.

So they'll be giving out a thousand book bags.

So if your kid needs a book bag with supplies for school, come on out registration.

starts at 11, and they start doing a giveaway at 3.30.

So we encourage families to come out and enjoy some good music, some good food, and some good people.

Appreciate you as always.

Thank you.

Thank you.

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Welcome back to Community Voice.

That voice you heard was from the super producer.

the way he get paid to do.

Oh man, well, I'd love to see your scope of work in terms of what you do.

We're joined in studio by Mr. Richard Badger and Ms.

Amani Stingley.

Good morning.

Can we black, can we go off?

And the building was

happening, man.

Man, golfing.

Golfing.

As often as possible, still not good at it, but making my way through

it.

Man, I was watching the Open.

To me, anytime you do the open, the weather needs to be awful.

That weather was so nice for Europe.

I mean, normally, because Tiger played one year, it looked like he was playing in a monsoon.

Absolutely.

It's not the British open, it's called the open.

Correct.

Right.

And so, so here to talk about, well, golf and a very special event you're

doing.

Absolutely.

So we're, you know, we black, we golf, we, um, one of the things that we created years ago.

is Sunday Funday.

And so originally we were doing Sunday Fundays every Sunday during golf season.

After church.

Well we originally it was at 10 o'clock and then because folks was complaining that you know they had to be at church we pushed it out to 12 o'clock and folks the church folks did one come.

So so then we kept it so then we moved it back to 10 o'clock but

Sunday funded have become a tradition and so instead of.

So then we settled it down from every Sunday because I became a lot to just the second and fourth Sunday.

The second Sunday being really focused on beginner golfers at Lincoln Park in their practice area will do like an abbreviated golf clinic and then we'll take them out on the course and then on the fourth Sunday will kind of move around to different municipal courses.

I'm walking county municipal courses.

Well.

Over the years, we've had a bunch of women that have come to us saying, hey, I want a lot of play golf.

I want a lot of play golf.

And the one thing I've learned, especially coming from my wife and other women that are close to me, women want to learn how to play golf, but they need to do it in an environment that seems to be more comfortable for them to be able to do it.

And so what we've done is the women have been in our ear and we are responding and we're listening.

And so on Sunday, August 9th, we're going to be hosting our Sunday Funday, and it's the Women's Edition.

So this is the invitation for all women who want to learn how to play golf or who play golf to be able to come out and fellowship around the game of golf.

We did change the location.

I'm going to be, instead of at Lincoln Park, we're going to be at Noise Park on 82nd and Good Hope.

And so... Two blocks from Christian.

Two blocks from Christian Faith, yep.

Two blocks from Christian Faith.

But it's after church.

Okay, okay.

It's going to be at noon.

It's going to be at noon.

So we have a schedule from noon to three.

And so it will be after church.

So we can go, you know, go get your God feel.

and then come and cuss God out for putting you in a position where you're missing every shot.

So Imani, tell us about this.

Were you one of the people who said, hey, hey, we need to do this?

Where were you in all

of this?

Yes, so I have just kind of been one of the coaches that have helped out in being that representation for women involved.

How long you been golfing?

I've been golfing self about eight or nine.

You said, you

know, my

uncle, my dad are just huge advocates of golf and women in golf specifically.

So being that representation, I'm here to help show them that there are women that do this and there are women that play, love to play and that there's a community for us in this game.

So over and beyond your family, what is it about golf that you like so much?

It just shows you so much about life.

and it shows you so much about yourself.

It's basically like putting a mirror up to yourself when you're out there and basically making you be reflective after every shot.

How do you react to adversity?

How do you react to when things don't go your way even though you thought you were doing exactly what you needed to do?

So over the years that's just kind of how I've looked at golf is that it can show you a lot about life if you let it.

So is it who are you competing against yourself or the people that might be in your group?

It depends on what you ask.

Okay.

Good answer.

It depends on what

you ask.

I'm

asking you.

For me, I'm out there competing against myself.

Golf is already too hard in my opinion to constantly measure up to other people.

You're out there playing your own game and on any day, everybody can be bad.

So if you're constantly comparing yourself to other people on the golf course, I feel like that's not like a good measure.

It's like you against you while you're out

there.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I mean, if you had to put a person, like if you really needed to put identified person that you're competing against, it's going to be the grounds crew because they're the ones who set in the course up.

And so they're setting the course up to be as

as challenging and as rewarding as possible.

Like they even, some golf courses even have events that's the, it's the ground, what is the ground crew revenge tournaments.

And so it, what it does, it allows the grounds crew to really dismantle the course to make it as difficult as possible for a golfer.

Like they may have a water hose on the putting grain that's going to be in the path of your ball rolling to the cup or they'll put the pin placement will be

on a hard heel, so unless you drop that ball right in the center of the cup, it's going to be impossible to make the ball.

It's just this crazy thing.

So if you're in competition with anybody, it has to be the grounds crew.

But to Imani's point, I mean, you're navigating the course for your game, not the person, not the people that you're playing with.

You have to navigate the course for your game.

We can have the same yarded shot, but it's still a different shot because it's not in the exact same spot.

And the conditions are never going to be exactly the same.

The wind changes all the time.

The blades of grass are different.

The humidity is different.

If it's a 150-yard shot, if you're 150 yards, you're 150-yard shots from the pen, but you're west of me.

Yes, a 150-yard shot, but you're in a different spot, a different location.

So every shot is different, so you can't compete.

against one another, you have to really compete against the courts.

You're listening to Community Voice.

We're joined in studio by Mr. Richard Badger, Mr. Mani Stingley of We Black We Go Off.

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Welcome back to Community Voice.

I love all African people all over the world.

All right, we're doing this studio about Mr. Richard Badger, Ms.

Amani Stangley.

How do you spell it?

Is it I or E?

I?

Faith?

Yes, it's Wiley,

yes.

We're here talking, we black, we golf, and we're talking about a very special Targaryen event.

Can I say is that?

Absolutely.

Yeah, so talk again, give people specifics on it and certainly encouraging people to be a part of.

I saw your golf clubs in your backseat boy.

No, so those were not my golf clubs in the backseat.

That was the mobile driving range.

So I was working with some kids yesterday.

Okay.

And so we I'm going to get a specifics, but we have some mobile driving ranges that we take out to the community because it's hard to.

get kids or it's hard to get our community to come out to a golf course to learn how to play golf.

But if we bring golf to the community, then at least we're able to introduce the game in a very basic way, put clubs in the hand of the swing clubs, get a feel for the game.

And what we have found is that a lot of people are interested in golf when it literally comes into the front door, you know what I mean?

So they can appreciate the

The the difficulty that golf is because people if you never swung a golf club if you never played the game But you've seen the game You're like how hard can it be to hit to take a stick and hit a ball and the ball is not moving Well, I can assure you it is extremely difficult And the to be accurate is even more difficult Which is why the best golfers in the world men or women have been playing for?

all their life.

Like they've had clubs in their hands and said like three, four, five, six years old, eight years old.

Like Imani is a, Imani hasn't talked about herself, but Imani is an amazing golfer with amazing skill set, right?

And so that comes from starting as such an early age.

So you have to tip your hat to her parents who understood the value of the sport and the capacity of the sport, but then also what the sport.

also can connect you to on the professional side.

I was watching tape.

I think it was either Merv Griffin.

Tiger Woods was five years old.

His swing was perfect at five.

Now there's some people with just product, you know, I mean, it's they just take to it and it is more and I watch golf every weekend.

You know, I'm watching and you just begin to appreciate the skill level.

that folks have, right?

I'm talking about the dude who might be the 400 ranked golfer in the world, but got skills.

Absolutely.

So talk about the event.

So you want it?

Sure.

So we were thinking about how we could get more women, especially black women into the game of golf here in Milwaukee.

If you guys don't know,

Black women are like the fastest growing demographic in the game of golf.

It's trendy right now, which is okay.

And it is, there's a lot of women who are like, oh, golf, we're looking for something else to do besides go to work, go home to our kids, go home to our husbands every single day.

So we've been trying to morph and find a way to bring more women into

the Sunday fund days.

And there was, I think a lady who posted online looking for a community here in Milwaukee of black women in the game or just women in general.

So the brainchild kind of came up with Laverne's wife, I'm sorry, Richard's wife, Laverne, where she was just like, we should have a Sunday fund day dedicated to women.

And that's kind of how this came about.

Yeah.

I listen.

That's it.

I listen.

That's one of the things right out.

Keep you married.

Learn how to listen.

Even if you don't listen, look like you're listening.

Absolutely.

Good

answer.

So the Sunday Fund again is going to be Sunday August 9th.

It's going to be a noise spark on 82nd at Good Hope.

You don't have to have equipment.

We'll bring equipment out.

We'll have instructors out.

We'll have equipment out.

We do ask that if you're going to come that you pre-register.

So you go on our social media site to do that, to register.

But if you don't register, still come.

There's a $10 fee to it.

But we ain't even sweating you on that.

We want to be able to introduce the game to you.

Put clubs in your hand.

We do ask that you dress athletically, because we've had in the past women will come to our Sunday Funday.

Very cute.

But the shoes were not for the occasion.

And so if you're gonna come cute, that's fine.

But make sure you got some sneakers in the car.

Man, I saw some slick shoes.

Those are nice.

In turn, they were golf shoes.

Why are

you so depressed

about that?

Because I look walking around on the streets and golf shoes.

These golf shoes I got on right now.

OK,

OK, and I'm cool with it.

So so I feel like what I wear your football cleats

the vibe.

So here's the thing golf is golf is a vibe.

It is become a lifestyle type of sport.

So I mean, men have been wearing golf shirts forever and golf golf slacks forever.

But the shoe game has evolved where the shoes can be worn to the course on the course and then back off the course.

Do you think in just in general.

I thought no one had impact in terms of getting people out the golf like Tiger Woods I mean black folks white folks Tiger Woods did What was the movie where?

Was it big boy where he joined the who's your caddy who's your caddy?

You think if people see more I mean we see Charles Barkley worse for swing ever I'm not even a golfer I know that you think if you people begin to see some of the more I because a lot of celebrities play golf

well

Absolutely.

So I think social media is Tiger Woods is probably the most credible athlete to change the game of any sport.

Simply because Tiger changed the game in regards to other.

Michael Jordan is a golfer primarily because of Tiger Woods.

Now we consider Michael Jordan the goat that is not debatable.

Just so everybody knows Michael Jordan is the goat.

But he plays golf to the degree that he plays because of Tiger Woods.

So Tiger had an influence on who we are deemed to go or who I have deemed to go.

So and his impact is global.

Steph Curry.

Steph Curry is a hell of a

golfer.

So right now you got LeBron James who's been playing golf for less than a year.

Usher has been playing golf for less than a year.

Kevin Hart just started playing golf.

Kevin Hart's been playing less than a year.

Brani James has been playing golf.

I think Brani has been playing longer than LeBron.

So Lulu Gonzalez, she's a comedian.

She plays golf.

Angie Martinez, the DJ in New York, she plays golf.

Shonda Rhimes.

Shonda Rhimes.

There are so many people who play.

This is how I kind of sum it up.

Unless you're a golfer, you don't realize how many people

Don't play golf Like it's it's more you're more likely to find people that play golf But because they don't know you play golf they don't talk golf to you because golf is a whole conversation It's a whole language.

It's a whole thing that happens It's almost it's not necessarily a secret society, but it almost moves like a secret society

I also think that with all these celebrities get into the game people like LeBron Steph Curry It makes it so that the kids are like oh golf is kind of cool

Because when

I was a kid

I did not like golf.

I wanted to play basketball.

I wanted to play volleyball.

I wanted to play the team sports because that's what my friends are doing.

But if we have more celebrities getting into the game, learning the game, it becomes cool to them to actually be on the golf course.

I regret in high school dude was like, man, you come out here and you could catty, man.

I didn't want to even pick up a golf.

I regret that.

Because with the caddies, they get a chance to get out and play a little bit, and plus the scratchy making.

Absolutely.

Well, Caddy, I mean, I just talked to a gentleman who is a professional caddy now at a country club, a local country club, and a lot of these country clubs are looking for caddies.

The caddy program, they have caddy programs.

These country clubs have caddy programs where you can actually be awarded a full scholarship to college.

They pay for your

freshman to senior year of college.

So it's tremendous opportunity there.

And then all the relationships and networking that you get done as a caddy, you know, so it's that I would I would say this, though, I wish NPS would do a better job at infusing golf into their gym curriculum.

You know, I always thought that gym class was kind of a recruiting tool for the sports for the school.

But they don't some of the schools like I went to math, I graduated from Madison High School many years ago.

Not one time did they ever bust out with golf clubs.

We had a hole.

We played badminton.

We, um, we didn't even rock climb.

We did badminton, which I wouldn't.

I don't even know if there's a professional badminton.

I know it's an Olympic sport, but

it's big and it's big in Asia

and see

it really.

No, it really

is.

I was on 30, 30 an hour, man.

But big and 30, 30 an hour

was golf.

But it, but, but.

We had a golf team.

We didn't have a badminton team.

So my point was, like, you know, if we have a golf team, then why aren't we, why isn't MPS introducing golf in gym class?

You know, as an elementary school, they had square dancing.

I was wondering if you guys, because we had it.

Yeah, they didn't have square dance teams.

Right.

We had square dancing, man.

The parachute with the ball bouncing on it, you had to run under the parachute.

Like, what?

So yeah, I mean, I wish the MPS would, it's on their roster.

I think the sport is on their roster.

But maybe they don't have anybody to teach golf in or whatever the case may

be.

Now I know, do they do anything through Muni Rec?

The first team

in

partnership with Milwaukee Rec.

Yeah.

Okay.

And what about that location right there on, it's about 17th and state?

The old bridge in the gap.

The old bridge in the

gap.

Is it still using it?

Uh, it's my understanding that everything is still there, but they're not necessarily using it.

I mean, I heard that they're doing workforce services there now.

Um, but yeah, it's my understanding.

Like I think bridging the gap was ahead of its time.

What about first team people still doing first?

First team is at noise.

So where we're going to be at that's first tears.

That's their hub now.

They have where they have their general offices in Tosa, but the, um, on hand location is noise part.

And, um,

for the event on August 7.

How many holes?

So it's nine holes.

It's a part three.

It's a pitch and pitch and putt course.

So it's a part three course.

There's only nine holes, but this is going to be more of a clinic than us actually taking them out on the course.

So anybody anybody wants to go out on course for more than welcome to do so.

It's a part three course.

So it's a short course.

You don't need a driver, any big clubs, anything like that.

But we really want to introduce the game.

So there's a driving range there at noise.

And so we're going to be primarily posted up on the driving range.

and then the putting green area.

And the other side of it is the community side.

The ladies are looking for other ladies who are interested in golf in general.

So they can come and find a whole plethora of other women who are like, oh, we're all interested in the same thing.

Let's get to know each other, get together, and maybe even take it past this clinic on that Sunday.

Yeah.

Jesus Stingley.

Did you hear plethora?

I am a Stinkley.

You're a Stinkley.

Again, that event happens August 9th.

Sunday,

August 9th.

And if people want to register, they can go to

We Black We Golf on Facebook and the link and the flyer is on our Facebook

page.

And we'll get it updated today to have it on the website.

Weblackwegolf.com.

Appreciate

you, Richard.

Thank you.

I appreciate you, Keith.

Thank you.

We're going to get your help up there so you can get out there.

Yeah,

man, it's getting better, man.

After the back of Nakame, I'm

a better man.

Hey, praise God, man.

There's an everything.

You know,

there might be something in that.

I know she might be listening to that.

Maybe that's something me and the wife can do together.

Yes.

I mean, I said we failed in

kayaking.

My wife just started, like, really getting into it and I'm excited.

So, like,

Imani is my wife's golf coach because clearly I can't teach my wife, right?

Yeah.

And so you understand.

Yeah, I understand.

And I'm cool with that because she's out there and she wants to learn and she's enjoying herself.

And so it's like, you know, however I can get her into the game is however I can get her to the game.

So I'm excited to see how her growth comes about.

I could get Rhonda in if she could buy gear.

I'm just saying for women, the gear, there's the gear.

I'm telling you, man, she got into the whole running, triathlon, because of all the gear she could buy.

You got what,

cute.

The system is going to look amazing.

Don't get it twisted.

The first thing that they, one of the first things when I talk to a woman that wants to learn how to play golf is, I'm going to go find me a cute outfit.

There you go.

That is not the first thing I hear from a brother.

We don't call

it cute,

but

we do have a fit.

Listen, Black folks is going to do what we do.

We ain't come in half-stepping with anything.

We're going to look the part at all times.

You know what I'm saying?

But the sisters make it a priority.

Brothers are competitive.

I teach golf.

I was the head golf coach at Auburn.

Emani's the current head golf coach at our at our Ronald College.

So we kind of know what we're doing, right?

I had brothers tell me that they're going to go take lessons to learn how to play golf before they come to me to take lessons.

I'm like, that's like cleaning your house with a housekeeper.

Like, why are you going to clean your house in the house?

The housekeeper is coming.

Like, that doesn't make sense to me, but it's the competitiveness.

You know,

and

I'm like, as an instructor, it's hard, it's hard to be an instructor and maintain your skills.

So

If I'm teaching somebody how to play golf, I'm not a golfer at that point.

I'm a teacher.

And so you don't have to compete against me.

Right.

You don't have to impress me or anything like that.

I'm here to help you.

Because you're going to be trash for a very long time.

For

a very long

time.

You're going to be trash.

Richard Badger, thank you.

Imani Stanley, thank you.

We black, we golf.

Hey, we're taking.

Why'd I do that?

You listen to a community voice.

We're gonna take a break and we'll be right back.

Welcome back.

Did you jump rope when you were little?

I did.

I didn't really double dutch.

You remember when they doubled like,

you had to do that, huh?

That's just what he just did.

You're ready to go.

You're ready to go.

You're ready to go.

I need those cubes.

It's all

preparation.

And then you're ready for that break.

I'm leading for it now, not yet.

I'm leading for it.

kind of like the temptation song.

It was the third and hope, not yet.

Miss Kristen Harris, she's with Versity Blood Center.

Let me do this.

Join us tomorrow, Friday, July 31st at 11 a.m.

for our 11th annual.

WNLV Community Resource Fair at the Clinton Rose Senior Center, 3045 North Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Drive.

There will be tons of resources, money giveaways every hour, state fare tickets, MPD ice cream truck, the mobile survival live house, book bag giveaway, a demo drive of a Tesla and fun for the kids, but most of all, there will be the VersaD mobile unit there and we're doing a big blood drive

tomorrow.

Right, yeah.

Hey, welcome

back.

Thank you.

Thank you for having me.

Yeah, we're excited to be there tomorrow.

We have our newest donor center, Versity on King, which is in Thrive on King building, just a few blocks from Clinton Rose.

So we figured why not bring our mobile bus right down the street to capture some of those people who may want to donate blood that'll be at this event versus making them come to Thrive on King.

So just excited to be in the community, educate people about blood donation.

have 20 slots open, but right now we have eight filled as of this morning, and our goal is to get at least 12 to 15 people to donate.

So hopefully we can make that goal.