Nonprofit organizations nationally comprise the third-largest employment industry, ranking behind retail and food. With the coronavirus pandemic, these equally “essential businesses” providing life-saving community-based programs are needed now more than ever.
Héctor Cólon, President and CEO of Lutheran Social Services of WIsconsin and Upper Michigan joins Paul M. Neuberger for a discussion spanning servant leadership, boxing, and the best three pieces of advice he could give to someone looking to stay sharp.
Growing up with poverty and racism on Milwaukee’s Southside, faith and perseverance led him to becoming an internationally acclaimed boxer, and President- CEO of Lutheran Social Services (LSS) of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, one of the largest non-profits in the Midwest.
The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority awarded the Gold Medal Lofts project about $955,000 in federal 9% tax credits, which Jeffers said is about $8.7 million in tax credit equity, to produce more affordable apartments. This resulted in 65 of the 77 units being set aside with affordable rents.
Hector Colon, president of Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin, argues in a WisOpinion piece that people need to demand change through peaceful efforts. As heinous as the killing of George Floyd was, he writes, we shouldn't be reacting with violence against police or protesters, but through peace as George Floyd's brother himself has asked.
“Please…I can’t breathe…Mama…my stomach hurts, my neck hurts, everything hurts,…Please…Don’t kill me!”
Like so many, I can’t get these words out of my mind.
Milwaukee OATS is a local screen-print art movement that promotes self empowerment. By definition, the word “movement” is “a group of people working together to advance their shared political, social, or artistic ideas.”
