Join us as we share an inspiring story about three amazing women from Milwaukee - Adrienne Hunter, Jennifer Webster, and Anita Clinton. They've come together with 3 other business partners to provide safe and affordable housing to those in need in their community.By using some of the funds from the American Rescue Plan Act, which gave $15 million to the city of Milwaukee, they're renovating distressed properties in low-income neighborhoods. This is giving citizens the opportunity to own new, quality homes for affordable prices, which can help them create generational wealth in the process. I hope this story inspires you to make a positive difference in your own community. Thanks for watching!00:06:17 Create generational wealth through homeownership. 00:06:38 Generational wealth through real estate. 00:17:40 Get contractors and estimate costs. 00:23:55 Take the first step. 00:25:09 Trust and collaborate.Click Here to Donate: https://the411live.org/donate All contributions made to The 411 Live is tax deductible to the extent permissible by law. Please Subscribe/Follow our podcast so you can get alerts on upcoming podcasts and leave a review. Follow, like, subscribe and watch us on our social media platforms. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@The411LiveFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/The411LiveTwitter: https://twitter.com/The411LiveInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/the411liveIf you have suggestions for future episodes, go to our website, https://the411live.org

While we applaud those who take the brave step to seek assistance, we also acknowledge that the transformation process may require additional support. In some cases, individuals may require a "touch-up" after their initial healing process to ensure they are fully equipped to move forward in their journey towards healing and growth. Beverly engages in a discussion with Nancy Yarbrough, who is the Executive Director of Fresh Start Learning, as well as Angela Clements and Darlene Dyson, who are participants of the Living the Sober Life program. Join us as we explore what Living the Sober Life is, how the program helped them and share insights on how to navigate the healing process after experiencing trauma.Join us as we delve deeper into the topic and discuss why teachers of color are critical for creating a truly inclusive education system.Click Here to Donate: https://the411live.org/donate All contributions made to The 411 Live is tax deductible to the extent permissible by law. 00:05:27 Love yourself first.00:06:09 Heal yourself to help others.00:20:52 God uses us to help others.00:24:26 Make your why your when.00:28:33 Help others through Fresh Start.Please Subscribe/Follow our podcast so you can get alerts on upcoming podcasts and leave a review. Follow, like, subscribe and watch us on our social media platforms. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@The411Live Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The411Live Twitter: https://twitter.com/The411Live Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the411live If you have suggestions for future episodes, go to our website, https://the411live.org

Research shows that a diverse teaching workforce positively impacts student achievement, motivation, and sense of belonging. It is essential for students of color to see teachers who look like them in positions of authority and leadership.In this podcast Beverly talks to Anthony McHenry, CEO of Milwaukee Academy of Science, Jennifer Lopez, CEO of Carmen Schools of Science and Technology and Rodney Lynk Jr., CEO of Milwaukee Excellence Charter School. We explore the importance of representation and diversity in education, particularly the role of Teachers of Color. Join us as we delve deeper into the topic and discuss why teachers of color are critical for creating a truly inclusive education system.Click Here to Donate: https://the411live.org/donate All contributions made to The 411 Live is tax deductible to the extent permissible by law. Please Subscribe/Follow our podcast so you can get alerts on upcoming podcasts and leave a review. Follow, like, subscribe and watch us on our social media platforms. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/The411Live Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The411Live Twitter: https://twitter.com/The411Live Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the411live If you have suggestions for future episodes, go to our website, https://the411live.org

In this powerful video, we explore the idea that violence can be seen as a communicable disease, spreading from person to person and affecting entire communities. We delve into the causes and consequences of violent behavior and examine the ways in which it can be prevented. Join us as Beverly Taylor talks to David Muhammad, Deputy Director of the Milwaukee County Department of Health and Human Services. We explore this important topic and learn how we can work together to create a safer, more peaceful world for all. #ViolenceIsACommunicableDisease #StopTheSpreadOfViolence #PeaceForAll"Click Here to Donate: https://the411live.org/donate All contributions made to The 411 Live is tax deductible to the extent permissible by law. Please Subscribe/Follow our podcast so you can get alerts on upcoming podcasts and leave a review. Follow, like, subscribe and watch us on our social media platforms. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/The411Live Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The411Live Twitter: https://twitter.com/The411Live Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the411live If you have suggestions for future episodes, go to our website, https://the411live.org

Beverly Taylor speaks with filmmaker and former TV journalist Joanne Williams talk about her journey after making the film, “The Exchange In White America” Kaukauna & King 50 Years Later. This film revisits the historic exchange between two very different schools of Wisconsin, Rufus King High School in Milwaukee and Kaukauna High School in the Fox River Valley. One white school and one black school collaborated in a controversial play production in 1966 and now will revive the play 50 years later with a new generation of high school students in the same schools and communities. This journey was very personal for Joanne but she found a story bigger than her own.Click Here to Donate: https://the411live.org/donate All contributions made to The 411 Live is tax deductible to the extent permissible by law. Please Subscribe/Follow our podcast so you can get alerts on upcoming podcasts and leave a review. Follow, like, subscribe and watch us on our social media platforms. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/The411Live Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The411Live Twitter: https://twitter.com/The411Live Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the411live If you have suggestions for future episodes, go to our website, https://the411live.org

Being resilient during challenging times is the ability to adapt and cope with difficulties and stress. This can be improved through developing a growth mindset, maintaining a positive attitude, practicing self-care, having a support system, and having a healthy work-life balance. Today we talk to Dr. Brandon Currie, CEO of Stryv365 about working together and increasing the ability to be resilient during Challenging Times.Click Here to Donate: https://the411live.org/donate All contributions made to The 411 Live is tax deductible to the extent permissible by law. Please Subscribe/Follow our podcast so you can get alerts on upcoming podcasts and leave a review. Follow, like, subscribe and watch us on our social media platforms. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/The411Live Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The411Live Twitter: https://twitter.com/The411Live Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the411live If you have suggestions for future episodes, go to our website, https://the411live.org

Many of us carry around with us a lot of sadness, shame and baggage from our past- things that we are ashamed to tell other people about, in fear of judgment and/ or harsh words. What do you do when you come out of those things? Can you look at what you have went through and learn from it and break the cycle of not passing down pass traumas or habits to the next generation? Today we talk to LaTonya Baker. LaTonya Baker is an author and entrepreneur. She has used her experiences to write several books and help people by breaking generational cycles. During this episode she gives some wonderful tips and information on how you can use your situation to help others, share your stories, and relay what happened so maybe it won't happen again.Click Here to Donate: https://the411live.org/donate All contributions made to The 411 Live is tax deductible to the extent permissible by law. Please Subscribe/Follow our podcast so you can get alerts on upcoming podcasts and leave a review. Follow, like, subscribe and watch us on our social media platforms. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/The411Live Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The411Live Twitter: https://twitter.com/The411Live Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the411live If you have suggestions for future episodes, go to our website, https://the411live.org

Welcome to our annual Year in Review. We’ll take a look back at the 10 most popular podcast episodes of 2022. Thank you for seeking out AND listening to and watching The 411 Live in 2022. We don’t take that for granted. We are a non-profit organization. If you would like to help us in our focus on community issues, go to our website: https://the411live.org/donateWe are a non-profit organization and your financial support will help us continue to help us help you through outreach and education. All contributions made to The 411 Live is tax deductible to the extent permissible by law.

Kia Boys & Girls are known to be as young as 11 and 12-years-old, and some of them learning to drive behind the wheel of a stolen car. They steal dozens of cars each day and terrorize the city. What are the parents doing about their kids stealing cars? A parent's worst nightmare is to get a text message or call that your child is hurt or dead. We talk to Crystal Holmes, the parent of a girl injured in a stolen car and Cornelius Hall, 414 Life Violence Interrupter Supervisor and Certified Gang Expert about the rash of stolen cars in Milwaukee, Kia boys and girls who steal them, their parents and the impact of reckless driving and much more.Click Here to Donate: https://the411live.org/donate All contributions made to The 411 Live is tax deductible to the extent permissible by law. Please Subscribe/Follow our podcast so you can get alerts on upcoming podcasts and leave a review. Follow, like, subscribe and watch us on our social media platforms. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/The411Live Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The411Live Twitter: https://twitter.com/The411Live Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the411live If you have suggestions for future episodes, go to our website, https://the411live.org

Violence can be defined as the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, which either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment, or deprivation. Violence is a learned behavior that can be unlearned. To stop violence, we need to change the individual, group and community behaviors as it relates to how we think and interact with each other. Like other cities around the country, multiple forms of violence have caused significant injury and trauma for individuals, families, and neighborhoods across Milwaukee. Join us as we talk to Cornelius Hall, 414 Life Violence Interrupter Supervisor and Certified Gang Expert about what 414 Life is, what is a violence Interrupter and how they go about interrupting the cycle of violence. Click Here to Donate: https://the411live.org/donate All contributions made to The 411 Live is tax deductible to the extent permissible by law. Please Subscribe/Follow our podcast so you can get alerts on upcoming podcasts and leave a review. Follow, like, subscribe and watch us on our social media platforms. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/The411Live Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The411Live Twitter: https://twitter.com/The411Live Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the411live If you have suggestions for future episodes, go to our website, https://the411live.org

Are you a business owner and you can't seem to maintain your employees or clients? Well, maybe it's not them. Maybe it's you. Your past is your history and if you don’t heal from your past, it will repeat itself and it will show up somewhere within your business. Join us as we talk to LaTara Venise, business woman, author and soul care provider about some of those hindrances that you may or may not even know you have or you may know you have and not know how to overcome them.Click Here to Donate: https://the411live.org/donate All contributions made to The 411 Live is tax deductible to the extent permissible by law. Please Subscribe/Follow our podcast so you can get alerts on upcoming podcasts and leave a review. Follow, like, subscribe and watch us on our social media platforms. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/The411Live Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The411Live Twitter: https://twitter.com/The411Live Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the411live If you have suggestions for future episodes, go to our website, https://the411live.org

We are always growing and adapting to life no matter how old you are. There's always something to learn about yourself and that depends on the effort that you are willing to put into the discovery. Today we talk to Krystal Reed, founder of Linking all Women. She is dedicated to helping women and girls discover the better part of themselves through her programs and courses.Click Here to Donate: https://the411live.org/donate All contributions made to The 411 Live is tax deductible to the extent permissible by law. Please Subscribe/Follow our podcast so you can get alerts on upcoming podcasts and leave a review. Follow, like, subscribe and watch us on our social media platforms. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/The411LiveFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/The411Live Twitter: https://twitter.com/The411Live Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the411live If you have suggestions for future episodes, go to our website, https://the411live.org

There is so much information out there about weight loss but it seems to not fit everyone because some people can’t quite find the right combination to losing weight. It's an amazing feeling when you know that you're going to reach a goal. It's a rush of amazing, it's intoxicating - but it's really like no other feeling in the world. There are so many things that go into losing weight, good and bad, and today we talk to Bianca Smith-Lott about her incredible weight loss journey. She found the right combination after years of trying different diets and exercises. But guess what…there was more that drove her to lose weight. Find out today on The 411 Live.Click Here to Donate: https://the411live.org/donate All contributions made to The 411 Live is tax deductible to the extent permissible by law. Please Subscribe/Follow our podcast so you can get alerts on upcoming podcasts and leave a review. Follow, like, subscribe and watch us on our social media platforms. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/The411LiveFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/The411Live Twitter: https://twitter.com/The411Live Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the411live If you have suggestions for future episodes, go to our website, https://the411live.org

What is your passion? What do you stand for? What would you advocate for? Today we talk to Tory Lowe, Community Advocate and host of the Tory Lowe Show on 101.7 FM from 1p-4pm. We talk about why he is the most requested advocate in Wisconsin, some of the cases he has helped solve and things he had to deal with while helping people. All contributions made to The 411 Live is tax deductible to the extent permissible by law. Click Here to Donate: https://the411live.org/donate Please Subscribe/Follow our podcast so you can get alerts on upcoming podcasts and leave a review. Follow, like, subscribe and watch us on our social media platforms. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/The411LiveFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/The411Live Twitter: https://twitter.com/The411Live Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the411live If you have suggestions for future episodes, go to our website, https://the411live.org

Milwaukee is almost like two cities in one. We have economic growth downtown, we have a NBA championship team, we have the Republican and Democratic national Committees looking to bring conventions here and then you have that other side with high levels of poverty, crime, record level homicides, and things that are happening that affect a lot of our young black males. Today we talk to Andre Lee Ellis and his wife Angela Ellis about imbalances within households that lead kids to disruptive behaviors.All contributions made to The 411 Live is tax deductible to the extent permissible by law. Click Here to Donate: https://the411live.org/donate Please Subscribe/Follow our podcast so you can get alerts on upcoming podcasts and leave a review. Follow, like, subscribe and watch us on our social media platforms. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/The411LiveFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/The411Live Twitter: https://twitter.com/The411Live Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the411live/... If you have suggestions for future episodes, go to our website, https://the411live.org

Do you ever wonder when you're going through a really tough time, why did God allow those storms in life to happen? Well, there could be a reason and we are going to discuss possible reasons today on this episode of The 411 Live. Joining us again is Julius R Malone of the New Testament church of Milwaukee. We will talk about possible reasons why storms of life happen and what you can do to overcome them.All contributions made to The 411 Live is tax deductible to the extent permissible by law. Click Here to Donate: https://the411live.org/donate Please Subscribe/Follow our podcast so you can get alerts on upcoming podcasts and leave a review. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/The411Live Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The411Live Twitter: https://twitter.com/The411LiveInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/the411live/Follow, like, subscribe and watch us on our social media platforms. If you have suggestions for future episodes, go to our website, https://the411live.org

Life is good! Really good. You're happy things couldn't get any better and then the unexpected happens and it throws you for a loop. Join us as Beverly talks to Pastor Julius Malone, Senior Pastor of New Testament Church of Milwaukee about how to overcome difficult or unexpected situations through God.The 411 Live is a non-profit organization and your financial support will help us continue to help us help you through outreach and education. All contributions made to The 411 Live is tax deductible to the extent permissible by law. Click Here to Donate: https://the411live.org/donatePlease Subscribe/Follow our podcast so you can get alerts on upcoming podcasts and leave a review. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/The411LiveFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/The411LiveTwitter: https://twitter.com/The411LiveInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/the411live/...Follow, like, subscribe and watch us on our social media platforms. If you have suggestions for future episodes, go to our website, https://the411live.org

Welcome back to Part 2 of our Season 6 in Review! Again we would like to thank those who have joined us along the way. We encourage you to check out the full versions on YouTube or any podcast Platform. Today on Part 2 of our recap of season 6, we review episodes 11-15 with DJ Rodrian, president of Rodrian Insurance, Dr. Brandon Currie, CEO of Stryv365, and Krayton Nash, program manager at Stryv365, Nia Obotette, a triathlete and children's book author, Montréal Cain, founder and CEO of MERA, Andre Lee Ellis, the founder of the program “We Got This” and his wife, Angela Ellis. We talk about how Just One More Ministry delivers nealy 4 million pounds of food to the needy, customized trauma-informed programming for youth, a black author who created the 1st black Triathlete book for kids, a community based preventative care and crisis intervention app that creates peace of mind by monitoring a family member or friend that you care for and at last, we talk about substance abuse, near death experiences and empowering young black males to become active in their communities.The 411 Live is a non-profit organization and your financial support will help us continue to help us help you through outreach and education. All contributions made to The 411 Live is tax deductible to the extent permissible by law. Click Here to Donate: https://the411live.org/donate Please Subscribe/Follow our podcast so you can get alerts on upcoming podcasts and leave a review. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/The411Live Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The411Live Twitter: https://twitter.com/The411Live Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the411live/... Follow, like, subscribe and watch us on our social media platforms. If you have suggestions for future episodes, go to our website, https://the411live.org

We've reached another milestone. We have wrapped up season six of The 411 Live Real People Real Talk. We would like to thank those who have joined us along the way. We're going to take the next two episodes to review the podcast in season six and encourage you to check out the full versions on YouTube or any podcast Platform. Today on Part 1 of our recap of season 6 we review episodes 1-6 with Susan Lubar, President and founder of Growing Minds, Chris Walton, former Chairman of the Democratic Party of Milwaukee County, George Hinton, CEO of the Social Development Commission, David Daley, National Best Selling Author, Dr. Debbie Lassiter, CEO & Co-founder of Convergence Resource Center, Arnold Cifax, Director of HEMAD of Convergence Resource Center, Arron Heffernan, Licensed Child & Family Therapist of Jewish Family Services and Patrice McBeath, Mental Health Clinic Counselor of Jewish Family Services.We talk about mindfulness, men and sex trafficking, gerrymandering, voting, transformative and transactional work in the community, and kids dealing with mental health issues in school.The 411 Live is a non-profit organization and your financial support will help us continue to help us help you through outreach and education. All contributions made to The 411 Live is tax deductible to the extent permissible by law. Click Here to Donate: https://the411live.org/donatePlease Subscribe/Follow our podcast so you can get alerts on upcoming podcasts and leave a review.Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/The411LiveFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/The411LiveTwitter: https://twitter.com/The411LiveInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/the411live/?hl=enFollow, like, subscribe and watch us on our social media platforms.And if you have suggestions for future episodes, go to our website, https://the411live.org

It's important to provide programs that are mentally, physically and academically stimulating for our young people. Art, music or dance can help them evolve on many different levels. It will keep their minds sharp while also giving the body a break from everyday stressors. Not all kids have access to these types of programs because some parents are struggling financially or live in low income neighborhoods where such opportunities don't exist. Join us as Beverly talks to Linda Wade, founder of Above the Clouds about how her organization is helping to make sure no one gets left behind by providing free arts programs to kids. The 411 Live is a non-profit organization and your financial support will help us continue to help us help you through outreach and education. All contributions made to The 411 Live is tax deductible to the extent permissible by law. Click Here to Donate: https://the411live.org/donate