Tia Richardson and Rebecca Hall at Greenfield Bilingual School during American Education Week MEDIA COVERAGE: Milwaukee Public Schools coverage:  http://www5.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/dept/superintendent/2013/11/mps-educators-honored/ Fox 6 News video footage :   http://fox6now.com/2013/11/19/celebrating-american-education-week-in-milwaukee/ On November 19, 2013 I was invited to participate in American Education Week by being an educator for a day in Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS). The invitation came in the form of a phone call from Milwaukee Teacher's Education Association (MTEA) communications coordinator Kelly Dawson Salas. I accepted, and was informed I would be paired with an art teacher and shadow or lead a class. At that time it was unknown which school and which teacher I would be paired with. One week prior to the call I had already completed two presentations at MPS Greenfield Bilingual school as a SHARP visual literacy presenter. The morning of my first SHA...

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd, 2013 3 - 6pm  *POTLUCK! Bring a dish to pass Aztec Ink Tattoo Shop (enter through back) 1230 S. Cesar Chavez Drive Milwaukee, WI *As of 2014 Aztec Ink has moved to a new location! Find them at 2971 S. 13th St, Milwaukee, WI The STITCH Milwaukee Community Mural project began as a dream to bring people from different parts of town that normally don't cross paths together. It began as a series of summer open mics that began five years ago. This year the STITCH community wanted to do a collaborative mural project alongside the open mics. They created a video ( here ) to share the vision for a successful indiegogo campaign. In July of this year after attending my first STITCH open mic I knew I wanted to be involved. I volunteered my time over the next three months to help co-facilitate the dreaming process with Jeannette Martin - a founding STITCH organizer - that happened between a number of participants who didn't initially view themselves a...