Community Partner Team from the 2011 VPI Call for Partnerships Project Start Date: 7/1/2012 Project End Date: 6/30/2015
Award Amount: $749,999
Project Goals: In their first year, Ripple Effect Milwaukee (REM) will utilize their collective experience and expertise to develop a comprehensive peace building curriculum that will be implemented in five Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee (BGCGM) sites and the St. Charles FOCUS program. This curriculum features peer-training-peer components and will expand to five additional BGCGM sites in the second and third years of funding, for a total of fifteen clubs to deliver the program. Additionally, REM will create youth-led leadership councils and theatrical productions that actively engage the community to reduce and prevent violence.
Community Partners: Primary Community Partner: Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee Additional community partner organization names:
Academic Partners: Primary Academic Partner: John Meurer, MD, MBA, Institute for Health and Society Additional Academic Partner: Staci Young, PhD, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Project Progress Summary Reports: Project Progress Report Summary 7/1/2012 - 12/31/2012
Affiliated Web Pages: Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee Casa Romero Renewal Center, Inc. Marquette University Center for Peacemaking (CfP) Milwaukee Public Theatre St. Charles Youth & Family Services, Inc. Vistelar, LLC
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