The event was held at the  Wisconsin Black Historical Society Museum, which gave attendees an opportunity to learn more about our local African American leaders.

We enjoyed 
an outstanding meal from 
IRIE ZULU 
owned by PD member 
Yollande Deacon.

Click here to visit Irie Zulu's website!

VP of Programs Erica Gumieny
emceed the afternoon and announced that we had
OVER 100
members and guests in the room!

Our partners from the 
African American Leadership Alliance Milwaukee
joined us to celebrate both organizations' work on brave conversations and to hear the stories they helped us curate. 

Click here to learn more about the AALAM

We shared video testimonials created by Plum Media of 
Conversation Circle Participants 
and their stories

Click here to watch them all! 

Our panel of storytellers 
Jennifer Allen
Brian McKaig
Martha Davis Kipcak
moved us as they shared their experiences.

We remembered those we 
lost last month 
JoAnne Robis and 
ReDonna Rodgers

Click here to read the recent Journal Sentinel article on ReDonna.

And we celebrated
and thanked the
women who started it all!