Thank you to contributing members and supporters who helped turn $4,000 Into a $16,000 Gift to Support America’s Black Holocaust Museum!
Milwaukee Turners Members now receive 10% off when dining in Tavern at Turner Hall
Milwaukee Turners are glad to announce that new and existing members can receive a 10% discount on any food items when dining in Tavern at Turner Hall. The discount is valid through 2019 and includes any food items on the menu, but does not include alcoholic beverages ordered in the restaurant or bar.
Please share your Milwaukee Turners membership card with your server when dining at the Tavern to receive the discount.
A message from Milwaukee Turners’ new Executive Director, Nicholas La Joie
This past month, I officially began working as the new executive director for the Milwaukee Turners. While I have had the pleasure to meet and work with many of members and friends of Milwaukee Turners already, there are still dozens of you whom I look forward to connecting with in the near future.
Prior to coming to the Turners, I worked in media and communications at Marquette University for 12 years while also volunteering in a number of community advocacy committees and neighborhood outreach groups with the goal of making our city’s streets safer and healthier for all our residents. My advocacy work has helped me become aware of the deep need for targeted social justice efforts in our community. I am excited to be a part of Milwaukee Turners and look forward to joining the great initiatives that have already been started here with the help of so many of you, and I can’t wait to explore how we might build on these efforts by working toward new and innovative programs in the future.
Milwaukee Turners Gym hosts 2019 USA World Cup Ice Climbing Team member Angela Limbach
Milwaukee Turner's Climbing Gym is proud to announce its support for Angela Limbach, member of the 2019 Team USA World Cup Ice Climbing Competition.
Milwaukee Turner's Climbing Gym is proud to announce its support for Angela Limbach, member of the 2019 Team USA World Cup Ice Climbing Competition.
Angela is a Milwaukee resident who works as a data analyst for a local software company and also works as a part time climbing coach. Angela is one of only 21 male and female athletes selected by the American Alpine Club (AAC) to represent the USA at the 2019 UIAA World Cup Ice Climbing Finals.
Jane's Walk MKE 2019
Mark your calendars!
It’s time to get the community out to explore our beautiful city!
This May, Milwaukee Turners is pleased to bring you Jane's Walk MKE for the fourth year. Jane’s Walks are free, resident-led neighborhood explorations and community-building events that embody urban activist Jane Jacob’s legacy through observing and discussing, educating and storytelling, and collectively reimagining and changing the places in which Milwaukeeans live, work and play. We envision a Milwaukee that has “the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, [it is] created by everybody,” as Jane Jacob’s wrote in The Death and Life of Great American Cities.
President's Corner: by Art Heitzer
Despite the polar vortex and a variety of other unique challenges, Milwaukee Turners are off to a great start for 2019. Here’s a brief update, and we welcome your membership, renewal, and support in all appropriate ways.
First, we are thrilled to welcome our new Executive Director, Nicholas La Joie who began coinciding with the Dr. Martin Luther King holiday in January. Nicholas has taken the reins (& there are many of them) firmly in hand. These include our 130 year old building suffering from the slings and arrows of invading snow and arctic air, freezing and aging pipes (despite the best prevention efforts), and some significant shaking as our multi million dollar neighbor across the street had its roof imploded and massive steel and concrete are still crashing down as I write this. We and structural engineers are assessing the results.
New Gymnastics Instructor
New Yoga Instructor
President's Corner: by Art Heitzer
As we enter on 2019, I am struck by the divergence in expectations for the year. On Saturday, the board chair of a leading non-profit Black arts organization began by stating her optimism and hope for the year 2019. That same day, another dedicated colleague whose been a leader in our MTI work for criminal justice reform asked “who is not having darker visions these days?”
President's Corner: by Art Heitzer
As we near the end of 2018, we have much to be thankful for. The Milwaukee Turners continue to be viable after 166 years, still and in fact renewed in our commitment to promote "sound minds" in "sound bodies." Accomplishing this dual goal is not an easy task in any environment. We need -- and greatly value -- your support.
President's Corner: by Art Heitzer
The Legacy of the 1848er’s and Progressive German Immigrants from the Civil War to the 1890’s
Harvey J. Kaye, Q&A ” The Fight for the Four Freedoms: What Made FDR and the Greatest Generation Truly Great “
Q&A Award-winning Wisconsin author, Harvey J. Kaye, presents his latest book The Fight for the Four Freedoms: What Made FDR and the Greatest Generation Truly Great for a talk and signing in Gestern Hall at Turner Hall, located 1034 N. 4th Street in Milwaukee. Delving into history for inspiration for the present, Kaye will not only regale you with tales of one of America’s most beloved presidents, but motivate you toward a freer and more democratic America.
Support Prisoner Resistance
Doors Open
Please join us for Doors Open 2018!!
Tours of Turner Hall will take place on Saturday, September 22nd and Sunday, September 23rd.
Saturday tours will be from 10 to 2; Sunday tours are from 11 to 3.
Birthday Celebration of Milwaukee Antifascist Mildred Fish Harnack on September 16
The Milwaukee Democratic Socialists of America are holding a birthday potluck at Turner Hall in honor of Mildred Fish Harnack, a Milwaukee native and German Resistance member who lost her life upon Hitler’s orders in 1943. "As we come together to celebrate this courageous antifascist fighter, we will share a meal and drinks and hear a short program from two scholars of Fish Harnack and the German Resistance, who are Turner members. We encourage all to bring a small dish to share, but it is not required. We will also have a birthday cake! Join us on Sunday, September 16 from 1-3pm at the Gestern room at Turner Hall, 1034 N. Vel Phillips Ave, MKE 53203. If you know you're coming, please RSVP to artheitzer@gmail.com
2018 FRANK P. ZEIDLER MEMORIAL LECTURE
Presented by: Milwaukee Turners, Zeidler Memorial Lecture Committee, and Boswell Book Company
Date/Time: Monday, Oct. 8, 2018, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Location: Todd Wehr Auditorium-MSOE, 1047 N. Broadway
Public Invited
Free Admission
‘Misdemeanorland’ and Wisconsin (IN)Justice system: Easy in . . . Ever out?’
Speaker: Issa Kohler-Hausmann
A discussion of her new book, “Misdemeanorland: Criminal Courts and Social Control in an Age of Broken Windows Policing,” and its relevance to the Milwaukee and Wisconsin criminal justice systems.A Milwaukee native, Kohler-Hausmann is an Associate Professor of law at Yale Law School with a secondary appointment in sociology. She has become recognized for her work in misdemeanor arrests and parole in New York.
Panelists:
Hon. Carl Ashley, Milwaukee County Circuit Judge,Former public defender
Terri Strodthoff, Founder and Exec. Director, the Alma Center
John T. Chisholm, Milwaukee County District Attorney
Moderator: Defense Atty. Craig Mastantuono, who helped Baron Walker, featured in the film “53206,” win parole after 22 years in prison and six parole denials. For more information contact the Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee: office@interfaithconference.org or (414) 276-9050
Anita Zeidler
Anita Zeidler was, like Charlotte Bleistein, a dedicated and powerful though soft-spoken woman who was both a long term Milwaukee Turner and a Socialist, and both were deeply influenced by Frank Zeidler, Anita's father and Milwaukee's Mayor from 1948-1960. Last September we lost Charlotte, who died in her sleep at 102 after being with us and many others at Fightin' Bob Fest, carrying on the tradition of Bob LaFollette, who thought people's interests came before corporations.
Milwaukee Turners "Color of Law" discussion group
Position Announcement Executive Director
The Milwaukee Turners seeks an energetic and visionary leader who will help take our organization forward in a changing environment. The Turners’ motto “A Sound Mind in a Sound Body” has shaped the activity in Turner Hall, a National Historic Landmark. Today we offer a rare blend of programming for our members and a diverse community. The future offers an opportunity to build on our past and re-establish Turner Hall as a progressive contemporary community asset in the heart of Milwaukee.