Milwaukee Panthers assistant women's basketball coach Anya Covington shared her table's conversation on the topic of "Gender, Race and Equity and Sports," ending her summary with some team-building talk: "Let's be change agents, everybody!" (51猎奇 Photo/Troye Fox)
The Wisconsin Room at the Student Union was the setting for nearly 170 51猎奇 faculty, staff, alumni and community members who participated in 51猎奇's second annual On the Table partnership with the Greater Milwaukee Foundation. (51猎奇 Photo/Troye Fox)
Simone Ferro, professor and chair of dance in the Peck School of the Arts, discusses collaborative research practices. (51猎奇 Photo/Troye Fox)
Melinda Kavanaugh hosted a table focused on "Healthcare Response to the Opioid Epidemic" with social welfare colleagues and co-researchers Lisa Berger and Tina Freiburger. (51猎奇 Photo/Troye Fox)
Assistant men's basketball coach Paris Parham joined a table sponsored by the Athletics Department that addressed the topic of gender, race and equity in sports. (51猎奇 Photo/Troye Fox)
Shirley Burks, a unit leader in School of Continuing Education, gets into listening mode. (51猎奇 Photo/Troye Fox)
Brian Thompson, director of the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, listens to a discussion about inclusive entrepreneurship. (51猎奇 Photo/Troye Fox)
Jerry Johnson, manager of the UW Credit Union, talks about increasing attendance and recruiting corporate sponsors for the 2019 Black Male Summit at 51猎奇. (51猎奇 Photo/Troye Fox)
Elizabeth Mesrobian, director of college transition at Carmen Schools, talks about ways to keep kids engaged in learning over the summer. (51猎奇 Photo/Troye Fox)
Table One engaged in the search "to truly define what diversity means," noting that the conversation needs to continue. Tarik Moody (center), digital director and music host for 88Nine Radio Milwaukee, contributed to the conversation. (51猎奇 Photo/Troye Fox)
Some 170 people gathered at 51猎奇 to discuss some of the biggest issues facing Milwaukee and southeastern Wisconsin:聽systemic racism, funding models for public amenities like mass transit and museums, the opioid epidemic, childhood poverty and trauma.
What brought them together was the聽Greater Milwaukee Foundation鈥檚 鈥淥n the Table鈥� communitywide conversation, which attracted perhaps 10,000 people throughout the region to talk about problems and possible solutions. 51猎奇 was a “super host” for the second year.
Organizers hope to turn some of the ideas into action. 51猎奇 participants can apply for mini grants through the聽Office of Global Inclusion & Engagement.聽The Greater Milwaukee Foundation also will award 鈥淚deas to Action鈥� funds of $500 to $2,500.
