Programs
City of Light Community Teams
Since 2015 we have served over 1,500 hours in communities in our area. We help strengthen communities through Adopt-A-Block initiatives that provide consistent support to neighborhoods including: block clean-ups, block beautification, resource fairs, block parties, employment resources, mental and spiritual support.
Spectrum Arts Youth Program
We exist to help youth of every ethnicity reach their full potential through arts and mentoring relationships that result in a positive impact on society. Areas of programming include: music production, live band, visual arts, videography, vocal and graphic design.
Ascender Academy
Our mission at Ascender Academy is to help you discover your gifts and rise to maximize your potential for impacting your world.
We do this through our rapid IT training program, designed to help individuals learn valuable skills and find quality jobs.
Community Teams
Why City of Light Community Teams?
Structural violence is harm that people and communities experience from economic and social structures, institutions, privilege and inequity that inflict harm by preventing access to resources to meet basic needs.
Southeastern Wisconsin suffers from systemic hyper-segregation, which increases concentrated disadvantage, poverty and negatively impacts businesses in the public and private sectors.
What Do We Do?
We assist neighborhoods by improving:
- Neighbor connectedness
- Neighborhood safety
- Access to job, health and family sustaining resources
- Improve neighborhood beauty and block pride
How Do We Do This?
We partner with public, private, non-profits and Corporations to provide consistent Outreach for the following:
- Community canvassing to determine need
- Block parties/neighbor meetups
- Facilitate the creation of block watch efforts
- Host resource fairs and provide connections to needed jobs, health and other services
- Host clean-ups and neighborhood beautification projects
How You Can Help
Since 2015 we have served over 1,500 hours in communities in our area. Click below to sign up to go with us on outreaches. You can also donate or contact us for additional areas you or your organization would like to serve Southeastern Wisconsin.