We Got This has hit the half way mark for the summer. This week, Meg and Alex recap a rainy Saturday at the garden and discuss some of the ins and outs of running a non-profit.
Signs of change are everywhere if you know what to look for. This week, Meg and Alex talk about changes in the neighborhood and the recent influx of rabbits in the neighborhood.
This week, Meg and Alex recap week 6 at We Got This. With over 160 coming out to the garden to work this week, it was a busy one. Food was produced and given away for the first time this season and the kids had plenty of opportunities to learn life lessons and practice working.
This week, Meg and Alex talk about the heat, leadership, winning at work, and week 5 at We Got This.
This week, Meg and Alex discuss the idea that someone or something can be all good or all bad and the traps that this line of thinking can lead to.
This week, Meg and Alex recap week 4 at We Got This. The two talk about reaching capacity early in the morning and some of the lessons taught and hopefully learned in the garden.
This week Meg and Alex recap week 3 at the garden. This week there were a lot of opportunities to work through adversity and reframe thinking around work and doing hard things.
Protests aren't new but have been in the news lately. Typically protests take one form. This week Meg and Alex talk about expanding the definition, or at least broadening what activities we consider to be a protest.
This week, Meg and Alex give a week 2 recap of what happened at the garden and the two talk through some highlights including the exciting opportunity to resolve conflict in the community.
When doing any kind of advocacy work, it is easy to assume that everything will work in your favor or anyone with a similar set of values will see your vision and support the actions you take to make your vision a reality. However, that rarely happens. This week, Meg and Alex talk about unexpected adversity and how to think about instances when people you assume are on your side push back on what you are doing.
It's garden season. This week, Meg and Alex recap week 1 at We Got This and talk about the muscle known as responsibility and how kids at We Got This get to grow that muscle throughout the summer.
Correcting societal inequities is point of social justice work. One of the major inequities found in the inner city is the lack of financial capacity found here. This week, Meg and Alex talk about one pathway to building financial capacity in the neighborhood.
The economic opportunities for the poor are few and far between. This week, Meg and Alex talk about one of those opportunities and talk about some of the factors that lead up to someone choosing to take advantage of that opportunity.
This week, Meg and Alex talk about the power that perspective has when trying to understand what we see in the world around us.
Solving complex problems requires a nuianced understanding of the problem. This week Meg and Alex talk about the psycology of the dumper and give a quick We Got This update.
Sometimes in life, the opportunity to do good in the world stems from aggrivation around a circumstance. This week, Meg and Alex talk about how to spot opportunities to be the change hidden within circumstances you may not love.
This week, Meg and Alex discuss differing viewpoints on solving the cities litter problem.
This week, Meg and Alex give an update on what has been going on in the neighborhood. Specifically, the two talk about house fires and another recent instance of someone losing their home to a house fire.
In life, things either get better or they get worse, but they rarely stay the same. This week, Meg and Alex talk about some of the new things happening at We Got This for the 2025 growing season.
Dumping has been in the news a lot lately here in Milwaukee. This week, Meg and Alex talk about what someones option are when their property is dumped on and give some insights on the current response system that exists.
What does it say about a neighborhood when it's treated like a garbage dump? This week, Meg and Alex discuss this and share on the topic of dumping, which is a common practice in inner city neighborhoods.
This week, Meg and Alex talk about the mechanics and give a little history lesson around the purchase of their latest property. The two share about housing inequities and the injustice that exists in their neighborhood around housing values as well as what can happen when an out of state landlord buys a property they cannot manage.
This week Meg and Alex talk about the transferring of problems in the tenant/landlord relationship and fixing broken furnaces.
For those of us that are socially justice minded, it can be challenging sometimes to take that inclination and turn it into action. This week, Meg and Alex give some tips for going from calling to action.
The news can be unsettling, unnerving, or even aggrivating. This week, Meg and Alex talk about a different way to think about calls to serving a community, state, or even a nation with the hope of funneling discomfort toward action.
This week, Meg and Alex share an excerpt from the book Bad Neighborhoods. If you like the 53206 Cast, Bad Neighborhoods is similar in concept, but is more of a deep dive into the issues facing areas of concentrated poverty. The audio version of the book can be found on the Bad Neighborhoods podcast feed or by using this link: https://open.spotify.com/show/2U5tj17PnVr8uV52pDsDjB
This week, Meg and Alex talk about the added responsibility put onto residents in areas of concentrated poverty to keep the standard of living within their community at a baseline level. Interested in checking out the book Bad Neighborhoods? Bad Neighborhood can be found anywhere you listen to podcasts or by clicking the link here: https://open.spotify.com/show/2U5tj17PnVr8uV52pDsDjB
In this episode of The 53206 Cast , Meg and Alex reflect on the complexities of making a positive impact in the community. They share their thoughts on a recent early morning hit-and-run accident that hit close to home, and how it underscores the nuiances within collective and individual responsibility. They also highlight an event at the We Got This Community Garden, where kids chose gifts for their parents or guardians—an effort to reward kids for their hard work in the summer. Join Meg and Al...
Memory updated The 53206 Cast: A Conversation with Andre Lee Ellis In this episode of The 53206 Cast , we’re excited to welcome Andre Lee Ellis, founder of We Got This and the visionary leader of The Cage , a transformative initiative making a profound impact in the heart of Milwaukee. Andre shares his powerful journey of mentoring youth, building community, and addressing systemic inequities. Through his leadership of The Cage, he has created a space for empowerment, growth, and hope, offering ...
While being motivated by fear can by helpful sometimes, when we make everyday decisions about how we interact with the world, fear is one of the least useful tools we have. This week, Meg and Alex discuss how fear has impacted their neighborhood and offer some alternatives to a fear based approach.
