Common Ground in the News

Reverend Dr. Demetrius Williams, the pastor of the Community Baptist Church of Greater Milwaukee on North Sherman Blvd., speaks during ceremony

Several of our parishioners live in Sherman Park and last week, two of them, Cathy and David Simpson, were present at Washington High School for the groundbreaking of the new athletic field. Common Ground started this campaign almost seven years ago when we were working in Sherman Park on the housing foreclosure issue and we exposed the inequities in athletic fields in MPS schools vs the outlying suburban schools.

It took time but Common Ground helped this happen. To read more, click here. It is an inspiring story. As Deacon Hardy said, it was a great day in the neighborhood.

Questions? Ask Pat Ruttum.