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Community

Ground corps

Groundwork Milwaukee has been reinventing and greening spaces with people and organizations across the city. We see signs of hope and healing everywhere; gardens for food, flowers, exercise and art are present that did not exist last year.

We see the green workforce of the future as one that is interested in more than solar panels and wind turbines, but also cares about addressing issues of equity with an informed historical perspective. The goal is to foster educated, skilled individuals that will strive to change the systems that lead to environmental injustice.

We provide people with knowledge and skills around urban agriculture and green infrastructure while framing the utility of these skills in environmental justice concepts. 

This work is based on four programmatic pillars: 

  • Civic Engagement, because we believe in the power of listening and in working with residents, not on them;

  • Leadership, because climate change will be multigenerational in the undoing and we need to pass the torch to tomorrow's leaders; 

  • STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math), because these leaders will need these skills as they devise new climate change solutions; and

  • Lifelong Learning, because our methods are continually evolving as we listen to residents, scientists, and other stakeholders.  

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Groundcorps in Yellowstone National Park

The Groundwork USA program at Yellowstone, now in its fifth year, allows 60 youth who spend their summers working on conservation projects in inner cities the chance to spend eight days each working in the Park. The youth are selected from Groundwork sites across the United States and are often chosen from dozens of other candidates.

The week spent in Yellowstone, often the highlight of the Groundwork youths’ summer, allows them the opportunity to work with conservation professionals at YCC, connecting the work they do in their home communities to preservation efforts in the Park. For many Groundwork youth, this is their first time in a national park.

Over the next few weeks, youth from 23 cities will participate in the program in Yellowstone. The first Groundwork crew is building trail improvements between the Norris Campground and the Norris Geyser Basin and installing buck-n-rail fencing at the campground and “bumper” logs at the Boiling River. The youth spend their off-work hours hiking the Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces, wildlife touring, and engaging in resource education.

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DONATE

 We are very appreciative of the generous donations we receive from our community. We could not do what we do without your support! To make in-kind donations to our Green Jobs & Education programming, please check out our wishlist of tools and materials, or make a financial donation to Groundwork Milwaukee.

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CONTACT

If you are interested in learning more ways to get involved with Green Jobs and Education, please contact at info@groundworkmke.org.