Survivor spotlight: Sara
Selfless, caring and concerned about meeting other people’s needs – that’s just Sara’s way.
It started when she was young. When Sara was 10 years old, her father walked out on the family, shifting his adult-sized responsibilities onto her tiny shoulders. It was a devastating blow. Her siblings turned to drugs and alcohol to cope with their father’s absence while Sara put aside her feelings of abandonment to care for her family.
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Spotlight on human trafficking in Milwaukee
The Jeffrey Epstein case and recent local media coverage have shined a new light on the problem of human trafficking. Sojourner partners with Milwaukee Police Department's Sensitive Crimes to lead the Milwaukee Joint Human Trafficking Task Force.
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Our school supply drive is underway now - Aug. 10
Do you remember how you felt opening a brand new box of crayons on the first day of school? Well, times have changed and now kids need new washable markers, ear buds and glue sticks, among other supplies.
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Hope Rises
Sojourner partners with Artists Working in Education (AWE) and their artist-in-residence program where local artists create large-scale works of art with Milwaukee youth. We’ve worked with AWE since 2018 and just completed our second piece, Hope Rises.
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