Network Health Sponsors America’s Black Holocaust Museum in Milwaukee
By Kelli VanderWielen, community engagement coordinator at Network Health
Updated 1/16/2023
Building healthy and strong Wisconsin communities is our mission. A mission like this can’t be done alone and has always involved working alongside those who are similarly committed to making Wisconsin a place the rest of the nation can look up to.
One of our recent partnership is one for which we are grateful and teeming with anticipation as it relates to our shared mission. As a 2022 sponsor of America’s Black Holocaust Museum in Milwaukee, Network Health recently joined the museum for its Community Day on January 13, 2023.
Community Day allowed visitors access to the museum at no cost. Over 80 members of the community came out to attend. At the museum, guests were able to explore galleries and exhibits about Black history, including both atrocities against and achievements by Black Americans over multiple centuries.
Folks from Network Health were on-site, engaging with museum attendees to offer information and giveaways. The values of diversity, inclusion and social justice are at the core of Network Health, making this a uniquely special event for the Network Health team to take part in.
About America's Black Holocaust Museum
Founded in 1988 by Dr. James Cameron, America’s Black Holocaust Museum is a historical and memorial museum that commemorates and provides factual, primary-source information on the American Black Holocaust, from pre-captivity in Africa through the present day.
Every year, thousands of the museum’s visitors learn about the history of African peoples before captivity, their journey to the United States of America, the brutal years of enslavement that followed, the ongoing oppression through Jim Crow laws and anti-Black legal frameworks, lynching and the modern systems that are born from, perpetuate and enshrine racial inequality throughout the United States of America.
Despite giving up its building in 2008, the museum the museum debuted its online virtual museum in 2012, an interactive way for visitors to explore extensive exhibits that are updated regularly. On February 25, 2022, America’s Black Holocaust Museum opened its new physical museum space in Milwaukee’s Bronzeville neighborhood at 401 W. North Ave. The date holds significance for the museum, as it is the birth date of Dr. Cameron, whose son attended the grand reopening ceremony.
Thank you to everyone who came out for Community Day. If you missed it or want to stay aware of future events at America’s Black Holocaust Museum, you can visit the museum’s events page here. More information about the museum can be found at ABHMuseum.org.
For more information about Network Health community initiatives and support, contact us today.
Header image credit to America's Black Holocaust Museum
