Courage MKE empowers today’s LGBTQ+ youth to become tomorrow’s leaders Courage MKE is a collaborative movement to provide housing, resources, and services needed for displaced and homeless LGBTQ+ youth in Milwaukee to thrive.
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In addition the Courage House to serve displaced youth, our organization also provides scholarships, hygiene care packages and other services for the LGBTQ+ youth of Greater Milwaukee.
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Thank you The Iron Horse Hotel and Tito's Handmade Vodka for your support today with your Pride brunch! It means so much to us knowing your part of the family!! HAPPY PRIDE!!! 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
Thank you The Iron Horse Hotel and Tito's Handmade Vodka for your support today with your Pride brunch! It means so much to us knowing your part of the family!! HAPPY PRIDE!!! 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
We have the best family ever!!🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
• y’all don’t forget we’re raising money for @couragemke all month long! we’ll donate $10 for each box we sell and $5 for every Pride + Courage candle! •
One more milestone just now and we are so very, very proud! Please join us in congratulating one of our residents as she just walked across the stage for her 8th grade commencement ceremony! She has worked so hard for this moment and looked so beautiful as she walked across the stage!!! Next stop, high school!!!
Tonight we celebrate with special treats and maybe a bonfire!!
One more milestone just now and we are so very, very proud! Please join us in congratulating one of our residents as she just walked across the stage for her 8th grade commencement ceremony! She has worked so hard for this moment and looked so beautiful as she walked across the stage!!! Next stop, high school!!!
Tonight we celebrate with special treats and maybe a bonfire!!
We are so pleased to share our 2020 annual report.
For questions, please email us at: [email protected]
To view the report please click the link below.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MTQP57WxjvafMkUZFyqArWp0K1oelKva/view?usp=sharing
WOWZA!!! Do we have a HUGE milestone to celebrate today!
One of our residents has worked so hard and has exceeded so many expectations. Today we celebrate his high school graduation! We are so very proud of him!
Please join us in showering him with love today by commenting below!!! 🎓🌈🎓🌈🎓
WOWZA!!! Do we have a HUGE milestone to celebrate today!
One of our residents has worked so hard and has exceeded so many expectations. Today we celebrate his high school graduation! We are so very proud of him!
Please join us in showering him with love today by commenting below!!! 🎓🌈🎓🌈🎓
To all of our Family, Happy PRIDE Month! We honor each of you in the role you play in creating a safer, more inclusive community! Thank you for your love. Thank you for your voice. Thank you for being here with us! 🌈🌈🌈
With your help we will be able to expand our programing to support MORE LGBTQ+ youth in our communities! STAY TUNED EVERYONE!!!
wwww.couragemke.com/donate
To all of our Family, Happy PRIDE Month! We honor each of you in the role you play in creating a safer, more inclusive community! Thank you for your love. Thank you for your voice. Thank you for being here with us! 🌈🌈🌈
With your help we will be able to expand our programing to support MORE LGBTQ+ youth in our communities! STAY TUNED EVERYONE!!!
wwww.couragemke.com/donate
Please join us in congratulating one of our residents who just walked across the stage for her 8th Grade Promotion! We are so very, very proud of the work she has put in to get to today!!! Tonight we are celebrating with cake and some extra special treats!!!
Please join us in congratulating one of our residents who just walked across the stage for her 8th Grade Promotion! We are so very, very proud of the work she has put in to get to today!!! Tonight we are celebrating with cake and some extra special treats!!!
“May 25. A day to remember George Floyd and the sacrifice he made a year ago. The long history of racial inequity, oppression, and injustice was brought to light once again because of his death. Conversations around these issues have evolved, but there's still a lot more progress to be made.” - Don Lemon CNN
(Image: Nikkolas Smith)
“May 25. A day to remember George Floyd and the sacrifice he made a year ago. The long history of racial inequity, oppression, and injustice was brought to light once again because of his death. Conversations around these issues have evolved, but there's still a lot more progress to be made.” - Don Lemon CNN
(Image: Nikkolas Smith)
It’s beginning to look a lot like... 🏳️🌈PRIDE!🏳️🌈
Come on down to Cream City Print Lounge to make one or all 11 pride designs!!! Fresh roasted corn, Sno cone truck, raffles, coffee and full bar and lots of smiling faces!!!!!
8010 W. National Ave, West Allis
Thank you for the support modernmakershomeandbath! What a fun way to celebrate PRIDE!!🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
Check out some the designs you can pick from at tomorrow’s event!!!! 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
Thank You Amilinda for your continued love and support and delicious food! We LOVE brunch!!!!
*********** BRUNCH ALERT *********
Yes we said BRUNCH!
We are hosting a Gay Pride Brunch on Sunday June 6th benefiting Courage MKE. This is an organization that is near and dear to us and we are super excited for this.
We will be open from 11 to 3pm. PLEASE make your reservations on line at www.amilinda.com
We look forward to seeing you 😎
#SeeSomethingSaySomethingDoSomething
Together we are stronger!
#SeeSomethingSaySomethingDoSomething
Together we are stronger!
Thank you all who walked so we can run!❤️
Thank you all who walked so we can run!❤️
Missing a shoe? No problem! Happy Friday! Some light planting today. Tomorrow, our veggie gardens!!
Thank you Hamburger Mary's MKE and Ruthie Keester for an amazing night of community and fundraising. We are so lucky lucky to have you as family!! ❤️
Stay tuned for a message from the legend herself, Ruthie Keester!
A little birdie told us there may still be room if you didn’t make your reservation yet!
May 1st was #MayDay in Milwaukee. Voces de la Frontera put on a rally for immigrant essential workers. A couple of our residents wanted to join the rally. We marched and chanted for social awareness from the southside of Milwaukee (on Mitchell street) all the way downtown to the steps of the courthouse. What a powerful day for our kids!
We are so grateful and lucky to have staff that understand how important it is to teach our residents that stand up together!
Educator, Friend, Chef, Nurse, Counselor, Comedian, Leader, Role Model, Confidant, Protector, Artist, Advocate and so many more. Regardless of the task, a Teacher wears all of the hats.
HAPPY TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK! THANK YOU TEACHERS FOR ALL THAT YOU DO!
Educator, Friend, Chef, Nurse, Counselor, Comedian, Leader, Role Model, Confidant, Protector, Artist, Advocate and so many more. Regardless of the task, a Teacher wears all of the hats.
HAPPY TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK! THANK YOU TEACHERS FOR ALL THAT YOU DO!
This Puerto Rican dinner made by our dear friends Omar & Gloria is EVERYTHING we needed today! Thank you so much!!❤️❤️❤️
This Puerto Rican dinner made by our dear friends Omar & Gloria is EVERYTHING we needed today! Thank you so much!!❤️❤️❤️
Truest thing we’ve heard this morning!!
Truest thing we’ve heard this morning!!
Because of you, we can commit to being here as long as we are needed.
"This study is encouraging in that it shows that many teens, including those under 18 years old, are comfortable with their sexuality," said Moskowitz, an assistant professor of medical social sciences at Northwestern University's Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing. "At the same time, we must be cautious, as the data also point to some of the same barriers and discrimination that previous generations have faced. Work still needs to be done."
https://www.advocate.com/youth/2021/4/26/study-most-gay-and-bi-teen-boys-are-out-parents?fbclid=IwAR2mgXT__ENnIQw_jbru062KFVgUcnyz1HrMUehHj8yFvQj43QFSxC5_bD8
Generation Z teenagers have been more open to family members about their sexual identities than the generations that preceded them. But hurdles still remain.
We had so much fun with this photoshoot!! We LOVE our Milwaukeehome Family! Their updated Pride shirts for 2020 are going fast!! Visit www.mkehome.com to check them out!
Our first quarter community service project was a little late but, this weekend we officially became Riverkeepers!! Special thanks to our Kohl's family for helping us!!! We are so proud of our residents, staff and volunteers for helping keep our community beautiful!
#communityhelpingcommunity
Sometimes time together makes you feel sooooo good! Staff day out!! Thank you to our family at WALKER'S PINT for opening just for us before the public! It was so nice to just be together in a safe environment.
Sometimes time together makes you feel sooooo good! Staff day out!! Thank you to our family at WALKER'S PINT for opening just for us before the public! It was so nice to just be together in a safe environment.
We want to congratulate our first Miss Courage MKE Jaida Essence Hall on an incredible year after winning RuPaul's Drag Race! We are incredibly proud of you! Tonight, you pass the crown but, you will always be our Queen!!
We want to congratulate our first Miss Courage MKE Jaida Essence Hall on an incredible year after winning RuPaul's Drag Race! We are incredibly proud of you! Tonight, you pass the crown but, you will always be our Queen!!
We love birthdays at Courage House. This week, we got to celebrate being in the lives of TWO special kids at the house. A week of presents, baking cakes for each other, roller skating, and an escape room! Watching the residents make each other’s days special exemplifies this community. Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday!
We love birthdays at Courage House. This week, we got to celebrate being in the lives of TWO special kids at the house. A week of presents, baking cakes for each other, roller skating, and an escape room! Watching the residents make each other’s days special exemplifies this community. Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday!
Today and tomorrow are the last days to order! Mother’s Day is on its way!!! ❤️❤️
Our friends at Saint Nicholas Inspired has done it again and just in time for Mother's day! Starting tomorrow April 22nd, any of the items purchased from their link below, they will be donating 50% of their proceeds to our organization through April 24th! Just make sure you click on the Courage MKE online fundraiser button!!
Guess what we are up to today! Cannot wait to share this partnership with all of you!!! Oooohhhh the cliffhanger!!! 😊
Guess what we are up to today! Cannot wait to share this partnership with all of you!!! Oooohhhh the cliffhanger!!! 😊
Happy Thursday!!! Check this out!!!
Want to help make a difference while you shop in the Amazon app, at no extra cost to you? Simply follow the instructions below to select "Courage Initiative Ltd" as your charity and activate AmazonSmile in the app. They'll donate a portion of your eligible mobile app purchases to us.
How it works:
1. Open the Amazon app on your phone
2. Select the main menu (=) & tap on "AmazonSmile" within Programs & Features
3. Select "Courage Initiative Ltd" as your charity
4. Follow the on-screen instructions to activate AmazonSmile in the mobile app
Happy Thursday!!! Check this out!!!
Want to help make a difference while you shop in the Amazon app, at no extra cost to you? Simply follow the instructions below to select "Courage Initiative Ltd" as your charity and activate AmazonSmile in the app. They'll donate a portion of your eligible mobile app purchases to us.
How it works:
1. Open the Amazon app on your phone
2. Select the main menu (=) & tap on "AmazonSmile" within Programs & Features
3. Select "Courage Initiative Ltd" as your charity
4. Follow the on-screen instructions to activate AmazonSmile in the mobile app
Our friends at Saint Nicholas Inspired has done it again and just in time for Mother's day! Starting tomorrow April 22nd, any of the items purchased from their link below, they will be donating 50% of their proceeds to our organization through April 24th! Just make sure you click on the Courage MKE online fundraiser button!!
Our friends at Saint Nicholas Inspired has done it again and just in time for Mother's day! Starting tomorrow April 22nd, any of the items purchased from their link below, they will be donating 50% of their proceeds to our organization through April 24th! Just make sure you click on the Courage MKE online fundraiser button!!
"Justice is more than one verdict" ACLU of Wisconsin
Today's verdict is the starting line of what needs to happen across our country. Let's get to work and keep fighting together!
We’d like to send a very special THANK YOU to Hamburger Mary's MKE, Ruthie Keester and everyone who attended their BINGO-GAMESHOW fundraiser on Wednesday easing over $1000.00 for our organization! What a fun night filled with laughs and community!!! ❤️❤️
Happy 414 Day Milwaukee! Thank you for all you do for us!!
Happy 414 Day Milwaukee! Thank you for all you do for us!!
Today, we are taking advantage of spring break and starting our vegetable garden beds that Victory Garden Initiative installed before we opened! Has anyone ever started seeds in the window before?
Today, we are taking advantage of spring break and starting our vegetable garden beds that Victory Garden Initiative installed before we opened! Has anyone ever started seeds in the window before?
270 East Highland Avenue
Milwaukee, WI
53202
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We are so honored to have such an incredible partnership with the Matthew Shepard Foundation. A few months ago, their team came out to film with our executive director, Brad, about Courage MKE, and how we change hearts and minds. Here is a live video from the Bear to Make a Difference Gala supporting the Matthew Shepard Foundation. ❤️🧡💛💚💙
We have a place!!!! ❤️
We are Courage MKE
We are Courage MKE. Thank you for everyone who came out last night to our annual gala. We are beyond thrilled and grateful for every single one of you. Together we are changing Milwaukee for the better. Last night we premiered our latest video, and want to extend a huge thank you to Lex Allen for lending his powerful voice to our campaign; love opens doors!
We were so excited to receive this last night from the Season One winner of the YouTube hit show Camp Wannakiki Alexis Bevels! So honored to have her join us for a night of community, awareness and celebration!!! Hope to see everyone at our Gala next Friday!! You can still get tickets at www.shepherdtickets.com!!!
WE FOUND IT!!!!!! Courage MKE - The Courage House Please consider donating for a great cause. ❤️💛💚💙💜 Help us exceed our goal to purchase the property by joining us at the 2017 Gala; Homecoming on Friday, November 3rd!!!! Tickets can be purchased at www.shepherdtickets.com Can’t join the Gala? Donate today at couragemke.org/donate To learn more about Courage MKE visit our website at www.couragemke.org
IT’S HAPPENING...... Real Estate with a purpose! Courage MKE - Courage House Please consider donating for a great cause. ❤️💛💚💙💜 Help us exceed our goal to purchase the property by joining us at the 2017 Gala; Homecoming on Friday, November 3rd!!!! Tickets can be purchased at www.shepherdtickets.com To learn more about Courage MKE visit our website at www.couragemke.org
Courage MKE became an idea of Co-Founders, Brad and Nick Schlaikowski while they were foster parents. Together they welcomed multiple homeless LGBTQ+ youth into their home after learning about their stories of rejection, fear and survival. Their first foster daughter told stories of being kicked out of her home because she came out as Lesbian and then rejected further from women’s shelters because of who he is. Another one of their foster daughters fought to survive and was manipulated into sex trafficking.
In late summer of 2015, Brad and Nick knew it was time to take action and bring homelessness amongst our LGBTQ+ youth to the front of the conversation. That year they, along with a group of amazing friends put together a community event called “Courage; an event for homeless lgbtq+ youth” to help raise awareness to the cause as well as over $15,000.00 for another local nonprofit. The event came and gone and though proud, Brad and Nick still wanted to do more. They brought their friends together and proposed the idea of continuing to raise awareness and eventually open a facility that any child that identified as LGBTQ+ would be accepted for who they are, taught what it means to be part of a family and most importantly a place they would be proud to call him, it was that moment that Courage MKE began.
Brad and Nick quickly created a Board of Directors and by January 2016, because of the high needs of this community and the generous support the event received and continues to receive, Courage MKE was established as a nonprofit organization!
The Courage Board of Directors quickly decided to focus on four main areas:
HOUSING:
By working with our community donors, public and private funding we will open and sustain “The Courage House”, a safe haven, a home where LGBTQ+ young people can feel treasured and respected for who they are. Courage House will provide counselling programs, mental and physical healthcare, identity appreciation programs, and assistance with job hunting and resume building. But, Courage House will be more than that, it will be home cooked meals prepared with love. It will be a big turkey dinner on Thanksgiving, gifts at holiday time, comfort through difficult times, and the stability these young people so desperately deserve.
SUPPORT & AWARENESS:
Community outreach through local high school Gay Straight Alliances (GSA). Funding within our schools across the state of Wisconsin has been slashed for years. GSAs are one of the first to lose their funding from their school districts. We believe that GSAs in schools are one of the most important organizations as in many situations, the only resource a child has to talk with peers and be themselves without fear. On a monthly basis Courage MKE provides up to two grants to a high school GSA to ensure they are able to continue to make a difference in their school communities.
EDUCATION:
Courage MKE believes that everyone should have access to any post high school education whether its as trade school, certificate program of four year university, Courage MKE is encouraging and supporting post high school education through our established Jackie Roberts Memorial Scholarship Fund. Each year through a written essay application, we will award high school Seniors that are active members in their school’s GSA with scholarships to help with their post high school education.
HEART:
Sometimes, it’s the things that we all take for granted that remind us we are cared about. Courage MKE’s Courage Kit program provides basic day to day necessities such as soaps, toothbrushes, tooth paste, deodorant, tampons, hand warmers, new socks, hats mittens and more. Through the generosity of our communities, organizations across Wisconsin such as Veolia North America, Northwestern Mutual, Harley Davidson and others have hold countless drives to ensure we are able to continuously deliver Courage Kits to organizations like Milwaukee Public Schools, and countless other shelters that support youth in our communities to allow them the simplest of things that make them feel human.
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