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Milwaukee
Sage Chronicles
08
Mar

Mr. Robert

March 8, 2022,
God has a funny sense of humor. When we bought our house and moved in, two men that I didn’t know were living in the flat below us. I remember Mr. Roberts’ son coming upstairs to ask me for video game cheat codes.  He was a bit intimidating at 6’5” but a gentle man who...
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Garbage in alley
12
Jan

Self Esteem

January 12, 2022, , , , ,
How is your neighborhood’s self esteem?  Mine isn’t great.  When people talk about my neighborhood, most of the time it isn’t because something great happened there.  People think bad about my neighborhood. When you think bad about a neighborhood, do you also think bad of the people who live there? What if people thought more...
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First rental demo
07
Dec

Rewriting The Narrative

December 7, 2021, , ,
We tell stories to help us make sense of the world. These hundreds and thousands of stories we tell ourselves and each other make up our world view – how we process our tiny place within the world. Some stories are meant to inspire. Some stories are meant to teach us deep lessons about humanity....
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53206 logo
26
Oct

Episode 59: A Backpack Full Of Trauma (Our House Got Broken Into – Part 3)

October 26, 2021, , , , , ,
Like in many inner cities, the neighborhoods in 53206 experience traumatic events at a predictably higher rate than other places outside of our cities. On this episode of the 53206 Cast, Meg and Alex sit down and talk trauma and how traumatic events can impact children’s ability to be successful in school.  Resources: Electrical fires...
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Stolen TV
15
Sep

Home Invasions and Half Iron Mans

September 15, 2021, , , , ,
I told myself if I could get halfway through the bike, I would be ok. I haven’t always been the type of person that exercises. I’d never paid to participate in a race. I’ve run two marathons, but the course was either designed by my sister or just made up as we ran. One year...
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53206 Park
08
Sep

Communal Responsibility

September 8, 2021, , ,
Last night my 10 year old went to the neighborhood park with a few other girls from the block.  As she was gone I couldn’t stop listening for anything out of the ordinary and worrying about her in general.  Last week there was a drive by shooting spraying about 100 rounds for several blocks on...
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Flashlight
01
Sep

Do you have a flashlight or candle I can have?

September 1, 2021, , , ,
“Do you have a flashlight or candle I can have?” A woman walking down the street stopped me and asked me this question.  I thought this was a weird request so asked why.  She said that the power and water was shut off in her home so a flashlight would be helpful in getting through...
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Alex Bruzan Running in the Ghetto
19
Aug

5 Things I Learned About Doing Hard Things From Running Every Day For Almost 5 Years – Part 1

August 19, 2021, ,
I’m sure I could come up with a list longer than 5, but I’ve got to start somewhere. Barring injury or some other, what now seems unlikely, set of circumstances, on December 31st, 2021 I will have ran for at least 3 miles every day for 5 straight years. If you told me starting today...
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Car Crash
09
Jul

Crash

July 9, 2021, , , , , , ,
A 16 year old died a few weeks ago because he crashed a car he stole. His life was valuable. All lives are valuable, but I wonder if he didn’t see the value in his life.   We all have made some dumb decisions, but his dumb decisions shouldn’t equate to him loosing his life....
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Stairs on Playground
28
Apr

Needing the Most

April 28, 2021, , ,
What would happen if those that needed the most got the most? This is my neighborhood playground. It’s been missing these stairs for at least a year, the bigger slide was burned down before my kids were born and this big panel is missing on it. It’s not nice at all and I rarely see...
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