AmeriCorps at Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers

06/05/2023

Join Sixteenth Street and our Community Healthcorps cohort on Saturday, June 17 at Kosciusko Park for our annual bike day event!

05/29/2023

Travel around the southside of Milwaukee with our community outreach team for our summer healthy food tour series!

Dates and additional information to come.

05/22/2023

Meet Jalexis Martinez, Community HealthCorps Alum '22 who now works as a life insurance agent in Milwaukee.

Learn more about our opportunities and how you can be the change you wish to see at https://sschc.org/americorps/

05/16/2023

Mark your calendars! Our last Spring Potluck & Sustainability Series takes place this Thursday, May 18, at Riverside Park. 🥬
Learn how to choose foods that are good for you, our community, and the planet! Join our casual community potluck from 6-6:30 pm and stay for presentations on the food systems that nourish our lives from 6:30-8 pm.
This month's conversation is about eating sustainably on a budget with Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers

The Spring Potluck & Sustainability Series is co-hosted with the Friends of Real Food

05/15/2023

Meet Everardo Roque, Community HealthCorps Alum '22 now pursuing his PhD in Physical Therapy at the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee.

Learn more about our opportunities and how you can be the change you wish to see at https://sschc.org/americorps/

05/08/2023

Meet Ximena Vacas, Community HealthCorps Alum '22 who now works in our Family Education program in the Social Services department at Sixteenth Street.

Learn more about our opportunities and how you can be the change you wish to see at https://sschc.org/americorps/

05/01/2023

No matter what you do next, the impact of your service as an AmeriCorps member remains through the projects and lives changed.

Leave a legacy and join our Fall 2023 cohort.

Applications open now! See our website at:
www.sschc.org/americorps

04/24/2023

Our AmeriCorps members not only serve at their host sites, but also in the greater community through service projects! This year our Community HealthCorps members Annabelle and Olivia made blankets to give to seniors living here on the southside of Milwaukee.

Learn more about our program and apply to join our next cohort by visiting our website:
www.sschc.org/americorps

04/20/2023

In Celebration of , the Sixteenth Street Community HealthCorps partnered with the Milwaukee Christian Center's Youthbuild program to clean up the blocks between our two National locations.

Just another way our program's make a tangible impact on the communities they serve!

04/17/2023

The Sixteenth Street Community HealthCorps makes an impact. Since the start of the 22-23 service year, our members have connected hundreds of patients to care through screenings and resource navigation.

Learn more about our program on our website: www.sschc.org/americorps.

04/13/2023

Join Sixteenth Street and other local organizations to learn more about paid volunteering in Wisconsin and abroad.

Panel experts will discuss benefits, typical day-to-day responsibilities for each program, and the ins-and-outs of the application process. Light refreshments provided.

Featured Organizations:
- AMPACT
- CITY YEAR
- COLLEGE POSSIBLE MILWAUKEE
- HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
- MILWAUKEE PUBLIC LIBRARY
- PEACE CORPS
- PUBLIC ALLIES
- SIXTEENTH STREET COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS

For more information or questions, email
aisha.coursen@sschc.org

We look forward to seeing you there!

04/12/2023

04/06/2022

Hip, Hip, Hooray! Public Health AmeriCorps is here – this National Public Health Week, we’re thrilled to join and to create a healthier, stronger and more resilient future through national service. Be a part of history and apply to serve with our inaugural corps. Learn more: AmeriCorps.gov/PublicHealth

12/02/2021

We had a great time volunteering at United Community Center in Milwaukee yesterday! Arts and crafts at the Adult Day Center before doing a neighborhood cleanup, what a rewarding way to spend the afternoon!

11/18/2021

November cooking class - we travelled to the Middle East (through imagination) to make kebabs! The origin of kebabs is thought to begin from the country of Turkey when soldiers would grill fresh meat from hunted animals on their swords over fires.

We also made a Persian cucumber/pomegranate/feta/mint salad, basmati rice and experimented with infused water by adding crushed cucumber and mint leaves with pomegranate juice.

A couple members recently had a birthday so we celebrated with cake and ice cream as well! Needless to say we were all pretty full after this.

11/03/2021

Today we went on a field trip to the Milwaukee Domes! We learned a bit about tropical and desert ecosystems while looking at some neat plants.
Members discussed how the Domes play an important role for Milwaukee by promoting conservation, ecological literacy and allowing people to feel like they're in another country or dream vacation all right in our own community!

10/21/2021

For our October cooking class, we rolled out handmade pasta to make fettucine carbonara! A traditional Italian recipe.

The members made and kneaded the dough then rolled it through a pasta roller to produce fresh fettucine. To make the sauce we mixed the pasta starch water with romano cheese and an egg. Can't overcook it though or you'll get scrambled eggs! Then a flower cut tomato garnish to work on our knife skills. Pan fried polenta and sautéed spinach was our vegan alternative.

Stay tuned for next month's menu!