By lifting up Black voices and experiences with a focus on education, restoration, community empowerment and economic development, we seek to interrupt cycles of poverty, racism and discrimination.
Our work with Black youth focuses efforts on prevention, early intervention, education, restoration, affirmation, and joy!
Nehemiah provides a wide array of culturally competent and relevant programs to meet the needs of African American leaders as well as the general Madison population. Our programs are designed to transform the many faces of leadership within our community.
Initiated by Rev. Gee’s 2013 Capital Times article of the same name, Justified Anger works to eliminate racial disparities by developing relationships, solutions, and systems. A central Initiative is its Black History for a New Day History Course. Led by Nehemiah staff, taught by UW-Madison history professors, and experienced by thousands of participants – this is a catalyst for the community-based cross-cultural work necessary to affect change.
Nehemiah provides a wide array of culturally competent and relevant programs to meet the needs of men who are leaving jail or prison. These services increase the likelihood that our participants will transition successfully and become contributing members of our community. Our reentry staff include formerly incarcerated African American men who have effectively navigated the challenges of reentry.
Nehemiah is transforming the community through a multi-level, multi-faith approach.
We are leaders in understanding where we have been and where we are going.
We develop leaders by valuing lived experience.
Justified Anger is a movement that unites leadership, vision, policy, and strategy to identify the gaps in services and areas of need. The goal is to plan and implement a long-term strategy to improve the lives of minorities in Madison, resources available, and the damaged image of the state as unfriendly for minorities. Justified Anger works to eliminate racial disparities by developing relationships, solutions, and systems.
By following Black leadership, this is a starting point for non-black people of courage and conviction to come together to think and learn about the history that has shaped our world and worldviews.
