New to the area?

 Get involved: Volunteer!

Milwaukee has a great many active organizations that can use your help in making our city a cleaner, safer, more equitable place to live. You can help advance social justice in a multitude of issue areas, work for cleaner parks and rivers, or help protect the air we breathe by clicking on one of the links below.

To find a volunteer position within our member organizations, visit our volunteer opportunities page

For paid or volunteer positions in other nonprofit organizations in Milwaukee, visit the Nonprofit Center of Milwaukee and view their volunteer center or nonprofit jobs page.

Find out a little bit about your new city

Check out OnMilwaukee.com for news and information about the Milwaukee area:

100 things to do near Milwaukee

Milwaukee Visitors Guide

 Also check out Milwaukee Magazine for news, events, and quirky reports about the city.

The Big Screen: Rating metro movie theaters

Events page

Visit the Small Business Times for the latest business news in Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee, Washington, Racine, Sheboygan, Kenosha and Walworth counties.

Nanotech company wins Governor's Business Plan Contest

Read the Business Journal of Greater Milwaukee for breaking business news, updated throughout the day.

Rehab projects going strong: Recycling of buildings shows no signs of slowing

Other Resources

FUEL Milwaukee is a website developed for professionals in the Milwaukee area devoted to green living and to keeping a positive corporate environment for all, while helping to ensure prosperity. It’s a great place to network and keep informed about up-and-coming individuals and companies in Milwaukee.

Visit some Points of Interest in and around your new home town, from museums to hiking to centers of innovation.

Media List – Read (and hear and view) all about it!

The four-county metro area is served by four daily newspapers, more than two dozen weekly newspapers, seven magazines, 12 television stations (including two public television affiliates) and 35 radio stations. Eight television networks (ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, PBS, PAX, UPN and WB) have Milwaukee affiliates.

Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce Media List

Milwaukee Schools –

Higher Learning Institutions in the Greater Milwaukee Area

The Greater Milwaukee area has the most institutions of higher education in Wisconsin. From colleges to universities, undergraduate to Ph.D., public to private, check out the wide array of excellent schools in the area.

Milwaukee Public Schools System

District news, administration contact information, and resources for parents, students, and faculty.