The Middle Ground MKE is a Community Organization founded in 2014 by Cheri Fuqua a 20 year resident of Sherman Park, Community Organizer, and graduate of the First cohort of the Neighborhood leadership institute in partnership with Sherman Park. The Middle Ground’s mission is to Engage Youth, their families & the community to Break poverty mindset, reduce violence, juvenile injustice & unemployment. 

Black youth in Milwaukee county are 3 times more likely to be arrested, 2 times more likely to be detained, 9 times more likely to be found delinquent, and 3 times more likely to be incarcerated out of home.