GCC News & Highlights

On the first sunny, 80-degree Saturday of 2026, a small group of community members joined Germantown Community Coalition to discuss the intersection of volunteering and service with our nation's founding. GCC events this year have been standing room only. This event? Not quite. By design, this event was limited to a small number of attendees so that everyone could participate in a discussion and have their voices heard. This community conversation event, funded by a grant fro

For the second year in a row, GCC was proud to have some members serve as marshals for the Milwaukee May Day March led by Voces de la Frontera. May 1st is celebrated as International Worker’s Day each year dating back to the 18th century. This year, there were more than 3,000 known events across the US to celebrate workers and push back against harmful national policies. In Milwaukee, immigrants, union members, students, educators, and their families and allies marched togeth

By Tony Keys, GCC Board Member How do we recognize White Christian Nationalism? Why is it so prevalent in today's government? Those questions and many others were answered in the spirited conversation at the Germantown Community Coalition's (GCC) event "White Christian Nationalism: An Urgent Conversation" featuring Pastor Jessica Short from Lutheran Church of the Living Christ. Among the things learned were: Christianity varies by where you were raised. White Christian Nation