H: Beerline Trail (Riverwest/Harambee)
In 2022 WaterMarks interviewed people along the Beerline Trail about their stories, their relationship to water, and their hope for the future.
Mike Trokan
“I see us engaged long-term with this, not just cleaning up the Beerline but developing more projects and more events along the Beerline that bring people together.”Kavon “KJ” Cortez-Jones
“I try my best to be an ambassador of the city. I wish folks saw Milwaukee in the way that I see it.”
David Najib Kasir
“Fatherhood has really […] been the most important thing to me as an artist. I worked in art, but I don’t know if I was an artist before I became a father.”
Mario the Poet
“Smoke & Instagram filters
Can’t hold back the water forever
Water like time accumulates
And fits the forms you put it in”Beerline Shufflers
“It’s hard to get stuff out of the water. It’s literally littering.”Kirsten Brown
“[The schoolyard redevelopment] is so important to us because not only is this wonderful for our general education students but it is also a way to make the space more inclusive of our special education students.”
Jahmes Finlayson
“This song is for Oshun. Oshun is a beautiful watery archetype—energy—a beautiful woman who loves sweet waters, rivers, and lakes.”
Cheryl Nenn
“We’re doing this work to protect the rivers, but we’re also doing this to protect ourselves, to protect the health of our communities.”