The board of directors and staff of Repairers of the Breach, a homeless resource center, held its annual meeting on Friday, November 10, 2023, at Bader Philanthropies, Inc., headquarters, 3300 N. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Dr. November is Homeless Youth Awareness Month and the meeting’s guest speakers were State Representatives Kalan R. Haywood and Darrin B. Madison, who discussed homelessness and the road to independence.
Pictured at the meeting are (front row, from left) board member Michelle Crockett; Volunteer of the Year Awardee Doug Drysdale; Board President Rebecca North; (back row, from left) Center Manager Tommy Kirk; Board Vice President Jim Podewils; Executive Director Pastor James W. West, Jr.; Board Treasurer Brandon Bruckman; and Board Secretary Steve Stupec. Repairers of the Breach was established in 1991 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, with a focus on communications projects advocating with and for people experiencing homelessness. The organization changed its primary focus in 1994 when it began Milwaukee’s first daytime homeless resource center.
