UWM artist Raoul Deal and a team of high school and university students are honoring organizers of the pioneering advocacy group United Migrant Opportunity Services by creating a mural that will hang on the Butters-Fetting building in Milwaukee’s historic Walker’s Point neighborhood.
Students help tell migrant workers’ Milwaukee stories
Undergraduate students work on a mural that tells the story of the United Migrant Opportunity Services (UMOS), one of Wisconsin’s leading advocacy organizations for people who lack adequate employment opportunities and social services. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Lead artist Raoul Deal (right) speaks with Jesus Salas, one the activists whose story is told in the mural. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
High school interns from ArtWorks for Milwaukee do a unity clap created by migrant workers. The interns worked on the UMOS mural this summer. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
