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Dasha Kelly Hamilton is 1st Black woman to be WI s poet laureate
Dasha Kelly Hamilton is 1st Black woman to be WI’s poet laureate
In early 2021, the Wisconsin Poet Laureate Commission named Dasha Kelly Hamilton Wisconsin s new poet laureate.
MILWAUKEE - Dasha Kelly Hamilton has a way with words.
In early 2021, the Wisconsin Poet Laureate Commission named Dasha Kelly Hamilton Wisconsin s new poet laureate. I describe it to my munchkins and my uncles that I am the ambassador for poetry, Kelly Hamilton said. I’m going to continue using poetry, as I have for the last 20 years, as a tool to get people around the table together.
Milwaukee woman paves the way for others to climb the MFD ladder
Milwaukee woman paves the way for others to climb the MFD ladder
Sharon Purifoy talks about her job as a Milwaukee firefighter and moving up in the ranks of the department.
MILWAUKEE - Sharon Purifoy can remember her scariest day as a Milwaukee firefighter.
It was her first day on the job in 2003. Nothing particular happened that day. But it was frightening for her to be starting a career in which life and death are separated by a very thin line. The most scared I’ve ever been on the job? It had to be just walking in here. It wasn’t a run, it wasn’t a fire. It was walking into something that I knew nothing about, Purifoy told FOX6 News from her office on a recent afternoon.
Milwaukee Fire Department names first African-American female Deputy Chief
For the first time in its history, the Milwaukee Fire Department has an African-American female deputy chief.
Sharon Purifoy is a 17-year veteran of the department, and was promoted to the rank on December 13, 2020.
Purifoy will lead the department’s Emergency Medical Services Division. She became a registered paramedic in 2012.
Other roles Purifoy had done with the department include Fire Cadet instructor, director of the Survive Alive House, and the Director of Recruitment. She also has had active participation on the department’s Strategic Planning Committee.
The department notes Purifoy was also part of history back on November 8, 2018 when she was one of the members of the first all-female engine company.
MFD celebrates first African American female deputy chief
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Deputy Chief Sharon Purifoy
MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee Fire Department announced they have appointed its first African American female as Deputy Chief.
Deputy Chief Sharon Purifoy will lead the department’s Emergency Medical Services Division. She has been with the department for 17 years and has been a registered paramedic since 2012.
The department wrote:
Her commitment to recruiting and mentoring young firefighters, supporting them as they progress through their own careers will be maximized as she demonstrates to other City of Milwaukee women of color that not only are they welcome on the MFD, but that they too can promote and lead the organization. Indeed, on November 8, 2018, Purifoy was on the very first all-female engine company – she is a true trailblazer! We are so proud of Deputy Chief Purifoy! Congratulations!