Announcing Milwaukee Magazine’s 2025 Unity Award Honorees!

Announcing Milwaukee Magazine’s 2025 Unity Award Honorees!

From promoting inclusive sports to on-the-ground career training, this year’s nominees are doing good across Milwaukee.

We’re proud to announce the winners of our fifth annual Unity Awards, recognizing people and organizations that are working to make Milwaukee a better city. 

This year’s honorees are:

  • Damian Buchman – Founder of The Ability Center
  • Jim Gaillard – Founder of WHIRE and Vice President of Ezekiel HOPE
  • Mary Joy Hickey – Executive Director at Girls Rock MKE
  • Pathfinders’ Power of Paths Youth Action Board 
  • Venice Williams – Executive Director of Alice’s Garden, Founder of The Table

Read more about these five in the February print issue of Milwaukee Magazine, which hits newsstands and will be available for online order on Feb. 1. 

We’ll be honoring this year’s winners at our Unity Awards event – moderated by Judge Derek Mosley – on Feb. 26 at Pilot Project Brewing. You can purchase general admission and VIP tickets here.