Milwaukee Civic Connection
A New Model for Civic Infrastructure in America
Milwaukee Civic Connection works by empowering trusted community messengers - your friends, your neighbors, your relatives - to deliver accurate information to residents who are otherwise hard to reach.
MCC is a nonpartisan civic information and service-access network
Milwaukee Civic Connection (MCC) is a direct partnership with Mayor Cavalier Johnson and the City of Milwaukee, reflecting the Mayor’s commitment to bringing government closer to the people it serves.
Mayor Johnson believes that the best thing for democracy is a more engaged citizenry. Per Thomas Jefferson, “that the most important government is the government that operates closest to the people.” MCC is the city’s vehicle for making those principles real in every neighborhood.
For years, the Milwaukee government has confronted an urgent challenge: residents are increasingly disconnected from the information, services, and institutions meant to support them.
Traditional communication channels—local news, city outreach, and in some cases even digital media—no longer reliably reach the people who need help the most.
MCC answers that challenge.
Guided by a board of Milwaukee civic leaders and powered by a proven tech partner, MCC is a new nonpartisan 501(c)(3) designed to build the civic infrastructure Milwaukee has never had—a year-round network of community members trained to do large-scale outreach that connect residents to essential services, deliver trusted information, and ensure that City Hall hears directly from the neighborhoods it serves.