Youth Rise MKE is a youth-led, community-based digital publication where young people ages 14-19 in the central city of Milwaukee originate, report, create and produce all content. In the summer of 2016, it piloted and operated as part of the Urban Underground Earn and Learn summer employment program. It continued into the spring and summer of 2017 as part of Urban Underground’s programming in partnership with the Marquette University Diederich College of Communication and the Marquette University Social Innovation Initiative. Passing the Torch: Activism in Milwaukee Then and Now is our second edition.