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Carlo Albano

Development Strategist


Carlo Albano joins us as an activist, journalist, and musician hailing from Milwaukee, WI. Carlo Albano is a Filipino who carries the struggle in his heart, his pen, and his music.
After a year spent of travel and cultural research in his home islands of the Philippines, he returned to his hometown to receive a BA in Print Journalism and Media Studies from the University of Milwaukee-WI.
Carlo has worked with local organizations such as Education for the People and the Milwaukee Police Accountability Coalition as well as chairing the Independent Milwaukee Panther Party on campus. He is a founding member of Crosspulse- A Student Journal for Academic Freedom, which focuses largely on the current privatization trends of higher education. Carlo has assisted in organizing a variety of effective student-led campaigns for diverse student representation and academic student rights.
He was also a collective member and organizer of Brewing Grounds for Change. As the only 100% fair trade and organic coffee house in the city, Brewing Grounds is also a public space for conscious organizing and political events for the community.
Carlo has gone on to work as an outreach worker and development strategist for the Riverwest Health Initiative serving underrepresented communities in the city as well as for the Cultures and Communities Learning program of UWM.
     Before recently moving out to the Bay, Carlo was a Midwest-Chicagoland representative and coordinator of BAYAN-USA, a coalition of Filipino political and cultural organizations moving forward for the National Democratic Front of the Philippines.
As a journalist he has written for the Nation, Wiretap Mag, and several local news and alternative publications within Milwaukee.