Upcoming Events
ULC’s Fall Ball 2025
Saturday, October 18th, 2025
5:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Saint Kate – The Arts Hotel
139 E. Kilbourn Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202
Support Education & Make a Difference!
The ULC Fall Ball is more than just a night of celebration—it’s an opportunity to make a tangible impact on the future of education in Wisconsin. By supporting the Fall Ball, you are helping to fund crucial programs that provide educators with the tools, training, and mentorship they need to succeed.
We will be celebrating annual award winners who are A-listers in the educational field with a fantastic celebrity host, live music, silent and live auctions, and a 3-course dinner.
Our goal for 2025 is to raise $50,000! This impressive amount will enable us to fuel Literacy, Emotional Wellness, and Workforce Readiness in Urban Communities.
Get your Fall Ball Tickets Now!
U & Me: Building Literacy Together
Session 2: Talk the Talk: Building Language-Rich Homes
Saturday, 11/01/2025
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Mount Mary University
Join us for a free quarterly family literacy experience that connects caregivers, children, and the community. Each session offers interactive learning, free books, and strategies that make reading fun and meaningful.
Session 2: Discover the power of everyday conversations. Build a language-rich home with simple strategies for story time, mealtime, and car rides that boost vocabulary, listening skills, and curiosity.
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This event is FREE and geared toward children aged 3 to 14. Registration is required.
Tackle the FoRT with Confidence – 2 Day Workshop
Saturday, 11/01/2025 & Saturday, 11/08/2025
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
6737 West Washington St., West Allis, WI
During this interactive two-day workshop, you will engage in hands-on activities that will help you prepare a personalized study plan, review the major concepts of the Foundations of Reading (FoRT) Test, and be provided with study resources, test-taking tips, and strategies.
You will engage in hands-on activities that cover the Foundations of Reading, (phonological awareness, concepts of print and alphabetic principles, phonics, word analysis, and fluency) and Reading Comprehension, Instruction, and Assessment. Participants will engage in an analysis of FORT practice test questions through independent reflection and active participation in discussion. The objective of the workshops is to prepare participants to apply their learning to successfully pass the Foundations of Reading Test.
Ticket purchase secures a seat for both sessions.
U & Me: Building Literacy Together
Session 3: Play and Learn Literacy Games (Make It Take It)
Saturday, 01/10/2026
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Mount Mary University
Join us for a free quarterly family literacy experience that connects caregivers, children, and the community. Each session offers interactive learning, free books, and strategies that make reading fun and meaningful.
Session 3: Families will create and take home
literacy activities that strengthen rhyming, letter recognition, sight words, and storytelling. When learning feels like play, children keep coming back for more.
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This event is FREE and geared toward children aged 3 to 14. Registration is required.
U & Me: Building Literacy Together
Session 4: Author Talk Back
Saturday, 03/07/2026
Time: TBD
Location: TBD
Join us for a free quarterly family literacy experience that connects caregivers, children, and the community. Each session offers interactive learning, free books, and strategies that make reading fun and meaningful.
Session 4: Meet a guest children’s author who will share their work, talk about the
creative process, and answer questions from kids and caregivers. Leave inspired to tell your own stories.
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This event is FREE and geared toward children aged 3 to 14. Registration is required.
U & Me: Building Literacy Together
Session 5: Stories in Bloom: Growing Readers for Life
Saturday, 05/02/2026
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Mount Mary University
Join us for a free quarterly family literacy experience that connects caregivers, children, and the community. Each session offers interactive learning, free books, and strategies that make reading fun and meaningful.
Session 5: Celebrate a year of reading, learning, and growing together. Explore book picks, create a personalized summer
reading plan, and take home resources to keep literacy blooming all season long.
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This event is FREE and geared toward children aged 3 to 14. Registration is required.
Past Events:
ULC Fall Ball
October 19, 2024
Saint Kate – The Arts Hotel in Milwaukee, WI
Thank you for joining us in creating educational opportunities for urban communities and students across Wisconsin. We had a wonderful time at our recent event, where we came together to inspire change and foster growth. We appreciate everyone who participated and contributed!