In terms of what they would like to see more of from fellow Milwaukee real estate offices, Annabelle wants to see racial equity in home ownership. “That’s only seven or eight of the best teams in the city doing business as usual, but equitably,” they note. “Thirty-two thousand is not a big number in real estate. This achievable goal needs to be pursued aggressively, ambitiously and collectively.

Jess Annabelle, Milwaukee Realtor has a mission to empower people of color, queer & trans people, and women to become homeowners and real estate investors.

The queer, trans, and Jewish experience that I would wish for all of us is one of abundance, joy, connection, great meals, tons of laughter, fun events, and outstanding friends. I love that a community like this exists for people coming out and transitioning (at all ages) today.

As a Jewish person, I could not be more proud of the encampment movement and all other efforts of Jews, Palestinians and all people worldwide to call for an immediate and permanent peace with equal rights for all, Annabelle said.

In the 1940s, the 1930s, in Nazi Germany… my family was displaced from our home. We were starved in concentration camps, and three of my great aunts were murdered in Auschwitz, Annabelle said. Today, we are watching families, just like my family, in Gaza, displaced, starved, and murdered by the tens of thousands.

In this episode of The Papercut Club, host Fatma Makki siezes on a chance encounter with a bookstore owner in the making.