By Brianna Rae Next Saturday, August 20, the East Madison Community Center will host a celebration of its 50th Anniversary as a beloved, historic and important resource for Madison’s East side youth and families. Executive Director, Tom Moen, describes the Center as Madison’s best-kept secret, but he hopes it won’t stay a secret for much […]
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The UW System After ‘Vote of No Confidence:’ A National Case Study
Dr. Jerlando Jackson Shares His Perspective By Brianna Rae Last week, we published an op-ed titled ‘Concerned, but Committed (At least for Now): Why One UW Professor Says He is Not Jumping Ship Just Yet,’ written by Professor Jerlando F. L. Jackson prior to the UW system vote-of-no-confidence. This week, we are presenting a follow-up […]
Local Doctor & Entrepreneur Published in New Book, Multiple Streams of Income
By Brianna Rae Dr. Jasmine Zapata is not just a doctor. She is an active change-maker in her community with a seemingly endless supply of passion and energy, as well as a strong focus on promoting financial literacy, freedom, and economic empowerment for herself and others. This April, Dr. Zapata was featured in a new […]
Who is Brown Girl Green Money – One Year In
Brown Girl, Green Money is a social network of women of color, working to reach our financial goals and support each other along the way. The Brown Girl, Green Money crew includes Angela Fitzgerald, Jasmine Zapata, Matiya Hill, Keena Atkinson and Britney Sinclair, a group of 20 and 30 something year-olds that want to figure […]
Synergy Co-working Offers New Place to Network, Collaborate, and Grow, Pt. II
by Brianna Rae Last week, we interviewed co-owners Eugenia Podesta and Spencer Hudson about the experiences in their lives that put them on the path to create their new co-working space, Synergy Co-working. This week in Part II, we’ll continue their story and delve into their mission and vision for their new space. Both Madison […]
Synergy Co-working Offers New Place to Network, Collaborate, and Grow, Pt. I
By Brianna Rae Eugenia Podesta and Spencer Hudson have spent much of their lives entrenched and in dedication to their community, and now they are giving back in an even a bigger way. Both Madison natives, Podesta and Hudson are co-owners of a new co-working space that opened last week called Synergy Co-working, located at […]
Ntozake Shange and Toni Cade Bambara: Pioneers of Black Feminist Cultural Production
Women’s History Profiles By Brianna Rae Ntozake Shange Best known for her award-winning play for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf, Ntozake Shange is a Black feminist playwright, poet, and novelist. Born Paulette L. Williams on October 18, 1948, Shange was born in Trenton, New Jersey into a family […]
New Online Zine Brown Girl Lifted a Place for Intersectional Feminist Voices
By Brianna Rae “Brown girl seeks solidarity in a digital world,” reads the first post on Brown Girl Lifted, a new blog that seeks to be “a celebration of the layered movement that is intersectional feminism — the delicious cake of solidarity that feeds us all.” The blog’s founder, Aarushi Agni, is a recent UW-Madison […]
Women’s History Profiles: Influential Women Artists
by Brianna Rae Faith Ringgold Faith Ringgold, world-famous painter, writer, sculptor, and performance artist, was born Faith Willi Jones on October 8, 1930 in Harlem, New York City. Her mother a fashion designer and her father a great storyteller, Ringgold was surrounded by the arts from an early age. She was also born into the […]
Yoni Ki Baat Showcases Voices & Performances of Women of Color
Event takes places Thursday, March 31 – Saturday, April 2 by Brianna Rae Originally started in the Bay Area in 2003 by an organization called the South Asian Sisters, Yoni Ki Baat (‘Talk of the Vagina,’ roughly translated from Hindi) started on the UW-Madison campus a couple of years ago by Madison’s own South Asian […]
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