Madison’s 6th Annual Hip Hop Awards to Take Place This Saturday by Rob Franklin Hip Hop and it don’t stop. The 6th Annual Madison Hip Hop Awards will take place on Saturday, November 7th at The BarrymoreTheatre. The event is sponsored by the Urban Community Arts Network (UCAN). The awards show is an effort made […]
Raising Boys to Men
By Heymiss Progress July 10, 2015 I often receive questions similar to the following two posed by single mothers who are raising sons. As I often do, I reach out to fathers who are actively engaged in parenting their children for advice and their expertise. It’s with great pride that I […]
Empowering Students Through Education
By Sabrina Madison June 19, 2015 Links, Incorporated organization members gather before their recent event. On Sunday, June 7, the Madison Metropolitan Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, presented its annual African-American Student Recognition Program at Madison College’s Truax Campus. This year’s theme, “Empowering Students Through Education,” was resonant throughout the program’s entirety. […]
Please, Just Say No to Father’s Day Pettiness!
By Heymiss Progress June 19, 2015 Dear Progress: The father of my two children (5 & 2 years old) hasn’t spent much time with them. He comes around to see them only a few times a month. He’s always either looking for a job, about to get fired from a job […]
Community Building: Resources to Help You Become Engaged in Social Justice Work
By Heymiss Progress May 15, 2015 Dear Progress: “There’s so much going on in Madison, from issues dealing with homelessness to more shootings to the death of Tony Robinson, Jr. I don’t know where to start but I know that I have got to get involved and do something and be […]
Beyond Bars: Radio Show Connects Those Incarcerated to the Community
By Lindsey Gapen May 8, 2015 “There’s a lot of youth that need to realize this isn’t a joke — incarceration is your life,” said Barber. For Rebecca Barber — better known as BossLady — rap music not only entertains but it also educates. And it can even save lives. […]
Young, Gifted & Black Series: New York Entrepreneurial Duo Seeks to Change World One Deed at a Time
By Taki S. Raton May 1, 2015 Joshua, 6, and Jeremiah, 8 Roman Catholic religious leader and missionary Mother Teresa advise us to, “Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you.” American author Brian Terry shares in his words of wisdom […]
Ask Alma: The Uninvited
By Alma Gill, NNPA Columnist May 1, 2015 Alma Gill, NNPA Columnist Dear Alma, A colleague has invited me to her bridal shower, but so far I’ve received no invitation to the wedding. I’ve known for about six months that the wedding would be out of state at a resort. Her […]
Black Girls Matter
By Heymiss Progress April 24, 2015 Dear You: “I have no place to go in Madison where I fit in. I feel like I don’t belong and to be a young Black woman is unacceptable to a lot of people here.” That’s what I’ve been hearing over and over from young Black […]
Maya Angelou is the Face of the Newest Forever Stamp
By Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent April 24, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) — Less than a year after her death, Maya Angelou has been further immortalized on a U.S. Postal Service commemorative Forever Stamp. An all-star assembly gathered to witness the first-day-of-issue stamp unveiling ceremony, held at the Warner Theatre in […]
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