By A. David Dahmer Novermber 19, 2014   Forward Community Investments hosted a community conversation Nov. 21 at Olbrich Botanical Gardens on the role community finance and investing can play in advancing equity in our communities.   Above: (L-R) Donna Gambrell, former head of the U.S. Treasury Department's CDFI Fund; Lisa Peyton-Caire, Assistant Vice President […]

By A. David Dahmer Novermber 19, 2014   The Madison Latino community came together for a press conference Nov. 21 at Centro Hispano of Dane County to applaud President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration delivered in a speech the night before.   Above: At the press conference, Centro Hispano Executive Director Karen Menendez Coller was […]

By A. David Dahmer Interview with Annette Miller Outreach and collaboration through the lens of diversity and inclusion     by A. David Dahmer   “I really want to make sure that our community is strong. I feel like my strength is getting people to invest in our community and particularly around communities of color,” […]

By A. David Dahmer Interview with Hedi Rudd Community Builder   by A. David Dahmer     Do you need to know what’s going on in our community? Ask Hedi Rudd. She knows. Because she’s everywhere. And it seems like she knows everybody.   “It’s exciting to be out in the community so often,” Rudd […]

9th annual Black Women’s Expo and Job Fair   by A. David Dahmer     Genesis Social Services Corporation (GSSC) is once again sponsoring its 9th annual Black Women’s Expo and Job Fair Saturday, Nov. 15, at the Genesis Center on Madison’s south side.    “Black women are probably are the most discriminated against group […]

Peacemakers making a grassroots difference   by A. David Dahmer     Earlier this year, Today Not Tomorrow-Club TNT, in collaboration with the Madison Police Department and local community members, launched The Peacemakers initiative at a press conference at the Neighborhood House. Peacemakers is a grassroots effort to really get to the heart of community-based […]

Gloria Reyes named new mayoral assistant      MADISON —Madison Mayor Paul Soglin has announced that Madison Police Detective Gloria Reyes will be serving in the Mayor’s office as the liaison to a number of agencies. Reyes will replace Astra Miriaku Iheukumere who has accepted another career opportunity.   Detective Reyes has served City of Madison […]

By Mark Woulff MADISON —The City of Madison and Community Action Coalition are pleased to announce the extension of this year’s MadMarket Double Dollars Program through Dec. 16. FoodShare users can continue to participate in the Double Dollars program at the Northside and Eastside Farmers’ Markets at their indoor locations.  The indoor Northside Farmers’ Market […]

MADISON —The Goodman Community Center has pledged to provide 3,000 families in Dane County with ingredients for a home-cooked Thanksgiving meal. With just under two weeks to completely fill baskets for registered families, the Goodman Community Center needs more food.  The most critical items are turkeys, gravy, canned fruit and vegetables, cranberry sauce and stuffing. […]

By A. David Dahmer   On Thursday, Oct. 30, Madison Police Chief Mike Koval and the MPD's Diversity and Inclusion Committee members hosted community leaders in order to start an ongoing dialogue to help keep the MPD apprised of trending issues, create an environment for frank discussions, probe areas where systems improvements can be made, […]