Backers Say Law Creates Uniformity In Lawsuits But Critics Charge It Makes It Easier For Companies To Collect From Consumers by Bridgit Bowden Last summer, Sandra Goodwin was sued by Jefferson Capital Systems for $5,562 in overdue debt, but Goodwin had never heard of or done business with the company. “The paperwork said I was […]
UW Spring Football Game Hosts Ron Dayne, Tickets Only Five Dollars
by Jacklin Bolduan Saturday April 23 will mark the date of the annual UW-Madison Spring Football Game. Each year, the Department of Athletics partners with a different division within the university in an effort to raise awareness about the mission of that division, as well as share a portion of the profits with them. This […]
April is National Financial Literacy Awareness Month
Money Smart Week® Wisconsin Scheduled for April 23–30 Dozens of communities across the state will celebrate Money Smart Week® Wisconsin, April 23-30, with hundreds of events focused on improving the personal financial awareness of Wisconsin citizens. Money Smart Week® Wisconsin is the highlight of April as National Financial Literacy Awareness Month, a joint effort by […]
Bradley, Kloppenburg Court African-American Voters At Milwaukee Forum
Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidates Discuss Equal Protection For Minorities, Women by Chuck Quirmbach Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates Rebecca Bradley and JoAnne Kloppenburg made their case for votes on Saturday at the Community Brainstorming Conference, a monthly forum held in a church basement on Milwaukee’s predominantly African- American north side. Forum organizers asked Bradley, an incumbent […]
Japanese Internment Camp Survivors Decry Presidential Campaign Rhetoric
Speakers Warn Central Wisconsin Students Not To Let History Repeat Itself by Glen Moberg An acclaimed central Wisconsin school history program took a political turn this past week when survivors of World War II Japanese-American internment camps warned students about the rhetoric in this year’s presidential campaign. The Walk in Their Shoes program brought the […]
Two Men and a Truck® Seeking Donations for Movers for Moms®
Essential Care Item Drive April 5 – May 5 Items to benefit women in shelter in Dane and Rock Counties Each year shortly before Mother’s Day, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® hosts its annual Movers for Moms® donation drive as a way of honoring not just our own moms but all moms. Essential care items […]
47th Annual ‘On Wisconsin Spring Powwow’ April 2-3
UW-Madison’s American Indian Student Organization Wunk Sheek will host the 47th On Wisconsin Annual Spring Powwow (OWASP) April 2-3 at the Alliant Energy Center Arena. This event will be free and open to the public. The On Wisconsin Annual Spring Powwow provides an opportunity to learn outside of the classroom and participate in a contemporary […]
Moving the Needle for Low Income Kids of Color
by Michael Johnson CEO of Boys & Girls Club of Dane County Every year the Wisconsin Hope Lab conducts a world class evaluation on our partnership with MMSD through the AVID/TOPS Program Their evaluation of AVID/ TOPS which is a partnership with Boys & Girls Club and MMSD. The evaluation revealed positive, and in some […]
Serve Your Community by Serving as an Election Official
The City of Madison Clerk’s Office will be holding a special Election Official Hiring Fair on March 24 from 5-7pm at the Urban League, 2222 S Park St #200. There will be a brief presentation and a mock polling place set up so that prospective applicants can see what tasks they would be performing on […]
GSAFE’s New Course Offers a Creative Approach To Learning, Addresses School-to-Prison Pipeline
by Jacklin Bolduan Antonio Mims is a senior at Madison West High School. He has been a part of GSAFE’s Foundations of Leadership (FOL) course since his sophomore year. GSAFE, the Gay Straight Alliance for Safe Schools, functions statewide to provide a multitude of programming, leadership opportunities, resources, and advocacy for Wisconsin’s LGBTQ youth and […]
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