Plan Includes Recommendations To Increase Police Staffing, Taxes By Ross Terrell The Milwaukee Common Council released a public safety action plan Tuesday afternoon. The plan includes recommendations to expand juvenile detention facilities, increase Milwaukee police staffing and increase property taxes. Alderman Ashanti Hamilton said the price tag for the changes is large, but they don’t […]
YWCA Madison Announces 2016 Racial Justice Summit: Changing the Narrative
During this year’s Presidential campaign, we have witnessed how the current political narrative has fueled racialized anxiety, fear, tension and hatred across the country. We have seen how policy platforms built around xenophobia, misogyny, and separatism has reinforced a sense of divisiveness that continues to permeate American society. We have also seen how the media’s […]
Part I: Oakhill Kids’ Garden Network Fosters Healing and Restorative Practices, Despite Its Walls
By Jacklin Bolduan Jason Garlynd heads out to the greenhouse from his office at the Oakhill Correctional Institution, a minimum security prison just outside of Madison in Oregon, WI. It’s the middle of the growing season for Garlynd and the men who are a part of the Horticulture Training Program, one Garlynd has been building […]
UW-Madison PEOPLE Scholars Discuss College Readiness with First Lady Michelle Obama
DeJa Cooper and Kingsley-Reigne Pissang are the embodiment of The Dream for attending college. The two incoming University of Wisconsin – Madison PEOPLE College Scholar freshmen were selected to go to the White House this year for the Beating the Odds Summit. This July, more than 130 college- bound High School graduates from across the […]
Bad River Repairs Homes, Cleans Pow Wow Grounds
Long-Term Housing Still Uncertain For Tribal Members By Marcus White The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa was one of the communities hit hardest by flooding from a July storm that soaked northern Wisconsin. Efforts are underway to repair homes and maintain the band’s traditions. The tribe is working with the Bureau of Indian […]
Worker Shortage Prompts Call For Immigration Reform In Wisconsin
Dairy And Restaurant Industries In Wisconsin Join National Reason For Reform Campaign By Shamane Mills Business and civic leaders in all 50 states are kicking off what’s called the Reason for Reform campaign. Representatives from dairy farms and restaurants in Wisconsin joined officials from Dane County’s Latino Chamber of Commerce at a press event Wednesday […]
Income Eligibility Guidelines Announced for School and Day Care Meals
Each year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service updates income eligibility guidelines for meals served at schools and day care programs based on federal poverty levels. The income guidelines began July 1 and will remain in effect until June 30, 2017. The guidelines apply to student eligibility for free and reduced-price school […]
Synergy Coworking and Project Kinect Combine Forces for HOME Campaign
Synergy Coworking and Project Kinect announce the launch of the HOME Campaign. HOME: Holistically Optimizing Modern Endeavors. This campaign focuses on coworking and community building wherever it happens and how cooperatively, we can have a greater impact. The campaign will redefine the workplace and its role in the Madison community, bring visibility to and bridge […]
Police Abuse Debate is More Than a Black-White Issue
By Luis Vasquez-Ajmac Urban News Service While the national conversation on police and race seems like a black-and-white issue, many Latinos say they also feel mistreated by cops. “I grew up in East L.A., in an economically depressed neighborhood,” said Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna, the first Latino to lead the Los Angeles area’s […]
Black Restaurant Week in Madison
A New Campaign Aimed at Bringing More Visibility to Black-owned Food Services that Exist in Madison Designated for August 14-21, the week will spotlight six brick and mortar restaurants as well as five catering services, three food carts and a farmer’s market. The event is sponsored by the Madison Black Chamber of Commerce that seeks […]
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