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Grant Will Work To Improve The Health Of People Released From Prison

November 6, 2015

By Gilman Halsted A group that advocates for overhauling the state’s prison system has received a $1 million grant to improve the health of former inmates after they’re released. The five-year grant from the Wisconsin Partnership Program will link the 160 churches in the WISDOM network with public health experts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Criminal Justice Reform, Gilman Halsted, Parole Revocation, WISDOM network

EXCLUSIVE: Russell Simmons Speaks Out on RushCard Glitch

November 6, 2015

by Stacy M. Brown NNPA Contributing Writer Russell Simmons hasn’t slept much since news broke in mid-October that users of his RushCard couldn’t access their own money and were locked out of their accounts, due to a computer glitch, leaving some unable to make rent payments, pay utility bills or buy groceries for their families. […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ajaypal Singh Banga, RushCard, Russell Simmons, Stacey M. Brown, Underbanked

America Nears Sweeping Reform of a Criminal Justice System that Has Decimated Black Communities

November 6, 2015

by Nick Chiles Urban News Service When a new inmate steps behind the walls of a prison in Georgia, the entirety of his or her criminal record and mental state is fed into a complex algorithm called the Next Generation Assessment. The NGA just might be the future of America’s criminal justice system. This algorithm […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Criminal Justice Reform, Next Generation Assessment, Nick Chiles, President Barack Obama

Lilly Endowment Funds Black Minds Matter

November 6, 2015

by Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist There is an old African proverb that says: “Where you put your wealth signifies where and how your life’s priorities are ordered.” Such is the case when one views where and how corporate America invests its wealth beyond the boardroom and the stock market. There are some companies, […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Benjamin Chavis, Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., Black Lives Matter, Lilly Endowment, United Negro College Fund

A Conversation With Will Green

October 30, 2015

On Minority Leadership, Nonprofits, and Investing in Our Communities by Jacklin Bolduan This is the second installment of The Madison Times’ series on nonprofit organizations and the role they play in our communities. Knowing The Need At ten thirty on a Wednesday morning Will Green is seated at a desk in front of his laptop […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Jacklin Bolduan, Mentoring, Mentoring Positives, Nonprofits, Off The Block, ReJeweled, Salvation Army, Will Green

Milestone Media Shows African Americans Have a Place in the Comic Book Industry

October 30, 2015

by Jeremy Lott It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s… Icon! Or is it Hardware rocketing through the skies, or Static Shock surfing on his big, floating garbage lid? These three black superheroes soon will return to a comic book store near you. If all goes well, cartoons, television appearances, movies and toys will follow. […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black Superheroes, DC Comics, Jeremy Lott, Marvel Comics, Milestone Media

New Report Examines Why Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence Don’t Call the Police

October 30, 2015

Report Courtesy of ACLU Media A new report issued today reveals that survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault face widespread and serious police discrimination when they seek protection from the criminal justice system. Responses from the Field: Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, and Policing is based on a nationwide survey of 900 advocates, attorneys, service […]

Popular Interests In This Article: ACLU Media, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Sexual Assault Reporting

Department of Workforce Development Encourages Families to Enroll in Wisconsin Promise

October 30, 2015

by Ariele Vaccaro In the spirit of Disability Mentoring Day, the Department of Workforce Development (DWD) highlighted an initiative that helps young Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients find educational and employment resources. During a Wednesday press conference, DWD pointed out recent wins for the program, including high interest on the part of local employers. The […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ariele Vaccaro, Georgia Maxwell, Wisconsin Promise

Madison Schools Piloting New Foreign Language Immersion Program

October 30, 2015

10 Kindergarten Classes Will Spend Half The Day Teaching In Spanish by Parth Shah The Madison Metropolitan School District will explore a new way to teach foreign language. One in every four Madison public school students is a non-native English speaker with more than half of those students speak Spanish at home. Now, 10 Madison […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Language Immersion, Madison Metropolitan School District, Parth Shah

“Taste of Soul” Family Festival in Los Angeles Is a Model for the Nation

October 30, 2015

by Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Black America needs more good news and positive news. Too often headlines in American media have the proclivity to focus only on the negative when it comes to the life-experience of Black Americans and other people of color communities. Bakewell Media recently hosted the 10th Annual Taste […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Bakewell Media, Benjamin Chavis, Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., Taste of Soul

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