MADISON — On April 28, the Madison Metropolitan School District presented the Board of Education with the preliminary budget for the 2014-15 school year, aligning resources with the district’s strategic framework.“We believe that our path to success —the path to closing opportunity gaps and seeing the best results for all children– depends on our ability […]
Local student awarded $5,000 Summit Faust Scholarship
MADISON — Khaleah Monger, a senior at La Follette High School in Madison, Wis., was awarded the Summit Faust Scholarship at the Boys & Girls Club Hearts for Helping event recently in Madison. The $5,000 continuing-education scholarship is awarded annually to eligible high school seniors who are members of the Boys & Girls Club of […]
Johnson-Crapo Housing Reform guided by weapons of mass deception about affordable housing goals
By Marc Morial J “The new Senate proposal to reform the housing finance system…lacks provisions to ensure that the housing finance system is fair and nondiscriminatory.” Joint statement of the National Urban League and other major civil rights and housing advocacy groupsA new housing reform proposal slated for a Senate Banking Committee vote next week could […]
Access celebrates opening of Joyce & Marshall Erdman Clinic
By Lynn Welch Gray clouds and spitting rain did not dampen the spirits of nearly 200 people who turned out on April 24 for the opening celebration of Access Community Health Centers’ new Joyce & Marshall Erdman Clinic.The event included a welcome from Access board of director’s member Betty Banks, followed by remarks from Access […]
Interview with Boys and Girls Club’s Karen Gallagher
“Always have the best interest of the kids at heart” A. David Dahmer “I love just hanging out with the kids. That makes me happy,” says Karen Gallagher, director of development for the Boys & Girls Club of Dane County. “I think we all get so caught up in our rules and our jobs and […]
Busking for Books
Literacy Network's Busking For Books A. David Dahmer On Saturday, April 26, dozens of local musicians and performance artists will perform up and down State Street to raise awareness and funds for Literacy Network's adult literacy programs while highlighting Madison's rich performing arts community. Black Star Drum Line, the Boys & Girls Club hip-hop drum […]
Schools still “separate and unequal”
By Freddie Allen, NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — As the 60th anniversary of the United States Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education approaches, a new report by the Economic Policy Institute found that schools are more segregated now than they were in 1980.The U.S. Supreme Court’s May 17, 1954 landmark decision […]
Pepsi Cola’s Volunteer of the Month
By Pepsi Cola of Madison
In U.S., black preschool students “punished more severely”
WASHINGTON —In the United States, African American children continue to face more barriers to success than any other race, new research suggests.A new report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation lists 12 categories that can contribute to a child’s success, including enrollment in preschool, living with two parents and distance from the poverty line. Under […]
Madison Metropolitan Links host Health Disparities Program
By A. David Dahmer Chapter of the Links Incorporated hosted a program on health disparities at the Urban League of Greater Madison on April 12.The program titled “End Health Disparities Now” was designed to educate the community about differences in the health ofAfrican Americans. The goal of the program was to bring together various members […]
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