By UW Madison News MADISON — Eight winners of the 2014-15 Outstanding Women of Color awards, who are heavily involved in the campus as well as the Madison community through their work toward research and civic enrichment, have been announced by UW-Madison. The eight will be honored at a free reception on Wednesday, Oct. 1, […]
The CBC — Then and Now
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Too often people who have experienced and endured long term oppression and suffering take for granted some of the socioeconomic and political indicators of progress. In other words, it is important periodically to assess both the setbacks and the gains that Black America has made during the past […]
2nd Annual Urban Cabaret: Fundraiser highlights ULGM’s community impact
By 2nd Annual Urban Cabaret: Fundraiser highlights ULGM’s community impact by A. David Dahmer The Urban League of Greater Madison’s 2nd annual Urban Cabaret will take place Friday, Sept. 19, at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center. The Urban Cabaret, a spin on last year’s sold-out Jazz Cabaret that featured an […]
Meicher CPAs give technological boost to BGCDC kids
By A. David Dahmer Allied Boys & Girls Club Tech Lab Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Meicher CPAs give technological boost to BGCDC kids by A. David Dahmer Boys & Girls Club of Dane County (BGCDC) Allied Family Center hosted a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Sept. 11 to celebrate the renovation and remodeling of […]
Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy: Disaster inequality
By Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) —Just before Labor Day 2005, the world was stunned as images of Gulf Coast citizens, trudged through chaos and stagnant floodwaters, strewn with the debris of wrecked buildings and storm-tossed earth. The sights seemed to replay just before Halloween 2012, as coastal New York and New […]
Mingling, Mentoring and Mama’s Treats
By A. David Dahmer
Wisconsin has the greatest distance to travel in the nation to decrease racial disparities
By Wisconsin Council on Children and Families MADISON — Last week, the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families released "Race for Results: Wisconsin's Need to Reduce Racial Disparities," a report highlighting the alarming racial disparities that exist throughout Wisconsin. The report shows a gaping disparity between Wisconsin's white children and their non-white peers. Data shows […]
Obama’s anti-ISIS strategy met with skepticism
By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON (IPS) — U.S. President Barack Obama’s new strategy to “degrade, and ultimately destroy” the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is being met with widespread skepticism among both hawks and doves, as well as regional specialists. While Congress is expected to acquiesce, if not formally authorize, the plans he outlined […]
‘Breaking silence’ on the slave trade
By A. D. McKenzie PARIS(IPS) — The Oscar-winning film 12 Years a Slave opened many people’s eyes to the barbarity of slavery and fuelled some discussion about that period in world history. But the film is just one of the many initiatives to “break the silence” around the 400 years of the transatlantic slave trade […]
WCCF announces Race to Equity scholarship winners
Scholarship presentation to be part of Sept. 18 “Step Forward for Kids” event MADISON —The Wisconsin Council on Children and Families has announced the winners of its 2014 “Race to Equity” Scholarships. Alyssa Ivy and David Reeves Jr. of La Follette High School and Synovia Knox of West High School, will receive one-time scholarships to […]
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