“Issues and Ale” delves into racial disparities in women’s health by A. David Dahmer A small group of community members gathered in the upstairs level of Coopers Tavern June 25 to discuss racial disparities in women's health at the first-ever "Issues and Ales" event hosted by the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families. Erica […]
Martin and Coretta King awarded Congressional Gold Medal
By Freddie Allen, NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) —During a recent ceremony on Capitol Hill, lawmakers from the United States Senate and House of Representatives celebrated the anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and honored Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King with the Congressional Gold Medal.“The Civil Rights Act of […]
CUNA Mutual Group awards $1.2 million grant to MMSD: Grant aimed at improving student achievement
By A. David Dahmer CUNA Mutual Group announced it is committing $1.2 million to the Madison Metropolitan School District’s (MMSD) efforts to improve student success at a press conference at James C. Wright Middle School June 26.“I’m really excited at the opportunity to have comprehensive support for myself, my peers, and especially new teachers as […]
UW Hospital emergency department nurses receive prestigious award
By Toni Morrissey, UW Hospitals and Clinics MADISON — The University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics emergency department this year is one of only 17 recipients of a prestigious award from the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA).The emergency department is among those receiving the Lantern Award that recognizes emergency departments that have demonstrated exceptional and innovative […]
U.S. reaction to new immigrant influx could violate international law
By Michelle Tullo WASHINGTON (IPS) — Rights advocates and lawmakers are expressing increased concern over the United States’ handling of the sudden influx of tens of thousands of undocumented child and female migrants from Central America.Last week, President Barack Obama announced that military bases would be converted to detention centres to house the nearly 50,000 […]
Looking to Africa’s LDCs to learn how to save the lives of millions of mothers and their babies
By Nqabomzi Bikitsha JOHANNESBURG (IPS) — Every year, three million newborn babies and almost 6.6 million children under five die globally, but if the rest of the world looked towards the examples of two of Africa’s least-developed countries (LDCs), Rwanda and Ethiopia, they would perhaps be able to save these children.At the 2014 Partners’ Forum […]
Hip-Hop in the Heartland Annual Summer Training Institute provides innovative tools for reaching diverse youth
MADISON — The 9th Annual Hip-Hop in the Heartland Educator and Community Leader Training Institute will be held July 7-11 at the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St., on the UW-Madison campus.Hosted by the UW-Madison Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI) in partnership with Urban Word NYC, participants will be immersed in instruction on dynamic workshops […]
Climate change can change one’s well-being
By Jazelle Hunt, Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — For most of the nearly 30 years since Dr. Nicole Brodie’s asthma diagnosis, the athlete and Army veteran has been able to maintain an uninterrupted life, continuing to teach elementary school, coach a children’s team, and remain active. She was partly able to do this by moving […]
Hispanics now make up Wisconsin’s largest minority group
By Kevin Crowe and Robert Gebelhoff of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Hispanics are now the largest minority group in Wisconsin, according to figures released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.People who identified as Hispanic make up 6.34% of the population, compared to 6.26% for African-American, the next largest minority group."It happened earlier than I thought," […]
Rights groups call for Congress to act on the voting
By Freddie Allen, NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) —One year after the United States Supreme Court gutted a key section of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, “the right to vote for all is under grave threat,” says Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition of […]
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