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 […]
Bret Michaels to headline the World’s Largest Brat Fest
By The Creative Company MADISON — Bret Michaels, the reality TV star and lead vocalist for Poison, is bringing his Life Rocks Tour to the 2014 World’s Largest Brat Fest. Michaels will play an all-ages show at Brat Fest on Friday, May 23 from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. and organizers are thrilled to have […]
U.S. foreign aid approach is outdated, experts say
By Farangis Abdurazokzoda WASHINGTON — U.S. foreign aid is becoming increasingly outdated, analysts are suggesting.Rather, reforms to U.S. assistance need to focus on issues of accountability and country ownership, according to a policy paper released this week by Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN), a prominent coalition of international development advocates and foreign policy experts.“Aid should […]
U.N. denies dragging its feet on U.S.-Iran visa dispute
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS (IPS) — After two long weeks of raging controversy over Washington’s refusal to grant a U.S. visa to the Iranian envoy to the United Nations, the U.N.’s office of legal affairs is being accused of moving at the pace of a paralytic snail — only to seek more time while […]
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