MADISON — Wisconsin Literacy hosted its 10th Annual Celebration of Literacy on Tuesday, April 1, at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center. The presenting sponsor was Dollar General Literacy Foundation. This year’s keynote was Wisconsin author David Rhodes who wrote The Last Fair Deal Going Down, The Easter House, Rock Island Line and Driftless. […]
Madison Schools, UW Madison to strengthen partnership
Cutting-edge collaboration to help district attract and develop the best educators MADISON —The Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) and University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Education announced today that they will strengthen their partnership to ensure that every school has the very best educators to bolster student achievement for all. MMSD’s Board of Education will vote […]
Obituary for Evelyn Burns
Black preschoolers’ suspensions triple that of whites
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Even before they typically learn to read, Black preschoolers – some as young as 4 years old – are taught a disgusting lesson: They are three times more likely to be suspended from school than their White classmates, according to a recent study by the civil rights division of the U.S. Department […]
Dane County Board Equity Initiatives gain momentum
Dane County Board Equity Initiatives gain momentum Press conference highlights next steps by A. David Dahmer “I'm here today to tell you that when it comes to racial disparities problems and the status quo, it is not acceptable,” said Dane County Supervisor Shelia Stubbs. “I'll be honest with you. It's time to have an action […]
Deltas host 2014 Founders Day Celebration
White Privelege Conference Comes To Madison
“Building Relationships, Strengthening Communities, Seeking Justice” by A. David Dahmer “This is not a conference to point figures and to blame people, but we have to acknowledge certain things before we can move on,” says the YWCA Madison’’s Colleen Butler. “People want to move on to action steps so fast, but there is something […]
Parents of Hadiya Pendleton “still mourning”
By Jazelle Hunt, Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — After a long day of traveling, then networking on Capitol Hill, Nathaniel and Cleopatra Pendleton returned to their downtown Washington, D.C. hotel and dressed for a dinner in their honor. Later that evening, they shook hands and smiled for photographs as they accepted the 2014 NNPA Newsmaker […]
Blacks locked out of housing market
By Freddie Allen, NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — As the housing market recovers, a new report by the Urban Institute shows that black borrowers “have been disproportionately shut out of the market.”According to the report titled, “Where Have All the Loans Gone? The Impact of Credit Availability on Mortgage Volume,” the share of Black […]
Dr. Richard Harris initiates racism charges against UW-Madison, others
March 31 press conference will discuss lack of local African-American employees by A. David Dahmer Dr. Richard Harris, a longtime leader in Madison’s African-American community, will be hosting a press conference on March 31, 10 a.m., at the Genesis Conference Center to go into detail explaining his multiple race discrimination complaints that have drawn some […]
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