Madison365 Week in Review for March 31

    0

    Here are this week’s most popular stories, brought to you by Group Health Cooperative.

    The Wisconsin State Senate and assembly have moved forward on the closure of Lincoln Hills and Cooper Lake schools.

     

     

    The city of Madison’s Poet Laureate Oscar Mireles will be hosting a number of poetry themed events for National Poetry Month in conjunction with the Madison Public Library

     

    The 2018 Madison Region’s New Economic Development and Diversity Summit is set to have Dr. Tony Byers, former director of Global Diversity and Inclusion at Starbucks, a this year’s keynote.

     

    Ho-Chunk member and former chairperson of 12 Clans Inc. Financial Diversity group Sharice Davids has her eyes set on becoming the First Native American woman elected to congress.

     

    Madison’s First Black woman police officer, Pia Kinney-James rose through adversity to protect and serve the community.

     

    Educator and researcher Gloria Ladson-Billings will be honored by the American Educational Research Association’s Division B with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

     

    Every Wednesday Centro Hispano hosts El Mercadito Market from 4 to 7 p.m. to build community and address food insecurities.

     

    To honor late East High School Principal, Milton McPike Park Dedication ceremony will be April 4 at the current Central Park location.

     

    Overture Center for the Arts Vice President Glenda Noel-Ney will be starting down a new path with a newly accepted position with Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City.

     

    A host of organizations including African American Breastfeeding Alliance of Dane County and Project Babies came together to launch a breastfeeding public awareness campaign.

     

    YWCA Announces honorees for 44th Annual Women of Distinction Leadership Awards.

     

     

    Louis Vuitton named its new and first African American Artistic Director, Virgil Abloh, a University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate.

     

    Candidates Gloria Reyes and Anna Moffit square off in final pitch in school board forum before upcoming elections.

     

     

    Keep watching Madison365.org and our Facebook page for the latest news from Madison’s communities of color. And don’t forget we’re a nonprofit, free-access news and information source, so if you’re able, donate today!