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    Madison365 Week in Review for April 16

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    Robert Chappell
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    URP_Madison_Wisconsin_logo_Color_9-16-09_from_A_VeakHere are your favorite stories from the past week, sponsored by UW Research Park.

     

     

    colleagues-437024_960_720We added half a dozen new job listings.

     

     

     

     

    Angela Russell
    Angela Russell

    Long time health policy expert and current Manager of Diversity and Inclusion at CUNA Mutual, Angela Russell, answered our 12 questions.

     

     

     

     

     

    Dane County Board Supervisor Leland Pan
    Dane County Board Supervisor Leland Pan

    Former Dane County Supervisor Leland Pan wrote on building power beyond voting.

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Blake Broadnax
    Blake Broadnax

    We broke the story of the Broadnax family’s dropping their lawsuit against Edgewood High School over long-term racism against their son Blake, now a freshman at Loyola University.

     

     

     

    (L-r) Madison College President Dr. Jack Daniels, Madison Chamber of Commerce President Zach Brandon, MMSD Superintendent Dr. Jennifer Cheatham, La Follette High School Principal Sean Storch, Madison Metropolitan School District Board of Education President James Howard and Gloria Reyes, Interim Director of the City of Madison's Department of Civil Rights
    (L-r) Madison College President Dr. Jack Daniels, Madison Chamber of Commerce President Zach Brandon, MMSD Superintendent Dr. Jennifer Cheatham, La Follette High School Principal Sean Storch, Madison Metropolitan School District Board of Education President James Howard and Gloria Reyes, Interim Director of the City of Madison’s Department of Civil Rights

    We were at the press conference announcing a $400,000 grant to help create personalized pathways to graduation for Madison students.

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Graffiti1We reported on the backlash against UWPD from UW faculty and staff over the classroom arrest of King Shabazz over anti-racist graffiti.

     

     

     

    12987184_10209746999220549_8420799795812297705_nColumnist Matt Braunginn wrote his own backlash, as well.

     

     

     

     

     

     

    ReligiousFreedomSpeaking of columnists, Rev. David Hart gave us a lesson in what religious freedom is — and what it isn’t.

     

     

    (L-r) Nia Trammell, Corinda Rainey-Moore, Renae Sigall, and Ariana Mankerian
    (L-r) Nia Trammell, Corinda Rainey-Moore, Renae Sigall, and Ariana Mankerian

    We also offer a preview of the upcoming Urban League Young Professionals “Emerge Gala,” to take place April 30.

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