Madison365 Week in Review for August 31

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    Here are our most popular stories of the week, brought to you by Wisconsin Leadership Summit, the state’s premier professional development and community-building event for and by people of color, coming October 7-8. Registration now open!

    Forward Madison FC midfielder Ally Ng’anzi became the first Flamingo to get a national team call-up, joining the Tanzanian national team for World Cup qualifying.

     

     

    Ed Fallone

    Marquette University law professor Ed Fallone is running to become the first Latino on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

     

     

     

    CapitalLand Music Festival will return September 14 and feature both national and local acts.

     

     

     

    Madison-area Urban Ministry’s monthly Re-entry Services Fair aims to connect people coming out of incarceration with services and resources to rejoin the community.

     

     

    Julio Garcia and Elizabeth Lorenz have joined the team at the  Latino Academy of Workforce Development.

     

     

     

    The Sable Flames are hosting their second annual BOWLieve in Education scholarship fundraiser.

     

     

     

    Dr. Bettina Love got Madison’s teachers and school staff fired up at a rally to kick off the school year with a focus on racial equity and harmony.

     

     

    Registration is open for YWCA’s Racial Justice Summit, an important event every October.

     

     

     

    A new grant from the Department of Workforce Development will boost the careers of more than a dozen workers at Dane County and Centro Hispano.

     

     

    Safe Communities MDC will host a series of events for International Overdose Awareness Day.

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