Madison365 Week in Review for February 26

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    Here are our most popular stories of the week, brought to you by Exact Sciences.

    What is DEI? We’re hosting a panel Wednesday to learn from the pros.

     

     

     

     

    A documentary on Madison’s Black Renaissance will debut at Overture Center this weekend.

     

     

    The state of Wisconsin granted $5 million toward the construction of The Center for Black Excellence and Culture.

     

     

     

    One City Preparatory Academy signed its contract with the UW System to run a charter school for all grades, K-12.

     

     

     

    Two Wisconsin movement leaders earned recognition in the Open Society Foundations’ Justice Rising Awards.

     

     

     

    The first in Madison Public Library’s takeover series will focus on the tools Indigenous cultures use to get through winters.

     

     

     

    Ten years after its founding, the Latino Academy of Workforce Development is launching as an independent nonprofit organization.

     

     

     

    President Shannon Holsey focused on history education, COVID response, voting rights and more in the State of the Tribes address.

     

     

     

    Madison West senior Tamea Johnson will attend the College of Future Medical Leaders next month.

     

     

     

    Milwaukee’s Imunique Triplett has earned her nursing license – before graduating high school.

     

     

     

    A documentary on the 50th anniversary of The Black Voice will have its debut Tuesday.

     

     

     

    Artist Faisal Abdu’Allah hopes to spark conversations about education and community with a self-portrait sculpture unveiled at MMoCA this week.

     

     

     

    The UW-La Crosse Center for the Arts will be renamed for acclaimed Ho-Chunk artist Truman Lowe.

     

     

     

    UW-Platteville Chancellor Dr. Dennis Shields has been named president and chancellor of the HBCU Southern University System.

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