Madison365 Week in Review for July 20

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    City officials will cut the ribbon on Richard Davis Lane, named for the beloved UW music professor, Saturday at noon.

     

     

     

    The Urban League of Greater Madison will host the 5th annual Unity Picnic on Saturday, noon to 5 pm.

     

     

     

    Also Saturday, more than 1,000 people are expected to take part in the annual Bike for Boys and Girls Club fundraiser.

     

     

     

    Marketing and strategic planning consultant Genia Stevens will be the first Entrepreneur in Residence at the new Madison College South Madison Campus.

     

     

    The Wisconsin Bicycle Federation received a grant from Madison Community Foundation to improve transportation equity.

     

     

     

    Jakarta Cafe is a family business serving up authentic Indonesian cuisine.

     

     

     

    James Adams, the longtime girls’ basketball coach at Madison East, has accepted an assistant coaching position at Madison College.

     

     

     

    For seven years, the Hmong Language and Cultural Enrichment Program has been boosting self esteem and narrowing achievement gaps.

     

     

     

    Rev. Marcus Allen has been elected president of Madison’s African American Council of Churches. 

     

     

     

    Teens in the CEOs of Tomorrow program will take a potentially life-changing trip to Botswana next month.

     

     

     

    Brenda Gonzalez will be the UW-Madison’s new Director of Community Engagement.

     

     

     

    The community mourned the loss of longtime Madison College Professor Koua Her, who drowned last weekend trying to rescue his children in the Wisconsin River.

     

     

    The Foundation for Black Women’s Wellness got a major grant from the Mary Burke Fund for Women and Girls.

     

     

     

    At the LULAC national convention in Milwaukee, Hilton workers demanded a living wage and collective bargaining rights.

     

     

     

    The Madison-based nonprofit Combat Blindness International has eliminated cataracts in Botswana.

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