Madison365 Week in Review for June 9

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    Here are our most popular stories of the week, brought to you by the Wisconsin Leadership Summit, just announced this week. Madison365 and the Ho-Chunk nation invite you to the first-ever event of its kind!

    Former State Rep. Kelda Roys took first place in the Democratic Party of Wisconsin gubernatorial straw poll with Mahlon Mitchell taking second.

     

     

    The annual Mann Scholar awards celebration turned out to be an emotional evening.

     

     

     

    Juneteenth in Madison will be a weeklong affair this year.

     

     

     

    For the I Am Madison project, our reporter Lawrence Andrea dug into the troubled history of the KKK on the UW campus.

     

     

    The YWCA announced the first cohort of Amplify Madison winners.

     

     

     

    Shaquille O’Neal will perform at the American Family Championship.

     

     

     

    Former Madison Alder Satya Rhodes-Conway announced entered the race for mayor, putting racial equity at the top of her list of priorities.

     

     

    Carolyn Stanford Taylor was honored with the Virginia Hart Award.

     

     

     

    Herb Kohl Philanthropies donated $700,000 to help Boys and Girls Clubs of Wisconsin members visit the nation’s capital.

     

     

    The African and American Store on the east side has thrived for 13 years by offering African wares you can’t find anywhere else.

     

     

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