Madison365 Week in Review for March 4

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    Adventurer Emily Ford is back in Madison this weekend for a screening of her new documentary, A Voice for the Wild.

     

     

     

    Annette Miller will keynote the 10th annual International Women’s Day celebration.

     

     

     

    Jefferson Middle School in Madison will be renamed in honor of civil rights activist Ezekiel Gillespie, who won the right to vote in court.

     

     

    Grammy winner Samara Joy will perform at UW’s Memorial Union on May 4.

     

     

     

    A new Black-led agri-community is growing near Madison’s east side.

     

     

     

    International Festival at Overture Center is expanding to a two-day event April 1-2.

     

     

     

    The Fitchburg Common Council Chamber is being named in honor of former mayor Frances Huntley-Cooper, the first Black mayor in Wisconsin history.

     

     


    Ho-Chunk Nation president Marlon WhiteEagle is running for a second term.

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