Madison365 Week in Review for September 22

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    Here are our most popular stories of the week, brought to you by the Wisconsin Leadership Summit. Madison365 and the Ho-Chunk nation invite you to the first-ever event of its kind – registration is now open!

     

     

    A non-Puerto-Rican is the owner of one of Madison’s most popular Puerto Rican food carts.

     

     

     

    Wisconsin Gazette, the alternative progressive newspaper, is going out of business after nine years.

     

     

    A new faith-based program is going to match mentors with teens in foster care to help them prepare for adulthood outside “the system.”

     

     

    The 10th annual Black Women’s Wellness Day is today!

     

     

     

    Danez Smith, a recent UW grad, became the youngest person ever to win the prestigious Forward Prize in Poetry.

     

     

     

    The City of Madison announced a new partnership with RaISE to diversify the city’s workforce.

     

     

     

    The Centro Hispano gala will honor many community members with awards, including the new Marcus Miles Volunteer Award.

     

     

     

    Homeschooling is a growing trend among Black families.

     

     

     

    For the I Am Madison project, we remembered the lives of Ho-Chunk artist Harry Whitehorse and Les Ritcherson, UW’s first black football coach.

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