Home Featured Madison365 Week in Review for September 8

Madison365 Week in Review for September 8

0
Madison365 Week in Review for September 8

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 Wendy’s manager in Sun Prairie closed early and called police on a small group of Black teens last weekend, and then said police told her to close early. Police say that’s not true.

 

 

UW got a $10 million, five-year grant to diversify its STEM faculty.

 

 

 

United Way of Dane County has launched a flood relief fund.

 

 

 

A new Milwaukee theater nonprofit is seeking one-act plays focused on the Black experience for its first “Word Up” playwriting competition.

 

 

 

The Boys and Girls Club of Dane County is considering an offer from the City of Sun Prairie that could allow the club to open a new youth community center there.

 

 

 

The Catholic Multicultural Center’s International Night will highlight the city’s diversity tonight.

 

 

 

Madison’s Hmong and Cambodian communities are hoping to keep Kajsiab House open for mental health services.

 

 

 

Rev. David Smith will lead a new Door Creek Church on the Northside.

 

 

Over the next few weeks, the Madison Metropolitan School district will host a series of community conversations on Black Excellence, broadcast live on Madison365’s Facebook page. The first one featured our own Henry Sanders.

 

 

Keep watching Madison365.org and our Facebook page for the latest news from Madison’s communities of color. And don’t forget we’re a nonprofit, free-access news and information source — so if you’re able, donate today!