Madison365 Week in Review, February 11

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    HHACampGroupShotIn the first of four sessions of the Hip Hop Architecture Camp, three dozen local kids used their hip hop sensibility to reimagine their neighborhoods.

     

     

    DropikA UW student has dropped his effort to start a white supremacist group on campus.

     

     

    boyziimenSinger Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men answered our 12 questions.

     

     

    FrutaArtesanaThe Latino Chamber of Commerce announced its Gala Awards.

     

     

     

    DuffyWisconsin Congressman Sean Duffy said “there is a difference” between white and Muslim terrorists.

     

     

    DaneCountyrestorative02County Supervisor Shelia Stubbs has high hopes for the restorative court in her district.

     

     

    AslaniA UW-Whitewater business professor had to cancel travel plans because of President Trump’s travel ban.

     

     

    P_WCCF Child Poverty Report finalA new report says the poverty rate among black children in Wisconsin is among the highest in the nation.

     

     

    RaceandFaithThe second annual “Race and Faith” event addressed anxieties through storytelling.

     

     

    onecityEdgewood College and One City Early Learning announced a partnership to train early childhood teachers.

     

     

    WOMENS-MARCHEditor Dave Dahmer said the upcoming national strike will be useless without people of color.

     

     

    BasketballSilhouetteNicholas Garton writes that a generation raised to be color blind can still be unintentionally racist.

     

     

    In other news …

    Donald Trump’s wall along the Mexican border will cost $21 million, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security report — much more than he said it would on the campaign trail.

    Charles Oakley has been banned from Madison Square Garden after an embarrassing altercation was captured on video.

    Illinois lawmakers are trying to make Barack Obama’s birthday a holiday.

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