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Dane County’s Division of Children Youth and Families welcomes Dr. Martha Stacker as its first person of color to become an administrator.

 

 

New children books intended to empower young girls of color, titled “Beyond Beautiful” and “The Beyond Beautiful Treasure Box”, are set to launch Nov. 30.

 

 

University of Wisconsin-Madison’s LGBT Campus Center’s 25th Anniversary sparks efforts to change the campus center’s title to “be more reflective of contemporary language and inclusive of all identities.”

 

Fitchburg Alder and board member of Madison Region Economic Partnership (MadREP) Julia Arata Fratta denies any collusion with MadREP’s application for Community Economic Development Association grant funding.

 

Hip-Hop Architecture Camp, founded by Madison College instructor Michael Ford, was named Top Innovator in Race and Social Equity by the nationwide Urban Libraries Council.

 

 

Longtime PEOPLE Program Director and education advocate Jacqueline DeWalt passed away at 65.

 

 

A single mother facing homelessness poured her heart out on a Go Fund Me page created in attempts to make ends meet and was met with over $2,500 in donations as a result.  

 

 

Centro Hispano unveiled a new award at its annual celebration to honor the life of photographer and activist Marcus Miles.

 

 

The Madison Common Council passed the 2018 city budget which offers a new focus on public health as a tool for violence prevention in Madison.

 

 

The 40th Annual Veterans Powwow drew in 200 people to honor the lives of World War I Red Division Soldiers.

 

 

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