Week in Review for May 20

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    Unapologetically Bria Bea says conGRADulations to all the grads! Now get a job.

    The first official episode of Real Talk with Percy Brown looks back at the historic interview Ice Cube gave to ABC 25 years ago.

    SiSePuedeCollageWe announced our second annual list of the 29 most powerful Latinos in Wisconsin.

     

     

     

    Cerveceros Logo-ScriptAnd we also announced that the Milwaukee Brewers will invite everyone on the list to Miller Park for a special event and game in June.

     

    Madison Mayor Paul Soglin / Photo by Jordan Gaines
    Madison Mayor Paul Soglin / Photo by Jordan Gaines

    Mayor Paul Soglin called for more witness and victim cooperation in the wake of more incidents of gun violence.

     

    However, some — most vociferously Michael Johnson — said Soglin mischaracterized and oversold the role of the city’s rapid response team.

     

    AjaniCarr-croppedTeenage entrepreneur AJ Carr announced his role on the new Showtime show The Chi.

     

     

     

    DavidClarkeMilwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke will leave his post to take a job in the Trump administration.

     

     

     

    EnidGlennMadison Community Foundation announced the first of 12 grants to celebrate its 75th anniversary.

     

     

     

    blacksnakeSioux tribes have filed for an injunction against oil flowing through the DAPL.

     

     

     

     

    SONY DSCDawn Crim accepted a position with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

     

     

     

     

    FitOshkoshGameChangerThe second round of the Forward Community Investments Game Changer Grant applications is now open!

     

     

     

    telisa_headshotAmerican Family Insurance Chief Marketing Officer Telisa Yancy has been named to the company’s senior management team.

     

     

     

     

    In other news

    The Tulsa police officer who shot Terrance Crutcher was acquitted.

    Fox News fired a host of The Five after he made racially insensitive remarks to an employee.

    The NAACP dismissed its president in an effort to “refresh” the organization.

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