Features:
From the UMOJA Desk: High School Graduation: Never stop learning.
Education Is My Brain Power” is a song I wrote in 1992. The next line is “graduation is my shining hour”. This is certainly a theme song for the month of June.
Black and Independent
Torsie Judkins has a special profile not often found among African Americans. He is an independent school leader and starting July 1, 2023, he will bring his leadership skills to Madison’s Wingra School on Monroe Street.
Renee Coleman:
As Renee Coleman of Machesney Park, Ill., drives to work each morning, she sets the tone for her day through a playlist of Gospel music that feeds her spirituality.
Fatherhood; Breaking A Cycle
On Father’s Day 2022, Rev. Dr. Marcus Allen, pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, confessed to the congregation that he does not like Father’s Day.
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Put your artwork on a UMOJA cover! Works selected will fit the monthly editorial topic and reflect the county’s unique stories, history, and people.
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Cover Artwork
High School Graduation 2023 — Imagine the Next Chapter
Cover: Illustration:Bliss Artist:Camile Barlow Camille Simone is an independent Wisconsin-based artist that works in a variety of different mediums but most recently has been working on digital painting and colored pencil drawings. Her work is often inspired by human emotion, family, and vibrant colors. Simone often depicts herself and people of color in empowering positions [...]
From the UMOJA Desk
From the UMOJA Desk: High School Graduation: Never stop learning.
Education Is My Brain Power” is a song I wrote in 1992. The next line is “graduation is my shining hour”. This is certainly a theme song for the month of June.
Feature
Torsie Judkins has a special profile not often found among African Americans. He is an independent school leader and starting July 1, 2023, he will bring his leadership skills to Madison’s Wingra School on Monroe Street.
Feature
As Renee Coleman of Machesney Park, Ill., drives to work each morning, she sets the tone for her day through a playlist of Gospel music that feeds her spirituality.
Feature
On Father’s Day 2022, Rev. Dr. Marcus Allen, pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, confessed to the congregation that he does not like Father’s Day.
Graduation
Celebrating Our High School Graduates
Monona Grove High School Hanna Eyobed Hanna Eyobed is a senior at Monona Grove High School. She participates in musicals, film club and is the president of the Black Student Union. Hanna is a teen editor with the Simpson Street Press and is very active with the Information Technology Academy. Hanna is an honor roll [...]
Graduation
Celebrating Our High School Scholars
Madison Alumnae Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Scholarship Recipients Abea Fobate Vel Phillips Memorial High School “Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.” Dorothy Irene Height Yoanna Hoskins Robert M. La Follette High School “You may [...]
School Days
Rekindling the Flame of Education:
Expanding our minds by following our curiosity has been a pillar of human society since the beginning of time. It is our innate desire to know and understand that has led us to where we are today.
Staying in the Know
Black Women Lead Effort to Save our Babies
"I speak for all our partners today, including the Dane County Health Council, EQT by Design, The Black Maternal Child Health Alliance (BMCHA), Doulas, community health workers (CHW’s), and community-based partners. Today is a great day in Wisconsin when we can gather to share good news."
Community Profile & Events
One April 24th youth and their families and supporters gathered at the Urban League of Greater Madison (ULGM) to celebrate and receive certificates recognizing the programs they represent.
Community Profile & Events
Using Mindset, Community and Action to Build Wealth
On April 29 the first Wealth Literacy Conference was held in Madison at Goodman Community Center, co-hosted by The Melanin Project, which started as a passion project of founder Astra Smith and has now become a mission.
Community Profile & Events
From The Summit and the Lens of Arrington
The Madison Region’s Economic Development and Diversity Summit celebrated 10 years on May 2nd at Monona Terrace Convention Center.
UMOJA Voices Across America
UMOJA Voices Across America – High School Graduation Issue 2023
Objects From OutKast, Octavia Butler and Marvel’s “Black Panther” on Display in National Museum of African American History and Culture’s New “Afrofuturism” Exhibition Black PR Wire “Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures” opens Friday, March 24, at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. On view until March 24, 2024, the exhibition [...]