by Courtesy of UW-Madison, By Aaron R. Conklin | May 12, 2022 | Community Profile & Events
Sami Schalk, an associate professor of Gender and Women’s Studies, has been named one of the 2021 Outstanding Women of Color in Education by UW System, as part of the organization’s annual recognition of educators who advance equity and inclusion for people of color...
by UMOJA Staff | May 12, 2022 | Community Profile & Events
Black Women’s Art Exhibit at Madison College Honored Beloved Adviser Dzigbodi Akyea Beloved actress and civil rights activist Ruby Dee once said, “The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within – strength, courage, dignity.” How apropos...
by Courtesy of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, By Doug Erickson | May 12, 2022 | Community Profile & Events
One of Country’s Top Undergraduate Honors Lydia Nyachieo’s interest in global affairs expanded in bits and pieces growing up. At University of Wisconsin–Madison, it became her academic passion. “I’m especially interested in — and puzzled by — the incomprehensible...
by Yvette L. Craig | May 12, 2022 | Community Profile & Events
A Vision Coming to Fruition For over 30 years, Rev. Dr. Alex Gee sought meaningful solutions for the Black community for his native city of Madison. The Center for Black Excellence and Culture is his vision – and the community’s conduit – for challenging structures...
by Courtesy of The Hilltop, By Essence Wiley | May 12, 2022 | Community Profile & Events
The world lost a fashion icon on Nov. 28 as the infamous designer, Virgil Abloh, died from cardiac angiosarcoma, a rare form of cancer, in Chicago. The trail-blazing creative was 41. Abloh’s unexpected death shocked the world as his sickness wasn’t known to the...
