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Nominations Are Open For The 2021 Silver Lining Awards
WORT 89.9FM Madison · Nominations Are Open For The 2021 Silver Lining Awards The Friends of Madison Arts Commission is holding the 2021 Silver Lining Awards to Honor Creativity, Dedication and Perseverance During the Pandemic. From now until December 15 anyone can nominate one or more individuals or organizations who excelled in creative endeavors and/or […]
Graves: Tell Biden not to renew Bloom, Barger on the USPS board of gov...
Trump stacked the Board of Governors of the U. S. Postal Service with 4 asset managers, the first step in weakening the USPS under millionaire Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. Lisa Graves, Executive Director of policy research group True North, advises that Biden should not renew the appointment of Ron Bloom (current Chairman of the Board, […]
Free High School Equivalency learning for Migrant workers and families...
Ambar Meneses, Student Support Advisor at Madison College, talks about the High School Equivalency Program (HEP), free educational program targeted to help migrant and seasonal farm workers and their immediate family members earn a GED/HSED. Includes tuition free learning with textbook and computer loans, available for workers and families with 75 days of farm labor […]
Getting to know the Sierra Club — wisconsin chapter
As Wisconsin’s voice for the nation’s oldest, largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization, with a membership of 18,000, the Sierra Club — Wisconsin Chapter works together with volunteers to protect our communities and the planet. Cassie Steiner-Bouxa, Senior Campaign Coordinator, talks about some of their current activities to protect the environment. Did you enjoy […]
Biden Federal court appointees moving forward — with diversity i...
Trump’s federal court appointees were virtually all white and all male, according to Andrew Cohen, Senior Editor for The Marshall Project and Brennen Center for Justice. And what do the Biden appointees look like? A much more diverse group in terms of race, ethnicity, and gender, as well as background experience. And a competent enough […]
Honoring Everyone’s Humanity Through Restorative Justice
Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Dr. Damita Brown… Barb Sherrod is Restorative Practices Program Director for Restorative Response Baltimore and a Doctoral Student in Urban Educational Leadership at Morgan State University. She joins Dr. Brown to talk about restorative justice and her work for it, structural racism, reforming criminal justice systems, and more! […]
