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Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Black Lives Matter Launches relief fund for Black people during pandemic

As Congress delays in passing COVID-19 relief legislation, Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLMGNF) and BLM Grassroots unveiled a $3 million, nationwide fund to assist Black people who are struggling financially during the pandemic.

COVID Black is using data and creating space to honor Black lives lost to virus

Kim Gallon creates a digital space, COVID Black, to memorialize each individual Black life that has been lost in the pandemic. COVID Black is intended to be a space of healing and create conversations about the future of Black health.

REGGIE JACKSON: MY REFLECTIONS ON BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATIONS

This year marks the 95th annual celebration of Black History Month. It has actually been a month-long celebration since just 1976. The way it is celebrated and taught in school does not give us a nuanced view of who we are.

Madeleine L’Engle’s Private Correspondence With Ahmad Rahman

When Ron Irwin and Madeleine L’Engle became pen pals, neither knew how their correspondence would change both of their lives.

Old World Third Street likely to become Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive with unanimous Milwaukee Common Council support

Old World 3rd St. in Milwaukee, from W. McKinley Ave. to W. Wisconsin Ave. in Milwaukee’s downtown, would finally be renamed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.

Initial data show majority of COVID-19 vaccine doses in Milwaukee County have gone to white, younger residents

The vast majority of people being vaccinated right now are white and in younger age groups — figures that need to change in the coming weeks.

Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – ‘We’re not stopping’: Community organizers are focusing on local policy changes for 2021

Entering into the new year of 2021 Wisconsin’s community organizers have vowed to keep pushing for meaningful, local change.

Contest Allows Students to Pitch Ideas on Improving Educational Outcomes for Black Males

The “Design Your Future” contest seeks to improve the educational outcomes of young Black males in Milwaukee. Individual students or student groups may enter proposals. Once five proposals are selected in January, the ideas will be implemented next school year after being developed over the spring and summer.

Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Body Cam Footage Of Cop Murdering Unarmed Andre Hill Has Been Released; How He Tried To Cover It Up

The body cam footage from the Columbus police officer who murdered Andre’ Hill was released. It shows Hill while he was walking out of a garage with only a cell phone in his hand.

Black male teachers can have a profound impact in the classroom. Unfortunately, they’re a rarity.

The story of Jarvis Ragland and his experiences as a teacher shed light on the importance of black teachers in schools.