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A Madison entrepreneur is looking for community support to open a vegan food truck, a Dominican High School senior will represent the state at Boys Nation and COVID stats are headed in the wrong direction.

An Indigenous artist is chosen to memorialize ancestors buried at UW-Stevens Point, a UW doctor is working to address Alzheimer's Disease and dementia in Latino communites & Quartz Insurance has a new DEI leader.

The CARES program -- bringing mental health professionals instead of police to intervene in situations when appropriate -- is expanding in Madison. Plus, we have a profile of therapist Frederick Harris, who specializes in supporting the mental health of LGBTQIA+ people and people of color.

Muskego parents and community members came together Monday night to call on the school board to approve a novel on the incarceration of Japanese Americans. Rob was there and has the recap.

We had quite a busy weekend, including the Latino Academy for Workforce Development graduation and the Boys & Girls Club fundraiser performance by Gladys Knight. Plus, today, the Muskego community is coming together to push back against the school board, who's refusing to allow a book on the false imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II. 

The community rallies around a beloved food truck owner, a celebrity chef wins the gig to cook for Gladys Knight and the COVID stats remain pretty steady.

The CEO of an important nonprofit is stepping down, and a local pro sports team is partnerning with the Special Olympics to create an amazing opportunity for local athletes. Plus, kind of a mixed bag on the COVID stats today.

We're back! And maybe slightly sunburned. Guess what else is back? The Wisconsin Leadership Summit, October 10 & 11, in Madison. On the podcast today, we have the details on that plus Madison College's new women's basketball coach and the latest COVID data.

On June 1, 2022, the Honorable Reverend Everett Mitchell officially launched his campaign to be on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court. In this episode, Judge Mitchell discusses why he decided to run for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, leading with authenticity, living into your purpose, and much more. Our conversation ends with a quote that serves as his North Star, “do not follow the path that has been given. Instead go to where there is no path and blaze a trail.”

Is the concept of a Black woman resting a notion of science fiction or something that is real?  This week on Black Oxygen we feature a discussion called Rest Black Woman that was held at the 2021 Wisconsin Leadership Summit.  The featured guests on this panel are Alice Traore, Angela Lang, Yanna Williams and Ali Muldrow.  The panel conversation opens up with a guided meditation to help us each slow down and to center us in the space together. This discussion is beautiful and restorative … and we learn … the notion of a Black woman resting is decidedly not science fiction.  I hope that you enjoy this episode, and as Angela Lang reminds us, “we gotta find a way to breathe.”