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The Lasting Impacts Town Hall series got underway last week, and today we have a recap of the Madison event. Plus, our reaction to the school shooting yesterday in Texas and COVID spread that continues to slow.

The Black Girl Magic Conference returns in person on Thursday, with 600 girls expected to attend! Plus, the UW School of Education has a new associate dean for equity, diversity and inclusion, and COVID numbers continue to improve slowly.

A new chidlren's book based on the life and art of Prince is out, illustrated by Madison's own Annik Dupaty. Plus, Middleton schools have a new assistant superintendent for teaching and learning, and COVID spread continues to slow.

A new program delivers meal kits to MMSD students -- and gets them on a Zoom call with the Black chef who created the meal, and who teaches them to cook for their families. Plus, a longtime Madison radio host is now a Hall of Famer, and the COVID situation continues to improve.

A new program at UW-Green Bay awarded the first doctoral degrees in First Nations Education. Plus, Marquette University and the Lac Courtes Oreilles Ojibwe College strike a transfer agreement and COVID stats improve for the second straight day.

Badger legend and longtime youth coach Jeff Mack, Sr passed away at 68 last week, and we have a tribute this morning. Plus, Lawrence University officially has its first Black president and COVID stats get slightly better, at least for a day.

On the podcast today, a tribute to Gaddi Ben Dan, a media and social justice pioneer who passed away last week. Plus,  UW-Stout has a new DEI leaderand a Madison alder steps down.

On the podcast today, the latest from Buffalo and our thoughts on the racist attack and how it's being framed. Plus, big news for Beloit and a continuing COVID surge pushes daily cases near 2,100.

Madison music scene stalwart ShaH Evans is out with a new line of shoes, a first-ever conference in Eau Claire will focus on Hmong business owners and entrepreneurs, and COVID stats continue to get worse.

Black men's health advocate Aaron Perry earns an award, the Wisconsin Latino Chamber of Commerce strikes a partnership in Rock County, a Hip-Hop Health Fair comes to the Fox Valley and more.