365 Amplified

International Women's Day is this weekend in Madison, hundreds of place names containing a racist slur are being renamed and COVID continues to slow. 

On the podcast today: two big announcements from 365 media, and UW-Oshkosh has approved a new Hmong Studies Certificate. 

Fred Hampton, Jr, is coming to Madison, the CDC has issued new guidelines for when you should wear a mask, and Forward Madison's preseason is underway.

A new documentary debuting this weekend looks to capture the moment of Madison's Black Renaissance. Plus, another verdict in the murder of George Floyd and continually improving COVID stats.

One City Schools signed its charter contract yesterday, marking the culmination of more than a decade of work by founder Kaleem Caire. Plus, an Indigenous culture event is coming up this weekend and two Wisconsin movement leaders got a big honor this month.

In the State of the Tribes address, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians President Shannon Holsey focused on bills that would limit the teaching of American history and voting access, as well as several other issues. We have a recap of that speech, plus news that the Latino Academy of Workforce Development is going independent just as it celebtrates its 10th anniversary.

A Milwaukee teen earned her nursing license before graduating high school, The Black Voice is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its first edition and the State of the Tribes is coming up later today.

Art professor Faisal Abdu'Allah has a major new piece being installed and unveiled at MMoCA. (After recording we learned the installation will open Feb 22 at 5 pm.) Plus, UW-Platteville Chancellor Dr. Dennis Shield is leaving for a big new job in Louisiana and a building at UW-LaCrosse will be named for a Ho-Chunk artist.

The Dane County Board delayed a decision on increasing funding for the new jail, and a federal judge ruled that Monona Police acted illegally when they entered a home and drew guns on a Black man who was staying there. Plus, updates on a couple stories from yesterday and the latest COVID stats.

On the pod today: a Madison photographer is raising money for canine cancer research in her second annual "Pooch Playoffs," a Madison bookstore is facilitating donations of books to Black families, Milwaukee mayoral primary results are in and more.