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Homeless and friends rally at Reynolds Park

by Mary Sussman | 11/07/2012 - 6:24am

October homeless rally raises the issue of Madison's shelter shortage

Tags: Housing, People, Services, Voices, Youth

Conversation about sustainable systems continues at Food Summit

by Emily Eggleston | 11/06/2012 - 8:10am

The Dane County Food Council engaged more than 100 people in a conversation about building a sustainable food system at their summit

Tags: Food, Environment, People, Isthmus, Near East

Latino Academy of Workforce Development provides training, community to hundreds

by Mario Koran | 10/07/2012 - 5:06pm

The Latino Academy, housed in a neighborhood center, offers computer classes and job training

Tags: East, City Life, Education, Development, Vera Court, People, Isthmus, Near East, North

Eat for Equity fundraising dinners take off in Madison

by Nora Hertel | 09/04/2012 - 10:31am

Local food and social justice advocate coordinates dinners that support equity in the local community

Tags: East, Food, Diversity, Far West, People, Isthmus, Near East, Near West, North, South Central, Southwest, West

Gardeners with and without disabilities share stories, get their hands dirty together

by Susan Endres | 08/29/2012 - 4:57am

A local community gardener started a program to bring people with disabilities into the garden and promote community

Tags: Food, Education, Lerdahl Park, Diversity, Parks & Recreation, People, North

Orton Park Festival adjusts layout and volume for Parks Department, neighbors

by Nora Hertel | 08/06/2012 - 8:44am

The Marquette Neighborhood Association met with neighbors and the Parks Department to adjust set-up and amplification for Orton Park Festival

Tags: Marquette, Environment, Parks & Recreation, People, Isthmus, Near East

Madison Commons Virtual Garden Show: Badger Fountain of Life Garden connects Bhutanese refugees with community

by Clara Huerta | 07/29/2012 - 4:25pm

The Garden also serves the Allied Drive Food Pantry, the local Boys & Girls Club, and the Fountain of Life Youth Group

Tags: Jennifer Johnson, Food, Development, Diversity, People, Voices, South Central

Fresh food scarce resource in Madison’s food deserts

by Ellen Heyn | 07/25/2012 - 8:44am

Four food deserts line south Madison; advocates do what they can to help

Tags: Allied Drive, Bay Creek, Bram’s Addition, City Life, Burr Oaks, Food, Nakoma League, Capitol View Heights, UW Campus, Dunn's Marsh, Moorland-Rimrock, Waunona, Diversity, People, Isthmus, Near West, South Central

Oral history project examines Madison’s activist past

by Emily Genco | 07/24/2012 - 5:31pm

The project hopes to collect personal stories of political activism that would otherwise go undocumented

Tags: Education, Diversity, Local Media, People, Voices, Isthmus

Racial Justice workshops address race personally and professionally

by Nora Hertel | 07/18/2012 - 6:15pm

YWCA workshops give Madison-area residents the chance to explore issues of race and privilege

Tags: East, City Life, Education, Diversity, Far West, People, Isthmus, Near East, Near West, North, South Central, Southwest, West

Girls Rock Camp teaches music, self-esteem

by Haley Perrin | 07/08/2012 - 7:59pm

The camp gives girls aged eight through eighteen a chance to star in their own rock band

Tags: Education, People, Services, Voices, Youth, Southwest

Volunteer army silent keepers of Olbrich Botanical Gardens

by Ian McCue | 06/26/2012 - 2:13pm

Over 600 volunteers work behind the scenes to keep Olbrich Botanical Gardens beautiful and free to the public

Tags: East, Environment, Parks & Recreation, People

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