Motivated by her Jewish social justice values, Samantha Angelina, of Madison, partnered with the River Food Pantry to create Food NOW (“Nights Or Weekends”), an outdoor emergency food locker program. These lockers contain a short-term supply of shelf-stable foods that can be accessed by anyone, at no cost. Angelina’s acts of tikkun olam started at
A little more than a month after Russia began its assault on Ukraine, the United Nations estimates more than 10 million people have been displaced. The U.N. figure includes more .
MADISON, Wis. — After resettling more refugees in the past six months than in any other year since they started, Madison’s only refugee resettlement agency has concerns about capacity—but is ready if they’re tapped to help house refugees fleeing the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. With more than 3.5 million so far fleeing the war since it began one month.