City leaders pledge $250K to development of The Center for Black Excellence and Culture
January 11, 2021 11:18 AM Associated Press
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Rendering of the future Center for Black Excellence and Culture on Madison s south side
MADISON, Wis. City leaders have pledged $250,000 to The Center for Black Excellence and Culture to help with strategy, planning and programming preparations.
The city’s pledge comes a few months after Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced more than $800,000 of the county’s 2021 budget would be put aside to help organizers pursue and purchase land for the center.
Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway said she’s “pleased” that the city will play a role in establishing the new cultural center.
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The year 2020 was historic, from the impeachment of a U.S. president to the election of a new president and the fight against a pandemic. Communities came together to march against systemic racism and lift each other up during unprecedented challenges. Â
Time seemed to stand still as we learned and worked and taught from home. Some in our communities lost their homes. Food banks were busy and theaters were boarded up. Creatively reopening our city meant finding safe ways to interact and reimagine mundane life that was missed. Throughout a time of great turmoil and catastrophic loss, hope was still found and the meaning of togetherness was solidified.Â
What made news locally this year is what made news nationally with COVID-19 killing more than 5,000 Wisconsin residents and bringing financial pain to hundreds of thousands losing jobs during the pandemic.
The 2020 U.S. Presidential election between incumbent President Donald Trump and Democrat challenger and now president-elect Joe Biden brought a record number of voters out to the polls. Claims of unfounded voter fraud tarnished the elections with court battles on the elections results still ongoing.
Black Lives Matter become a civil rights anthem as protestors marched and rioted after the May 25 death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody. Police killings of Black men and women across the United States continues to draw protests and a need for change in police procedures.
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