Photo courtesy pbs.org In 2019 Pacione-Zayas was featured on a PBS program speaking about how the well-being of children reflects a community s overall well-being. State Sen. Cristina Pacione-Zayas is on a mission to change the status quo of education in Illinois. My objective was to be a disrupter, Pacione-Zayas said of her time working for the Illinois State Board of Education. I knew that people may not agree with me, but if I anchored my disruption in research and data it would move the conversation away from rubber-stamp, business as usual. The newly appointed legislator is 42 years old. But she s already steeped in experience addressing education and equity.
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Nika Schoonover, Politics Editor|February 10, 2021
President Joe Biden has promised to prioritize immigration reform and sent a bill to Congress that aims to implement a better path to citizenship. Formally titled the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021, the bill would most notably provide an eight-year pathway to citizenship for some 11 million immigrants in the United States.
William Lopez, a clinical assistant professor and a faculty associate in the Latino Studies Program at the University of Michigan, said that Biden’s proposed legislation opens the opportunity to improve on the immigration policies of the Obama and Trump administrations.
“And I think Biden can now work to improve off from both of those, you know, all of the policies of his two recent predecessors,” Lopez said.
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Over the next five years, a group of scholars and community researchers in communities across Wisconsin will begin documenting Latinx history in our state through the recently created Wisconsin Latinx History Collective (WHLC).
The Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS) will serve as the archival repository for collections and as a resource to the group. (
Pictured above: Barbara Medina, as an infant, is shown with her father and grandfather in 1957. The Medinas moved from Texas to Milwaukee for better opportunities. PHOTO COURTESY OF WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY)
The group’s 60 members include faculty, staff, and students from UW–Madison, Madison College, UW-Whitewater, UW-Milwaukee, Viterbo University, and UW-Parkside, as well as community researchers from Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, and Waupaca.
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Barbara Medina, as an infant, is shown with her father and grandfather in 1957. The Medinas moved from Texas to Milwaukee for better opportunities. Photo courtesy of Wisconsin Historical Society
Over the next five years, a group of scholars and community researchers in communities across Wisconsin will begin documenting Latinx history in our state through the recently created Wisconsin Latinx History Collective (WHLC).
The Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS) will serve as the archival repository for collections and as a resource to the group.
The group’s 60 members include faculty, staff, and students from UW–Madison, Madison College, UW-Whitewater, UW-Milwaukee, Viterbo University, and UW-Parkside, as well as community researchers from Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, and Waupaca.
Lewis & Clark Library launched its newest Big Read event this past weekend.
The library received a $15,000 NEA Big Read grant to support a community reading program and chose the novel âInto the Beautiful Northâ by Luis Alberto Urrea as the featured book.
Big Read activities are planned throughout January. For more information, visit https://www.lclibrary.org/306/The-Big-Read.
Pick up a free copy of the book at any Lewis & Clark Library location, or check out the ebook or audiobook through the online service Axis 360.
Activities include:
Runs through Feb. 28
Submit your artistic or craft creation(s) of what home means to you. It can be a painting, a craft, photograph, or anything that makes you think of home. Take a picture of the artwork and send to suzannelclibrary@gmail.com. It will showcase on the library’s Exhibits page. Questions? Contact Suzanne at 447-6681 or suzanne@lclibrary.org.