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UW Odyssey Beyond Bars program receives grant to teach college courses in Wisconsin prisons


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The University of Wisconsin–Madison Odyssey Project received a $300,000 grant from the Oscar Rennebohm Foundation to continue teaching college courses to incarcerated people in Wisconsin through the Odyssey Beyond Bars program.
Noble Wray, retired Madison Chief of Police and Rennebohm board member
The funding of $100,000 over the next three years will support a pilot project that will deliver introductory college courses in English to incarcerated students who are interested in post-secondary education but are not yet enrolled in a credential-granting program. The project will also explore the potential for offering similar introductory courses in math.
“As someone working in Wisconsin’s criminal justice system for 37 years, I believe Odyssey Beyond Bars’ early results in providing a college ‘jump-start’ to incarcerated students have been impressive,” says retired Madison Chief of Police Noble Wray, who sits on the Renn ....

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'We need beacons of hope': Community groups gather $125K for Vel Phillips statue in Madison and seeking more donations


We need beacons of hope : Community groups gather $125K for Vel Phillips statue in Madison and seeking more donations
Ricardo Torres, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Vel Phillips, Wisconsin Secretary of State
The legacy of Vel Phillips is one filled with firsts. 
In 1951, she was the first Black woman to graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School. In 1956, she was the first woman and first Black member of Milwaukee’s City Council. In 1971, she was the first woman and first Black judge in Milwaukee County. 
She was the first woman and Black person elected to statewide office in 1978 when the voters chose her for secretary of state.   ....

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