Fostering Diversity-Equity-Inclusion-Belonging
'We shall overcome someday.' Brown County event commemorates MLK while many still wait for dream to come true.
GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE
GREEN BAY - Roeman Hamer stepped up to the podium at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, a red backdrop silhouetting a portrait of Martin Luther King Jr., and began to belt the hymn, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," a song that has become a soundtrack to a movement.
The song originated in Jacksonville, Florida, where a chorus of young Black men sang it in honor of Abraham Lincoln's birthday in 1900. The song has rippled as a liberating anthem, spreading across the nation and across generations, remaining solemn in its relevance, exquisite in its hope....
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Fostering Diversity-Equity-Inclusion-Belonging
Outagamie County's first Latina judge is keynote speaker for MLK Day event
WBAY
APPLETON -- An Outagamie County judge recently appointed by the governor as the first Latina to serve on the bench in the 8th Judicial District is the keynote speaker for an online event marking Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
The annual event is normally held in the chapel of Lawrence University, but for a second consecutive year it’s being moved online because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Organizers tell us they expect a number of speakers, but the keynote address will be given by Judge Yadira Rein, who is the first person of color as well as the first Latina to serve as a judge in Outagamie County...
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Economic Development Feature
First in the state: Oneida Casino sports betting going well
PRESS TIMES
GREEN BAY – Chad Fuss, the Gaming Assistant-Chief Financial Officer for Oneida Casino, stepped out of his office at about 5 p.m. on the first Saturday of December when the college football conference championships were taking place.
Fuss was curious how the new sports betting area was being received.
He walked to the main floor and saw it bustling.