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Join Us for the Final Session of "Beyond Boundaries – DEI Talks" Tonight!

July 25th at 7:30 PM

Don`t miss our final meeting, where we`ll explore the future of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) work. This is an exciting opportunity to discuss the direction and impact of DEI initiatives moving forward.

We hope to see you there!

You can join the virtual talk group through this zoom link or by adding the event to your Outlook Calendar. 

These meetings will follow T1W ground rules found on this page. 

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Bravo’s Top Chef recently ended its first season with season ten winner Kristen Kish taking the reigns as the host replacing Padma Lakshmi. In addition, a number of Asian Americans who competed left the show determined to hone their craft further despite not taking the top prize.

For executive chef Soo Ahn of Chicago’s Adalina, his time on the show exemplified his love and passion for food and brought back memories growing up seeing his grandmother, mother and aunts preparing Korean family style meals during major holiday periods.

“Food was like a huge part for my family, my Korean culture and everything I can remember growing up. During major holidays, I remember all the different generations of women in my home growing up preparing Korean food – the traditional way. They would always prepare a feast for a hundred people when there were just twenty of us to feed”, Soo discussed in a recent interview with AsAmNews...

...“I think we are at a great place at the moment, where many shows on the Food Network have Asian faces as hosts, judges, TV chefs, foodies, contestants etc. We are definitely making headway in this area. However, how do we measure enough? I feel this measure shouldn’t even exist and we should just continue to be represented and be visible”....

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It`s been reportedly a tough go for Downtown Milwaukee restaurants this week – but at least one local restaurant received a notable visitor this week, as Oprah Winfrey dropped by the Milwaukee Public Market.

The iconic media figure visited the popular Third Ward mainstay on Thursday – in particular Pat`s Rib Place. According to the Milwaukee Public Market`s Facebook page, Winfrey visited to show her support for the local barbecue restaurant, which is run by Alisha and Ty Hayes – her niece and nephew-in-law. ....
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Sallie Anna Pisera spent time in the Barron area visiting family when she was growing up. In fact, it was her aunt Theresa who connected her with a place called Pioneer Village. Run by the Barron County Historical Society, the village museum has been preserving and interpreting the history of Northwestern Wisconsin for over sixty years. In her career as a folklorist, Sallie Anna had worked with tradition-bearers from Nordic and Somali backgrounds, both in the United States and also in Norway. She knew about the Barron area’s Scandinavian heritage and about the Somali community that has grown up around Barron since the late 1990s.

Sallie Anna says, “I’ve always found the transnational connection between these two communities very interesting. Somali people make up one of the largest African immigrant groups in the Nordic countries, and also some of the largest Somali diaspora communities are found in the midwest and places that were home to large numbers of immigrants from Norway and Sweden in the previous century.”

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Daniel Schulman loves visiting Jewish museums, and he’s visited several in Europe. 

“I love Jewish museums because I learn so much from them,” he said. “There’s so many different ways of doing programming, and of defining a museum as a Jewish museum. I think what’s so great about them is how diverse they are, how they can tell different stories about their local communities and local experiences.” 

Schulman, the new executive director of Jewish Museum Milwaukee, brings not just management experience from cultural institutions, but also a love of art, artists, history and, of course, museums. Schulman started as executive director of Jewish Museum Milwaukee on May 20, after Patti Sherman-Cisler retired from the role, having served for 9 years. 

Schulman is trained in art history and has worked as both a curator and program director for different organizations in Chicago. He previously held positions at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. He holds a bachelor of arts in the history of art from Columbia University and a master of arts from the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University...

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Should La Crosse County promote diversity, equity and inclusion in a long-range strategic plan?

County board members were somewhat divided to the idea Thursday, so they’ve voted to postpone action on the plan for a month in order to study DEI issues further.

Supervisors voted 19-7 to take up the issue again in August.

The diversity statement represents one page of a 15-page plan setting down county government goals for the next five years.

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During her first semester at Southern Methodist University, Savannah Hunsucker went on a retreat with the other students enrolled in her leadership scholars program. The event took them away from the Dallas campus and into the Texas countryside.

“I remember everybody looking up and being surprised to see stars in the night sky, and I thought that was so odd,” Hunsucker says.

Stars were a familiar sight for her, having grown up in a small town 30 miles north of Wichita, Kansas. Yet seeing her classmates’ awe at an experience she took for granted made her realize that her rural upbringing set her apart...

...Turns out, he says, “it was one of the best experiences of my entire life. I met so many people who had such diverse backgrounds and interesting perspectives, while being very down-to-earth, nice people. That’s what made me realize I wanted to go to the University of Chicago.”...

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Business Journal chooses health system for its work promoting equity and inclusion

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A women-led movement is pushing back against patriarchal attitudes and offering support to survivors of domestic violence.

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The U.S. National Science Foundation is announcing $50 million in Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) awards to 15 collaborative research projects nationwide to expand participation and access to materials science-focused facilities, education, training and careers.

NSF is investing over $50 million in total, which includes awards of over $4 million each to 11 partnering institutions over six years and $1 million in seed funding to each of four additional institutions over three years.

"Supporting the scientific talent present in every community in our country is imperative to strengthening the nation`s materials research infrastructure, which is central to everything from semiconductors to medical implants," said NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan. "NSF is dedicated to empowering everyone who wants to shape our scientific future for the benefit of their communities and the U.S. research community at large."...
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News.T1W.org (the weekly newsletter) is a collection of articles, events, and original content, from across the State and Nation on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. We are attempting to keep you informed, archive best practices and promote events that further this cause in the State.

In addition to a weekly newsletter featuring DEI news and updates, members have the ability to connect with other professionals, as well as share updates on what they are doing to move the needle on DEI issues in their communities, businesses or organizations.

The Newsletter is sent to between 1,500 and 2,000 individuals each week. While anyone may subscribe for free at the Website, we have worked hard to add DEI Professionals, Government Officials, Business Leaders and Press Outlets to our database. We have an open rate in excess of 40% (well above industry standards) and a substantial number of click-throughs to the original articles or resources. 

We keep all of our articles in a searchable database so that older stories can be recalled months or years after they were first published. This allows us to maintain a best practices resource by exploring what others in the State have done before. 

We also aggregate a permanent collection of resources from across the state and nation. These will allow DEI professionals to see what others have done, review resource materials, share ideas, and expand the resources they make available to their own members. 

Members are encouraged to submit updates, articles, and stories on the work that they are doing. These articles will then be shared on the T1W Network website and newsletter.

Wherever you are on your Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) journey, there’s something for you at Toward One Wisconsin.  Whether you’re just starting out and overwhelmed, or you’re a leading activist in your community, this conference and the T1W network will provide best practices, insights and implementation tools to help you take the next steps. Across all sectors of business and life in Wisconsin, parallel efforts are underway to prioritize DEI. We may be in different places based on the diversity of our experiences, but we’re all traveling the same journey: Toward One Wisconsin.

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