One City Schools to Open Child Care Center for its Staff

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For comments or more information, contact:
Kaleem Caire
Founder and CEO
Email: kcaire@onecityschools.org
Mobile Phone: (202) 997-3198

Gail Wiseman
Chief Operating Officer/External Relations
Email: gwiseman@onecityschools.org
Mobile Phone: (608) 514-6119

One City Schools to Open Child Care Center for its Staff
The center will offer affordable childcare for infants and toddlers for One City Staff

Madison, WI (Thursday, September 14, 2023) – Today, One City Schools announced that it will begin offering affordable on-site child care for children of its employees beginning in October 2023. One City will pilot its new staff-only center this school year at its Pleasant T. Rowland Leadership Campus located at 1707 W. Broadway in Monona, Wisconsin. The new Gail and Gordon Derzon Early Care Center will enroll children ages 6 months to one year old. Children who are two, three and four years old with parents that work for One City can already enroll in One City’s preschool which serves children from across Dane County. The project is made possible through a $100,000 grant from the Roots & Wings Foundation, a leading funder of child and family wellbeing in Dane County.

One City founder and CEO, Kaleem Caire, shared his organization’s reasons for offering expanded child care specifically focused on its staff. “Each year, we have team members who bring beautiful new children into the world but are unable to find available and/or affordable care for their infants and toddlers. We operate a highly sought-after 5-star preschool with an outstanding, stable and experienced staff. We decided it would benefit our staff, their children, our three schools and the 400 children we teach to offer on-site child care for infants and toddlers. Doing so will enable teachers and staff to keep working and teaching with us while also giving them peace of mind that their children are being well cared for.”

Caire added, “We are deeply grateful for the tremendous and timely support of the Roots & Wings Foundation. We appreciate what they are doing to expand access to high quality early learning opportunities in Wisconsin. It also feels great that we are able to extend child care opportunities to our staff, and provide it at a rate they can afford.”

Bryce Pickett, One City’s Executive Director of Early Education, said One City will open its center next month with one lead teacher, an assistant teacher and six infants and toddlers. The funding provided by Roots & Wings will enable One City to hire staff and purchase equipment and materials to set up the center. One City currently offers all staff a 25% discount on tuition at its preschool for their first child and 10% for their second child. With the 25% discount, One City staff will pay $255 per week for infant care and $240 per week for one-year-olds. Tuition payments, along with the Roots & Wings investment, will cover the full cost of operating the new center.

Pickett said, “As with everything we do at One City Schools, we hope to be an example for other employers and educational institutions who would like to offer the same benefit for their employees. We share everything that we do at One City so others can learn with us and from us. We look forward to sharing how this works with our colleagues and other schools across the country.”

One City’s new infant and toddler center is named after Gail and Gordon Derzon, two longtime and strong supporters of One City Schools. Both are lifelong supporters of early childhood and K-12 education, college access, and health equity in Wisconsin and internationally. Gordon Derzon served for 26 notable years as the president and CEO of the University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics. Mr. Derzon has also served on the Board of Directors of One City Schools since 2016.

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AwardsMall / Total Awards & Promotions, Inc.: Nationwide Trophy Recycling Program Fundraiser on October 7

The Nationwide Trophy Recycling Program is having a fundraiser on Saturday, October 7, 2023. 

They will have hundreds of trophies for sale. Prices range from $3 to $125.

The funds support the operating costs of the recycling program to ensure sustainability.

The program keeps trophies from the landfills while giving them FREE to nonprofits nationwide.

A wide range of trophies from vintage to modern day and all sizes are available.

The fundraiser is from 9 AM to 1 PM at 6670 Odana Road in Market Square, Madison.

MSCR to celebrate Active Aging Month with a variety of free activities!

September 14, 2023

For Immediate Release

Contact: Nicole Graper, MSCR Marketing Specialist, at ngraper@madison.k12.wi.us or 608-204-3017

MSCR to Celebrate Active Aging Month with a variety of free activities!
Adults 50+ and better are invited to join MSCR for enrichment, fitness and wellness workshops this October.

Madison School & Community Recreation (MSCR) is celebrating Active Aging Month with a variety of free activities and challenges on October 1-29. Adults, ages 50 and better, are invited to try a new activity, meet people and stay active by participating in more than 30 activities at several MSCR locations.

Activities include Ask the Trainer, Coloring for Relaxation, Chair One Dance Fitness, Nature Walk, Shopping & Preventing Identity Theft, TRX Yoga and more. Registration opens Monday, September 18 at 12pm at mscr.org. Participants have the option to earn raffle tickets for prizes by completing daily activities.

According to Mindy Vinje, MSCR 50+ Fitness & Wellness Specialist, “The goal of Active Aging Month is to demonstrate that individuals over 50 can thrive in all aspects of life, including physical, social, spiritual and emotional, regardless of age or health status. The month-long event at MSCR provides free opportunities to wellness activities and exercise programs for older adults, with the goal of showcasing age-friendly wellness programs and promoting a positive message of aging.”

In addition to this year’s Active Aging festivities, MSCR is holding a special celebration for caregivers on October 30 & 31. These free workshops are tailor made with caregivers’ needs in mind.

The complete schedule for all these events is available at mscr.org.

MSCR is Madison’s public recreation department and offers a variety of recreation programs for all ages. Please go to mscr.org for more information or call 608-204-3000.

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Seein’ is Believin’: “Feeding Our Bodies, Feeding Our Souls: The Mother’s Mental Health Moment”

🌟 Join Us for an Important Community Event 🌟

Hey everyone,

We’re excited to invite you to “Feeding Our Bodies, Feeding Our Souls: The Mother’s Mental Health Moment,” hosted by Seein’ is Believin’. 📅

Save the date for September 22nd, 2023, from 6:30 to 9:00 PM at MyArts, 1055 East Mifflin in Madison, Wisconsin.

🔗 REGISTER HERE: [https://bit.ly/3Z8QVbv]

🔹 Why This Event is Crucial 🔹

Recent tragedies, including a devastating mother-daughter murder-suicide and the loss of a teen from our community, make this event more important than ever. We aim to empower mothers and youth with mental health tools and community support.

🔸 Event Details 🔸

🎤 Moderated by Prenicia Clifton and featuring incredible speakers like Ruby Clay, Angela Hopgood, Qiana Holmes, and Brandi Grayson. Topics will cover building mental resilience, destigmatizing mental health, and more.

🌟 Special Features 🌟

🍲 Soul Food dinner provided

👶 Childcare provided

💵 $25 stipend for the first 100 moms

🚨 Spots are limited! 🚨

🆓 The event is FREE!

Don’t miss out! Secure your spot by registering today. Your participation is vital to making this event a success and supporting the well-being of mothers and youth in our community. Feel free to share the event and registration link with anyone who could benefit.

#SeeinIsBelievin #MaternalMentalHealth #CommunitySupport #MentalHealthAwareness

UW-Madison Division of the Arts Celebrates 25th Year of Interdisciplinary Arts Residency Program, Opens “IARP at 25” Call for Proposals for 2024–2025 Academic Year

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 12, 2023

Media Contact: residency@arts.wisc.edu

URL: artsresidency.wisc.edu/propose/ 

Link to article: https://artsdivision.wisc.edu/2023/09/12/iarp-at-25-call/ 

Division of the Arts Celebrates 25th Year of Interdisciplinary Arts Residency Program, Opens “IARP at 25” Call for Proposals for 2024–2025 Academic Year

Madison, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of the Arts has opened the call for proposals for the 2024–25 cycle of its Interdisciplinary Arts Residency Program (IARP), commemorating its 25th year. Since 1999, when the Division of the Arts (then Arts Institute) welcomed artist Nick Cave to Madison, the Interdisciplinary Arts Residency Program has hosted 51 residencies involving 55 artists-in-residence and more than140 guest artists from 20 different countries, engaging over 50 university units and over 40 community organizations.

The IARP at 25 call for proposals asks artists, faculty, and staff to envision the full potential of an interdisciplinary arts residency by expanding artistic and academic inquiry, cultivating new partnerships with campus and community arts entities, and engaging innovative and diverse visiting artists. The call for proposals is open for semester-long and one academic year-long residencies.

IARP at 25 commemorates the diversity of artists and the expertise they have brought to the university — from curators to choreographers, costume designers to cartoonists, environmental filmmakers to experimental theatre artists, architects to activists — that has opened opportunities for interdisciplinary collaborations and strengthened programmatic ties among individual departments, programs and other campus and community arts entities.

IARP provides students with extended, intimate and high-impact learning experiences with a working artist, including options to earn course credit. In 25 years, interdisciplinary artists-in-residence, including notable artists Rhodessa Jones (2014), Marc Bamuthi Joseph (2007) and Pauline Oliveros (2001), have taught 53 interdisciplinary courses, enrolling 429 students. The diversity of course offerings facilitates scholarship and knowledge-building in interdisciplinary practices and in understanding alternative perspectives. 

All residencies center on interdisciplinary arts, recognizing that interdisciplinarity can break down barriers and silos, advance intellectual artistic diversity and give opportunities to people who do not fit into the traditional modes of inquiry and practice. Residencies often extend connections with faculty, the university and the Madison community. For example, artists-in-residence Faisal Abdu’Allah (2013) and Lynda Barry (2012) now hold faculty appointments at UW–Madison. 

The 2024–25 academic year will also culminate with the final year of the “Arts for Everyone, Everywhere” Interdisciplinary Arts Outreach Initiative, a three-year project of the Division of the Arts. Funded by the Baldwin Idea Grant,the project builds on the legacy of the Interdisciplinary Arts Residency Program and its potential reach and impact across the state of Wisconsin.

Complete and share your proposal for IARP at 25 by Monday, November 20, 2023 at noon CT. 

Visit artsresidency.wisc.edu/propose for more information on the proposal process.

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About the Presenter:

The Division of the Arts’ Interdisciplinary Arts Residency Program brings innovative, world-class artists to the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus, providing students with extended learning experiences with a working artist, increasing diversity of teaching staff on campus and strengthening programmatic ties among individual departments, programs and other campus and community arts entities. Since 1999, the program has hosted 51 residencies involving 55 artists-in-residence and more than 140 guest artists from 20 different countries, engaging over 50 university units and more than 40 community organizations. All residencies center interdisciplinary arts, recognizing that interdisciplinarity can break down barriers and silos, advance intellectual artistic diversity and give opportunities to people who do not fit into the traditional modes of inquiry and practice (see the Division of the Arts’ guiding principle of The Arts for Everyone, Everywhere). The program often brings together artists, faculty, staff and students from various disciplines across the arts, sciences and humanities, sustaining the Division of the Arts’ mission tounify and catalyze the arts at UW–Madison.