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Segregation in Milwaukee: Choice or chance?

Bridging the gap: The American Indian Student Development Program

Everything but the gondola

You may not be infected, but you're surely affected

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Student interns join students participating in the Wisconsin Indian Youth Conference for a cultural storytelling event on a field trip to Bad River. Photo courtesy of the Great Lakes NARCH

Bridging the gap: The Student Development Program
Support, community and guidance can mean the world to college students on the cusp of starting a career in science or medicine. To meet these needs, Native American students in Wisconsin can now turn to the Student Development Program, which aims to create opportunities for Native American students by providing hands-on experience and advising. The program also offers training in healthcare, focusing on issues that particularly affect the Native American population.
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Everything but the gondola

Dentice

In 1947, 17-year-old Joe Dentice left his small hometown in Italy to make a life in Wisconsin. Other immigrants early in the state’s history settled in distinct communities, adding diversity and culture. Communities included the Irish in Sheboygan County, Germans in Ozaukee County and Polish immigrants in Milwaukee’s south side. Milwaukee’s Italian community, in particular, settled the area to take advantage of inexpensive land, economic opportunities and industrial jobs.
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You may not be infected, but you're surely affected
The American Foundation for AIDS research says one in 150 Americans is HIV-positive, and there is not a single county in Wisconsin that does not have a reported case of the disease. But in contrast to the overt discrimination individuals with HIV/AIDS faced in the 1980s, a younger generation is fearlessly approaching the disease and is working to educate others about what AIDS is -- and is not.
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