Dane County awards Partners in Equity grant to six organizations

Dane County has awarded a total of $55,000 in grants to six area organizations working to combat systemic discrimination, according to a press release from the Office of Dane County Executive Joe Parisi.

The grant program is to help address racial inequities in the Dane County community, according to the press release. The grant comes from the county’s Partners in Equity – Racial Equity and Social Grants, the press release says.

The six recipients are Centro Hispano’s scholarship program which awards scholarships to Latinx students, Midwest Mujeres — a women’s collective advocating for Black and Brown women, the Simpson Street Free Press — a student-written newspaper that works to bolster writing skills in K-12 students, Worker Justice Wisconsin — a worker’s rights advocacy group, the Wisconsin Regional Training Program and Building Industry Group Skilled Trades Employment Program which connects Dane County residents with job opportunities in the trades industry and YWCA Madison’s youth restorative justice program. ..