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Community residents line up for a pop-up COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Trinity United Methodist Church in Madison on Sunday, April 11. The ribbons are a church memorial to Wisconsin residents who have died from COVID-19. Courtesy Rev. Breanna Illéné/Wisconsin Examiner.
On a Saturday afternoon in April, The Rev.
Kerri Parker learned of a pharmacy with a batch of extra COVID-19 vaccines. The doses needed to be used quickly or they would go to waste.
Trinity United Methodist’s pop-up clinic was a moving, spiritual moment for Illéné.
“It was really powerful to have that many people walking through the basement and filling this building that should be used for ministry,” the pastor says, especially since regular worship in person still isn’t safe in the pandemic. “So to be able to open it up in a way that can actually help the community was super amazing.”
The pandemic has been woven into the fabric of her church, literally. While the building isn’t in use, Trinity’s congregation has been creating a ribbon memorial for Wisconsin residents who have died from COVID-19. And hosting the vaccine clinic went right along with that.
Holocaust education for Wisconsin students required for grades 5-12
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Holocaust education required for Wisconsin students, grades 5-12
Gov. Tony Evers signed a bill on Wednesday requiring Wisconsin middle and high school social studies classes to teach the Holocaust and other genocides.
MILWAUKEE - Gov. Tony Evers signed a bill on Wednesday requiring Wisconsin middle and high school social studies classes to teach the Holocaust and other genocides.
Wisconsin joins 17 other states that require Holocaust education, according to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. An 18th state, Arkansas, has a law taking effect next year. This bill will affect generations of kids in our state and bring increased awareness, and recognition in our schools to the tragedies of the Holocaust, the pervasiveness of anti-Semitism to this day, and hopefully cultivate a generation that is more compassionate, more empathetic and more inclusive, Evers said.
Wisconsin schools required to teach Holocaust under new law
SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) Gov. Tony Evers signed a bill on Wednesday requiring Wisconsin middle and high school social studies classes to teach the Holocaust and other genocides.
Wisconsin joins 17 other states that require Holocaust education, according to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. An 18th state, Arkansas, has a law taking effect next year.
“This bill will affect generations of kids in our state and bring increased awareness, and recognition in our schools to the tragedies of the Holocaust, the pervasiveness of anti-Semitism to this day, and hopefully cultivate a generation that is more compassionate, more empathetic, and more inclusive,” Evers said in a statement.
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A billboard on the side of Highway 26 in Rock County encourages people to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Angela Major/WPR
As the state begins to roll out a public education campaign to get more people vaccinated against COVID-19, it is approaching a turning point in the pandemic where supply could soon outstrip demand.
Until now, Wisconsin has had just the opposite problem.
Demand has been high, and after three and a half months, Wisconsin topped the 1 million mark