Press Release: Silver Spring, Md. Discovery Education and 3M have announced that Alex Hart-Upendo, a fifth grade student from Gifford School (Racine Unified School District) has been named the state merit winner for Wisconsin in the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge, the nation’s premier middle school science competition. Hart-Upendo was chosen as one of 34 state merit winners nationwide for developing an innovative solution […]
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Alex Hart-Upendo Wins Annual ‘Wisconsin YES!’ Youth Business Plan Contest
Press release MADISON, Wis. – Alex Hart-Upendo, a 5th grader at Gifford Elementary School in Racine who has made a splash in national news media, is the grand prize winner in Wisconsin YES!, a statewide youth business plan contest for students in middle and high school. Hart-Upendo’s company, Build-A-Bow, is a custom eco-friendly bow retailer […]
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Black Men Speak: Conversations about race in Racine
Let the conversation begin: We interviewed nine black males about what it is like to live in Racine, a city named the fourth worst place for black people to live. We anticipate that this project will continue over the course of several months as we gather more voices to be part of this ongoing series […]
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Racine County Eye kicks off Black Men Speak series Feb. 19
Racine was recently named by USA Today as the fourth worst place for black people to live in the United States and the recent officer-involved shooting of Donte Shannon has made it clear that a dialogue is needed in our community that centers around what it is like to be black in Racine. The black unemployment […]
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11-year-old entrepreneur to compete in Project Pitch It
Eleven-year-old Alex Hart-Upendo will compete against a number of other entrepreneurs in the second season of “Project Pitch It,” a competition for Wisconsin entrepreneurs similar to Shark Tank. Sponsored by Cardinal Stritch University, the Milwaukee Bucks, Lindy Enterprises Inc., and a number of other companies, the competition helps entrepreneurs grow their companies. For Alex, winning […]
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Alex Hart-Upendo
Alex Hart-Upendo, 11, is a fifth-grader and already owns his own company called Build-A-Bow. But he’s also already experienced racism several times, something he feels “is just not right.” Check out more Black Men Speak videos: Corey Prince Kevin Brown Chester Todd Jr. John Tate II Mike Jackson Logan Tyler Ahmad Kweku Qawi Carl Fields […]
