The Public Arts Committee is meeting 01/05/2021 at 7:45am. The only action item is reviewing the 47 photos submitted to the Images of Hope photo contest and picking 12 winners and 4 runners up. Winning submissions will be cropped to 43″x43″ squares and displayed In […]
Author: All Things Appleton
Happy New Year
The look on your face when you’ve lived through 2020. I hope you all had an enjoyable holiday. Here’s to 2021.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FROM 12/07/2020 POLICE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING – PART 2
Here is the second half of the question and answer session that followed Chief Thomas’ 12/07/2020 presentation to the APD Community Advisory Board about Use of Force by the police. Question: The questioner hearkened back to a previous questioner who had expressed the view that […]
No Coronavirus Numbers Being Reported Today
Due to the holiday, City Hall is not reporting coronavirus numbers today, so we will have to wait for tomorrow for a coronavirus update.
Questions And Answers From 12/07/2020 Police Community Advisory Board Meeting – Part 1
Following Chief Thomas’ Use of Force presentation to the Community Advisory Board on 12/07/2020 there was a question and answer session. I’m halfway through writing that up and have included that first half below. Question: The state requires a minimum of 24 hours of continuing […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 12/30/2020
On 12/30/2020 Appleton reported 74 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 2 new probable cases. Active cases rose by 24. Cases out of isolation increased by 51. There was 1 new death. 74 is the highest number of new confirmed cases we’ve seen since 11/12 when […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 12/29/2020
On 12/29/2020 Appleton reported 34 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 30 new probable cases. 34 confirmed cases is not out of the ordinary, but 30 new probable cases is very high. Up until today, the most probable cases we ever had on one day was […]
Appleton’s Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator Highlights the Allyship of a Domestic Abuser and a Child Rapist
Karen Nelson, Appleton’s Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator, writes a regular column called “Better Together” for Appleton Monthly magazine. During the 12/07/2020 Police Community Advisory Board meeting, she drew attention to her October 2020 column entitled “Racism Is A Crisis!” and the fact that, in that […]
Just A Snowy Evening In Appleton
Keep it classy, Appleton
Karen Nelson on Appleton’s Participation In The Government Alliance On Race And Equity – “We are looking at tackling this thing from a totally structural standpoint.”
Karen Nelson, Appleton’s Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator, spoke at the 12/07/2020 Police Community Advisory Board Meeting about the Government Alliance On Race And Equity–the goals and focus of that group and what Appleton hopes to accomplish by being a part of GARE. She also mentioned […]