Black women to design permanent home of Progress Center
(World News USA)

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Sabrina Madison knows most places in the city weren`t designed with black women in mind. `Black folks, and especially black women, don`t already have places that belong to them in this community,` Madison said. `There are not too many spaces where they already fit in when they walk in the door.` So when thinking about the design of the future permanent home for her Progress Center for Black Women, she brought black women to the table on day one. Madison recently met with SmithGroup, an architectural, engineering and planning firm, to cast a vision for the center, and she asked black women to come and weigh in. Participants said they felt `honored` to be invited. `To me,...