Sikander’s innovative work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. She is a MacArthur Foundation Fellow and received the United States Medal for Arts. She participated in Glassell School of Art’s CORE Program at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Pakistan 1969) earned a BFA from National College of Arts in Lahore and an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design. We’re taking COVID as serious as possible.” Murphy said.Shahzia Sikander (American, b. “We’re following exactly what Dane County health has put out there and all the Dane County orders. While not affiliated with a school, Madison West Club Football is still adhering to local health guidelines. There’s just a lot from the infectious mitigation side that you know I would want answered prior to a competition and I asked that of other schools prior to when we started up.” There’s a lot of paperwork that has to be filled out prior to a game. For example we’re playing Verona next week. You know when we’re playing against a Middleton or we’re playing against a Beloit or a Verona in our case or any of the schools we’re going to play, they have infectious mitigation protocols in place that we’re exchanging with the school. “Then there’s questions from the infectious mitigation side. The four that cannot compete due to MMSD not offering football are Madison West, East, La Follette and Memorial.Įric Nee also pointed to COVID protocols and mitigation efforts between all four schools as a reason they are staying in their round-robin format. It’s not fair to our kids and we have to keep speaking up about it and hopefully we can get these games scheduled for our kids the way it should be done.”Īlthough they’re playing their normal Big Eight opponents, all games are recognized as non-conference scheduling since only four of the conference’s eight members are able to participate this fall. It’s saying you’re not ok with the Madison kids to play but you’re ok with the Verona kids to play. Murphy adds, “Saying they’re not willing to play our kids is hypocrisy. I make sure, number one, I give equitable opportunity to Verona Area because that is what I was brought on to do.” “Obviously equity is always the goal and we do everything we can but the reality is with the pandemic going on it’s been hard to strive for that because your priority does need to be your own communities that you work for first. When asked if this scheduling provides equity, Joel Zimba said that it is the priority and he’s trying to extend that as far as possible while putting Verona high school athletics first. If that was truly the case then they would step up and do the right thing for our kids here in Madison.”
“It’s a tell-tale sign of when they speak about equity, they’re just saying it and they’re not actually showing it. I can’t think of a better way to show more equity than to support our kids in this effort and make sure that they are afforded the right to play just like the Middleton, Sun Prairie, Verona and Beloit kids.”
“The Big Eight conference spoke loud and clear about how they want to make an equitable environment for the kids to compete in. We expect all parties involved in any Big Eight event to show Respect, Grace, and afford humanizing practices to support athletic competitions at all times.”īrad Murphy feels the Big Eight athletic directors are falling short of achieving equity.
We as a conference are committed to excellence in athletics and support for athletics, we seek to establish and maintain an inclusive culture that fosters equitable participation. “The Big Eight Conference is committed to providing safe and equitable environments where athletic competitions can thrive.
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