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Rewind to around 20 years ago in Whitewater Wis., when a janitor at a grade school, Art Hughes, noticed students coming to school without coats in the middle of winter. Out of the kindness of his heart, he would bring coats to school and give them out to those kids. “The more he gave, the […]

Participants, volunteers and community organizers gathered at round tables with food, refreshments, notepads and business cards for networking at Milwaukee Area Technical College’s downtown campus in late April. With their first Milwaukee Food Justice Summit, the Milwaukee Food Council hosted a public event to foster a dialogue on food justice and to envision a way […]

In 1957, a little girl named Cindy Bentley was born with fetal alcohol syndrome and heroin in her system. She was instantly sent to the Southern Wisconsin Center for Intellectual disabilities in Union Grove. Because of the lack of resources for children with disabilities, she grew up in an environment of abandonment and abuse. Though […]

Tony Anderson, a teacher and Ex Fabula storyteller, stepped onto the stage at Mitchell Street Arts. Embracing the night’s theme of adulting, he reflected on the complexities of adulthood and pivotal moments that define our paths. “As adults, we all make decisions that are going to affect our lives, but decisions we make in our […]

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students spent their school day at the warm and welcoming Women’s Resource Center, painting and decorating stones as well as pieces of denim in solidarity and support of victims and survivors of sexual violence.   “One thing we always love to say is that the WRC is like the feminist living room of […]

Madeline Heim, an environment reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, is a member of Report for America corps, focusing her efforts on Wisconsin’s environmental challenges, with a keen eye on the Mississippi River watershed. Additionally, she contributes her expertise to the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, a project based at the Missouri School […]

Martina (Mars) Patterson is a former Chief Land Steward at Nearby Nature Milwaukee and now environmental educator and artist. Patterson has led multiple projects in ecological restoration and environmental cultural wellness. Her leadership has been seen in her work throughout Northwestern Milwaukee and The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Patterson shares her thoughts on ecological […]

Dr. Arijit Sen is an urban planning and history professor at the University of  Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His work in urban history, immigration, and diaspora studies has integrated itself into his public humanities projects the Newark-based Humanities Action Lab to contribute to the “Climate of Inequality”, a traveling exhibit on environmental justice.  Dr. Sen highlights the importance […]

John Gardner is the Office of Sustainability’s Program & Policy Analyst at UW-Milwaukee. He received his BA in Anthropology from the University of Chicago and his Masters in Urban Planning from UW-Milwaukee. He digitized and analyzed over five years of utilities data for more than 80 accounts, contributing to the university’s greenhouse gas emissions inventory. […]

Spectrum Meteorologist Brooke Brighton started her love for weather at a very early age. She was influenced by her father, who is a sportscaster, and her mother as a news anchor. From her first weather unit in 8th grade, she’s been hooked. For JAMS 660 Environment and Media, Dani Travis interviewed Brighton via email about […]

Susan Bence covers the environment for WUWM, a public radio station operated by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She talked about her work with Alexis Lonzo, a student in JAMS 660 Environment and the Media. Alexis Lonzo: Can you give me an overview of your thoughts on how the environment has been addressed in political settings? […]

Colin Goyette is a restoration ecologist at the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center in Bayside, Wis. He received a degree in environmental science and natural resource management and conservation from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2021. He talked with Alexis Lonzo, a student in JAMS 660 Environment and the Media. Alexis Lonzo: Can you give me […]