AMY OLEJNICZAK: RAISING TEEN VOICES
Amy Olejniczak, Associate Director of the Wisconsin Alliance for Women’s Health and director of the Alliance’s PATCH program, has been raising teen voices and promoting health advocacy since 2010.
MONIQUE MINKENS: LIBERATING WOMEN TO LIVE THEIR BEST LIVES
Monique Minkens is creating an innovative space where women affected by abuse go “beyond empowerment, to healing and freedom.”
LAURA GMEINDER + COREYNE WOODMAN-HOLOUBEK: DISRUPTING THE WORLD OF WORK
Woodman-Holoubek and Gmeinder are disrupting work as we know it. It all started with a conversation in a coffee shop in 2015 and Disrupt Madison—and most recently Disrupt Milwaukee—a movement focused on sharing ideas and changing the world of work, were born.
CRISTINA BORDÉ: SEEKING JUSTICE FOR ALL
Attorney Cristina Bordé believes there are imprisoned Latinos serving time in Wisconsin for crimes they did not commit. And she wants to set them free.
ALICIA PELTON: MAKING SPORTS EQUITABLE FOR WOMEN
When Alicia Pelton was inducted into the Janesville Sports Hall of Fame in 2011, she reflected on her career in sports as a high school, college and, eventually, professional athlete.
DESIGN FOR A DIFFERENCE
The United States’ largest charity design makeover took place right here in Madison this fall. Design for a Difference—Madison, a three-year-old nonprofit project sponsored…
CHLOE BENJAMIN’S MADISON FAVORITES
Chloe Benjamin appreciates her “Madison favorites” because they allow her to work hard—and play hard, too. Read all about her favorites now.
BINGE DRINKING HELP
By Rae Sanders Wisconsin ranked third in the nation for binge drinking in 2016, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health. That’s especially problematic…
WINTER NUZZLE
Make your own deliciously rich and thick hot chocolate with this recipe from Megan Hile, owner of Madison Chocolate Company.
THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE YET
On October 15th, Design for a Difference made history by completing the largest charity design makeover in the country!
