Read Local
byBy Joyce Novacek | Photos Courtesy Kaia Calhoun Pushing back against an increasingly electronic—and paperless—grain, Joanne Berg retired from UW-Madison and opened an independent bookstore…
ENGAGING COMMUNITY
IN OUR OWN STREETS
byBy Rachel Werner “The Mojo and the Sayso” debuts in Madison Feb. 18 and “Real Stories about Race” is the pre-show event Feb. 20…
EMPOWERMENT THROUGH DANCE
byBy Leigh Mills IT’S A STARTLING STATISTIC. One in three women on the planet will be beaten or raped during her lifetime. Since the worldwide…
Stopping Violence Against Women
byDon’t Miss: BRAVA’s February 2016 edition for an in-depth look at the issue of violence against women and how some local groups are working…
WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT
byBy Shelby Deering | Photographed by Kaia Calhoun IT SEEMS APPROPRIATE that leadership coach and motivational speaker Susan Young recently relocated to Madison…
Women to Watch: Colleen Butler
byBy Lisa Bauer COLLEEN BUTLER GREW UP IN A DIVERSE SMALL TOWN. “From as early as I can remember, we were talking about race at…
Women to Watch: Jasmine Zapata
byBy Rachel Werner DR. JASMINE ZAPATA confronts life’s fragility each day. As a pediatric resident at UW Health American Family Children’s Hospital, Zapata treats…
Women to Watch: Leslie Orrantia
byBy Marni McEntee ALMOST AS SOON AS Leslie Orrantia starts talking about her work and her goals, she notes that—unlike many of those she’s looking…
Women to Watch: Tu Le
byBy Hatheway Rawlinson A former fashion designer—for the houses of Liz Claiborne, Gap and Lands’ End—Tu Le now is the founder of the Madison Art…
Women to Watch: Jennifer Krueger
byBy Shelby Deering EVERYBODY NEEDS A MENTOR and role model. Jennifer Krueger Favour, a lieutenant with the Madison Police Department, has filled that role for…