LIVING IN DUALITY
byBy Fabu Phillis Carter BARBARA FRANKS’ STORY IS ONE OF TRANSFORMATION. Believing in herself and her abilities, as a child, she decided she would…
ENGAGING COMMUNITY
Underdog Finishes on Top
byWHAT WAS ONCE A DREAM is now a reality for Lauren Wojtasiak and her family. She helps find hundreds of homes each year for…
Mompreneurs
byIT MAY SEEM A DREAM TO BUILD AND MANAGE A BUSINESS AT HOME so you can keep your kids close and give them the…
The Confidence Project
byIt was perhaps unintentional. Older girls had bullied portrait photographer Brenda Eckhardt’s daughter, Skylar, then 10 years old. The experience left Skylar’s confidence shaken,…
Emphasis on Living with Terminal Cancer
byWITH HER DARK-CHOCOLATE EYES and cute pixie hairstyle, a smile that won’t quit, and the kind of fun-filled personality you’d want as co-pilot for…
STAY CONNECTED AVOID THE MOTHER DAUGHTER RIFT
byI WAS 29 YEARS OLD when I lost my mom. Ten days after she died, my first daughter was born; three years later, daughter…
EQUITY MATTERS WORKSHOPS TO DISCUSS AND IMPROVE COMMUNITY DISPARITIES
byTHE RACE TO EQUITY REPORT, released in the fall of 2013 by the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families, surprised many Dane County residents…
GET OFF YOUR BUTT AND GET TESTED
byColorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S. —American Cancer Society COLONOSCOPIES ARE RIGHT UP THERE with airplane food…
What’s Your Brand?
byIf you don’t yet have a personal brand, Catherine Kaputa’s “Women Who Brand, How Smart Women Promote Themselves and Get Ahead,” can help you…
In Pets We Trust
byWE CALL THEM OUR BABIES and sometimes even call ourselves their mama. Yep, we’re talking about our pets—who for many folks are family. But…