ENGAGING COMMUNITY

The Literacy Network offers classes, and volunteers also work with learners one-on-one. It creates individualized lesson plans for each learner.

Like the phrase “My life is an open book,” Real Life Library is a library in real life. The “books” are the storytellers and their “readers” are the interactive participants.

Local songwriter Shawndell Marks helps put female veterans’ stories to music.

In 2020 we will celebrate 100 years since the women’s suffrage movement, which led to the passage of the 19th Amendment. After the vote was secured, the suffrage movement turned into the League of Women Voters.

Creating a self-sustaining model for black business owners is the goal for Madison Alliance for Black Economic Empowerment (MABEE) founder Eric Upchurch II.

Sistah 2 Sistah has created events to support single mother families—a PreMother’s Day Brunch, SPIRIT Group, Dinner with Soul Santa and the Back 2 Skool Bash.

Lisa Peyton-Caire, a 2014 BRAVA Woman to Watch, founded the Foundation for Black Women’s Wellness and Black Women’s Wellness Day to transform the poor health of the women she saw around her.

To tackle the infant mortality problem, UW Health has made supporting black mothers to help prevent low birth rate and infant mortality a top priority.