Young people are making a difference. With Love Wisconsin’s stories you’ll meet—a young entrepreneur who developed a game for kids in refugee camps, enthusiastic first-time voters, a teenager teaching peers to play baaga’adowewin (the traditional game of lacrosse), and a young farmer who is shaping the future of agriculture. Their stories help all of us imagine our future together.
I’m a senior at Platteville High School. Growing up in Platteville has been a very good experience for me. You go to Walmart and you see everybody you know. If you bump into someone you’re like, ‘Oh. Sorry, my bad,’ then you get into a whole entire conversation about your life. All the teachers know
“I believe that treating other people with kindness shouldn’t be controversial.” Read More »
I’m from Fall Creek, Wisconsin, which is a very small town. Growing up, I was surrounded by a family of storytellers. Photos by Andi Stempniak My dad’s a public speaker, and my grandparents love to tell stories. My paternal grandmother has been writing poetry for longer than I’ve been alive, and my mom’s mother used
“I love creating characters with important life lessons to learn.” Read More »
Joel: In high school, I took an entrepreneur leadership class. There they really pushed me to think about my community and where I come from. Photo by Abby Chi I had to think about the problems I’ve seen in my community and what I could do about them. I was born in the Democratic Republic
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I started playing lacrosse three or four years ago. I am fifteen now. One of my friends asked me, ‘Would you like to come play lacrosse?’ Photo courtesy of Shawn Beaver It was just a pick-up game at a community center. I started with the modern version of the game, but then I picked up
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I’m in school right now, but I’m doing it remotely because of the pandemic. I’m pursuing my associate’s degree in science at Nicolet College in Rhinelander, and from there I’d like to either go into linguistic anthropology or environmental science. Photo courtesy of Jephrey Valliere I was working for Amazon down in Kenosha for a
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Wish for Wisconsin looks at Wisconsin through the eyes of children asking them to share their experience growing up here and their wishes for the future. In July 2022 the Love Wisconsin team traveled to the Northwoods to work with artists Connie and Tim Friesen. Connie and Tim have worked on many mural projects in
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I’ve been playing soccer since I was three. Pretty much my whole life. Soccer is one of the most important things in the world to me. Photo courtesy of Tikeh’s famly I also love to read, so I decided to put these two things together and write a book. I am twelve years old now, but
“I have my whole family to thank for everything.” Read More »
I’m excited to vote because it’s such an amazing experience for any citizen to be able to have the right to do it. People have fought throughout history to have the right to vote, so it’s something you should be excited about. Photo courtesy of Chelsey Severson I live outside of Osseo, in the country.
“People have fought throughout history to have the right to vote.” Read More »
My mom is Ojibwe and my dad is Ho-Chunk. My name is Ma’iingan, which means wolf in Ojibwe. There are lots of jokes about the Wolf girls in the family, how they’re headstrong and not really willing to back down. Subconsciously, I think I have internalized that. Photo courtesy of Ma’iingan Wolf Garvin My name
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I really love games because of the ability for people to interact with them. They’re not like other media where you sit down and just consume it. Games are great for learning because you have to actively engage and think about what you’re doing, which is awesome. Photo courtesy of Eleanore Falck I designed ‘Growing
“I really love games because of the ability for people to interact with them.” Read More »
Sarah is totally vivacious. She’s bubbly, smart, and willing to break into song and dance at the drop of a hat. We met her in Appleton and got to gab with her about something we care a lot about: art and the artistic process. Sarah expresses herself through painting (and nail art…check out her polka dots),
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I went YMCA Camp Sturtevant ever since I was five. It was a before and after school program first, and then I went for summer camp. When I turned 13, I was old enough to volunteer, so I started volunteering as a junior counselor. By 16, I was able to have a job there, and
“I absolutely love UW-Oshkosh in all ways and all senses.” Read More »
