As a Winona State University alum of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, Cole Moravec’s degree “fueled (his) fire to stand up for what is right and to be part of the change.” Impacting his activism on every level, the WGSS...
As students we rarely get opportunities to meet the authors of our course texts and discuss their work firsthand. When we do, it is certainly impactful. As a senior, it was truly captivating to hear Emily Thuma, author of “All Our Trials: Prisons, Policing, and...
Politics wasn’t a career field that Ahmitara Alwal envisioned her skills to be used. She was never a fan due to the nature of politics being “messy.” Instead, she imagined using her voice and skills to lead and advocate for others in a different way. But the Winona...
LGBT Books to Prisoners is an organization based in Madison, WI that is run through volunteers and donations. They send free packages of books and educational materials to LGBTQ+ individuals across the United States that are incarcerated. With the mission to...
A Night for Healing, Community, and Solidarity Take Back the Night (TBTN) has been a movement that brings to the forefront the prevalence of gender-based violence and creates a community for victims/survivors to feel supported. The movement began in the ’70s to...
Name: Karen Sullivan | Class of 2019 | Major: B.S. Early Childhood & Elementary Education/Sociology and MS Professional Leadership | Post Graduation Job: Interim Director of the WSU Children’s Center Why You Are Proud to Be a WSU Grad My graduate...