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media packets

So Kids Can Move Initiative

August 2022

This media packet was created for Forrest Stump's annual awareness and advocacy event. Forrest Stump put together the first ever all-physically disabled team to complete the world-renowned Hood to Coast Relay. Click on the PDF file below to learn more about the adaptive athletes who made up this history-making team.

podcasts

Running for Their Lives: The Men Behind the Movement

March 2021

Ramiah Whiteside and Kevin Cook began the “Running for Their Lives” trek from Milwaukee to Madison to raise awareness about the COVID-19 outbreak in Wisconsin’s prison system which has resulted in more than half the incarcerated population contracting the virus and 25 people dying according to the Wisconsin Department of Corrections.

I speak with Ramiah and Kevin about the impacts of COVID-19 on Wisconsin's incarcerated population and the policy choices that have led here.

campaign writing

#WeJustFeltLikeRunning Adaptive Athlete Profiles

July - October 2020

I spoke with Ashley Eisenmenger and Katie Donnewald about their experiences as an adaptive athlete duo as well as their motivations to get involved in the #WeJustFeltLikeRunning campaign for insurance fairness.

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I spoke with Patrick Pressgrove about his experiences as an adaptive athlete as well as his motivations to get involved in the #WeJustFeltLikeRunning campaign for insurance fairness.

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multimedia projects

Wisconsin's Homeless: Meet Your Unhoused Neighbors through the Eyes of UW-Madison Students

January - May 2020

State Street, situated between the University of Wisconsin campus and the state’s capitol building, receives its fair share of foot traffic and excitement. During the summer, the street is home to the smell of sizzling brats and the sound of laughter drifting from beer gardens. In the winter, you are more likely to find a bundled up college student hurrying home as another inch of snow layers the city.

However, something on State Street that has remained throughout the seasons and years is Madison’s homeless community.

After arriving on campus, I noticed Madison’s homeless population immediately. The UW-Madison students and the city’s unhoused individuals occupy many of the same spaces; State Street, surrounding area of the Capitol, Memorial Union. I became curious about other ways in which these two communities interact. Thus began this project.

Click here to visit this project's website.