Last week, The CommNS kicked off our Spring Semester 2026 CommUniversity sessions with a panel discussion on Faith-Based Organizations as community anchor points, which often offer support to communities which go well beyond worship, and …
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How will recent and anticipated federal policy changes impact Wisconsin communities and the nonprofits that serve them?
This timely project supported by the United Way of Dane County, the Madison Community Foundation, and the UW-Madison Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies collects and distills information for stakeholders …
Beyond Land Acknowledgements: The Importance of Community History in Honoring Native Voices
The guidance from this brief is derived from The Community and Nonprofit Studies Affiliate and Civil Society & Community Studies and American Indian & Indigenous Studies Associate Professor, Kasey Keeler and her project Ȟaȟá Wakpádaŋ …
Community Fellowship: Apply by April 7, 2025
The Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies (CommNS) is excited to announce a new opportunity for a community practitioner to collaborate with our center: the Community Fellowship. Through its new Community Fellowship, the CommNS seeks …
Creating connections on campus to support Wisconsin communities
Recently published on UniverCity Alliance website: https://univercity.wisc.edu/2025/02/03/creating-connections-on-campus-to-support-wisconsin-communities/ When the City of Madison was interested in evaluating a pop-up shop program, UniverCity Alliance connected the project and city staff with an initiative at the Center for …
Co-Create: Students gain career insights while furthering the Wisconsin Idea
Recently published by the UW School of Human Ecology: https://humanecology.wisc.edu/co-create-students-gain-career-insights-while-furthering-the-wisconsin-idea/ Audrey Treptow x‘25 has always had a passion for public service. After her experience with Co-Create, a community-led research, evaluation and facilitation initiative, she has …
“Sí al planeta quieres cuidar, la basura debes reciclar” -Miguel Ángel
Cuando llueve se nos hace muy difícil recoger la basura, ya que no estamos acostumbrados a trabajar en ese ambiente. Que si a esta le ayudamos a: reciclar, reusar y reciclar, está te compensará de …
Mario Herrada Gallardo “Una semilla tarda, pero llega a ser un girasol”
Nosotros podemos transformar nuestro entorno, las personas llegan a la conciencia a partir de la necesidad, si tuviéramos más áreas verdes aprenderemos a convivir con el medio ambiente, pero la falta de conciencia de la …
Gladys Eiline Flores Álvarez y Enya Marlene Flores Álvarez. Zapopan, Jalisco, México
Pequeñas acciones generan grandes cambios. “¡Hola! Nosotras somos hermanas cuyo propósito es mejorar el planeta, por lo que hemos participado en diversos concursos para poder llevarlo a cabo, el poder externar nuestras ideas y propuestas, …
Enya Marlene Flores Álvarez. Zapopan, Jalisco, México.
Considero que a mi corta edad he logrado muchas cosas, soy una mujer adolescente que lucha por el medio ambiente, así como por un mejor futuro. Todos podemos aportar un granito de arena, solo es …