Teran Powell

1 month ago | wuwm.com | Teran Powell

More than 500,000 children were abused and neglected in the United States in 2022. That’s the most recent year for which there is national data, according to the National Children’s Alliance. When families or guardians in crisis don’t have a place to remove children from potential danger, children may fall victim to that danger. Crisis nurseries and respite centers can lessen that likelihood. And there’s a center in Milwaukee that’s been doing that work for more than 30 years.

1 month ago | wuwm.com | Teran Powell

For Makayla Cooper, the combined experiences of having parents who grew up on farms, attending science camps as a kid, and a middle school Montessori education that exposed her to the outdoors, led her to where she is today. Cooper is a conservation educator, she works at Nearby Nature, an environmental justice and equity initiative in Milwaukee. She runs environmental science youth education workshops with different Milwaukee Public Schools.

1 month ago | wuwm.com | Teran Powell

Dear Black Girl: I See You is the name of the newest children’s book from Milwaukee author Ebony Haynes. It features affirmations to make Black girls feel seen for who they are and for the unique challenges they battle growing up. Haynes is the CEO of E Inspires LLC, a consulting company that does education and workshops around mental health awareness, youth development and DEI. She also works in an equity department for Milwaukee Public Schools. She has worked with youth since she was 19.

2 months ago | wuwm.com | Teran Powell

Since 2019, UW-Milwaukee’s Women’s Resource Center has hosted its Black Feminist Symposium. The conference-style event is designed to elevate the voices and experiences of Black women. This year’s theme was “Ain’t I A Woman: Reclaiming Self-Worth and Excellence.”One of the symposium’s organizers, and the assistant director of the Women's Resource Center, Mia Valenzuela, recently spoke with WUWM’s Race & Ethnicity Reporter Teran Powell.

Mar 5, 2025 | wuwm.com | Teran Powell

Every year, students in the Journalism, Advertising and Media Studies program at UWM take an investigative course where they research and complete a project around a specific topic. In the latest project, Missing in Milwaukee, 12 student journalists reviewed 18 open cases of missing people of color in Milwaukee, and elsewhere in Wisconsin. The cases from between 1975 and 202 spanned from toddlers to the elderly.