Profiles


  • Bridget Glover

    Bridget Glover, a union activist within USW (Local 2-232), is a passionate advocate for workers’ rights and empowerment. With a background spanning nine years in the trades, she actively represents both Steel of Women and USW Next Gen, embodying resilience and dedication in her pursuit of fair labor practices and a stronger, more inclusive workforce.


  • Mandela Barnes

    Mandela Barnes served as Wisconsin’s 45th Lieutenant Governor. He is the president of Forward Together Wisconsin.


  • Ryan Pitkin

    Ryan Pitkin is a writer and editor based in Charlotte, where he runs an alternative weekly newspaper called Queen City Nerve. He is also editor of NoDa News, a community newsletter in the neighborhood where he has lived for 15 years.


  • Yesica Balderrama

    Yesica Balderrama is a bilingual journalist based in New York City. Her written work has been published in The Associated Press, Los Angeles Times en Español, NPR, WNYC, Yes! Magazine and others.


  • Penny Fassler

    Penny Fassler is a small business owner in La Crosse, Wisconsin.


  • Terry Hansen

    Terry Hansen is a retired educator. He lives in Milwaukee.


  • Mary Vitcenda

    Mary Vitcenda is a native of northwest Wisconsin who left the state at age 9 for Minnesota, where she lived for decades. She returned to her childhood home in Wisconsin in 2018 after retiring as a writer and editor for various Twin Cities organizations.


  • Samantha Crowley

    Samantha Crowley is a medical student at UW-Madison.


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