Home is a simple word, but the experience of finding home is personal, complex, and always evolving.
The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters invites people across Wisconsin to join our Finding Home series and explore what it means to find home through the lenses of science, arts, history, literature, and civil discourse.
In every region of the state, people shape their sense of home through cultural expression, ecological knowledge, and community care. Many are also noticing changes in the places they know best, from shifting seasons to new pressures on land, housing, and water. Finding Home programs explore how people respond with creativity, stewardship, and resilience.
At its core, Finding Home brings people with different perspectives together with the goal of deepening understanding and identifying shared values and common ground
This Finding Home success story features Montre Moore from Milwaukee. Montre reflects on what it means to create safe spaces to call home, and how comfort, family, fresh air, and clean water shape our sense of belonging.
He talks about fatherhood, being present, and building a legacy the same way you build a home, one intentional step at a time. Montre also shares his hopes for Milwaukee and the importance of finding purpose in your community.
The conversation touches on the cost of utility bills, climate change, and environmental justice, along with the need to protect both people and the planet. Montre ends with a powerful reminder that collaboration matters, and that people are like bees and pollinators, spreading ideas, care, and possibility wherever we go.
