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.
In this conversation, Wisconsin Academy Executive Director Erika Monroe-Kane reflects on the beauty of Wisconsin, the hope she draws from people doing meaningful work across the state, and the importance of finding common ground in a time of deep division.
She shares how programs like the Sustainable Business Conference highlight innovation at the intersection of industry and community, and how Climate Fast Forward 2024 brought people together to imagine shared solutions. She also talks about the urgency of engaging young people in science, expanding access and representation, and creating pathways for curiosity and belonging through initiatives like Birds & Beyond.
