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 video interview, Pastor Teresa Thomas Boyd shares how environmental justice takes shape in Milwaukee through the work of Canaan Baptist Church and the Beecham Outreach Center. From community education rooted in civil engineering to practical guidance on weatherization, healthy homes, and clean air indoors, this work meets people where they are.
By leveraging grants and expertise, residents gain tools to care for their homes, understand environmental health, and connect housing, healthcare, nutrition, and community gardens. Partnerships with organizations like Walnut Way Conservation Corp help everyday people see what it truly means to be good stewards of their homes, land, and community.
At the center of it all is trust, relationship building, and empowerment. Giving agency to the people already doing the work on the ground and strengthening community through education, dignity, and hope.
