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THEIR STORIES. OUR LEGACY.

Angela Lang

Angela Lang is a community organizer in Milwaukee and the founder and executive director of Black Leaders Organizing for Communities.

Categories: Activism & Social Change, Government & Politics

Tags: activist, African American, Milwaukee

Debra Amesqua

Debra Amesqua was the first woman chief of the Madison Fire Department and one of the first women fire chiefs in the country.

Categories: Government & Politics

Tags: firefighter, first, Latina, Latinx, LGBTQ+

Camille Guérin-Gonzales

Historian Camille Guérin-Gonzales, who directed the UW–Madison’s [email protected] and [email protected] Studies Program, was devoted to justice for working people.

Categories: Education

Tags: historian, Latina, Latinx, LGBTQ+, professor, UW

Francesca Hong

Francesca Hong is a professional chef and restaurant owner, as well as Wisconsin’s first Asian American state legislator.

Categories: Activism & Social Change, Business, Education

Tags: Asian American, Democrat, first