Wisco Soundoff in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The Wisco Soundoff, a collaborative voter engagement event organized by C21 and DoSomething, was featured in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on September 27, 2024. You can read Tamia Fowlkes’ article, “National nonprofit wants to know what’s on Gen Z’s mind, …

2025-26 Call for Research Fellows

Application Deadline:   Friday, December 6, 2024  BACKGROUND  A UW System Center of Excellence, UWM’s Center for 21st Century Studies (C21) builds a community of scholars to address the pressing issues of our time. Each year, C21 offers fellowships to UWM faculty …

C21 Director Anne Basting announced as 2023 Unstoppable Voters Fellow

The Center for Artistic Activism’s Unstoppable Voters program views creative risk-taking as an opportunity for engaging civic dialogue. Each year, the program supports fellows in carrying out projects that mobilize voters and confront “anti-voter attacks.” C21’s Director, Anne Basting, has …

C21 Director Anne Basting to present at UCSC All-In Conference

The All-In Conference brings together scholars, students, community members, artists, and activists to exchange stories and share strategies for building trusting relationships for collaborative research and social change. Anne Basting will be presenting Can a Humanities Center Co-Create? Expounding upon …

C21 Director Anne Basting Highlights Lonely No More! on WPR

C21 Director Anne Basting talking about C21’s Lonely No More! Program and the results of our participatory research project survey on WPR’s Central Time with Rob Ferrett. The discussion featured some discussion about our roundtables, podcast, and book club alongside …

Anne Bonds and Derek Handley Featured on Curious Campus

C21 Advisory Committee member Anne Bonds and C21 Faculty Fellow Derek Handley talked about their project, “Mapping Racism and Resistance in Milwaukee County,” on WUWM’s Curious Campus on February 17th. Take a listen to the 30-minute episode here!

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