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Today we talk with Silver Spring Neighborhood Center's Executive Director Tom Ellis about Tristan, a little boy in Silver Spring’s Elaine Schreiber Early Childhood Development center who has made quite an impression, and how Silver Spring approaches early childhood education in a neighborhood with tremendous need.

Though still a young man, Chad Wilson spent 15 years of his life in and out of the criminal justice system. During his time in prison, Chad autonomously educated himself in a myriad of subjects, and worked closely with the Milwaukee Fatherhood Initiative.

Resilience has played a major role in Chad’s life, allowing him to stay focused on continually improving all areas of his life, fatherhood being the most important to him.

In celebration of the beginning of a brand-new school year, we talk with Ex Fabula storyteller Rissie Lundberg, Mathematics teacher at Divine Savior Holy Angels High School.

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A breastfed baby is a healthy baby. Our guests today are out in the community promoting breastfeeding awareness and education to mothers, fathers, and families of color so that every baby born lives a healthy and happy life.

Diversity is a popular word these days. For most, when we hear the word diversity we tend to think of racial diversity. However, our guests today want us to expand our understanding of the word diversity as inclusive of all ages, abilities, religions, sexual orientations, backgrounds and, yes, races.

Today we talk with Riley and Nalani, founders of SAFE Club and recent graduates of Brookfield East. We also hear from Equity Team member and English teacher Kelly Tutkowski and Toni Gray, mom to Nalani and Diversity and Inclusion Project Manager at the Medical College of Wisconsin. The group discusses their recent efforts to enhance awareness of race and racism through the “Conversations Count” event series, as well as their personal reflections on dealing with race and difference as a Brookfield East student, teacher, and parent.

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