Let’s Rally Around Seniors on FAFSA
by Brenda Campbell, President and CEO,Make A Difference – Wisconsin At this point in FAFSA season, I have two big questions: 1) Milwaukee high school seniors – have you completed your FAFSA yet? 2) Parents, [...]
Students Speak: A Range of Financial Smarts on Display at Transition H.S.
We spend our lives learning, failing and trying again when it comes to money. Most of us are able to get to a place where we can make it work. There are different advantages, various [...]
How an Entire Community is Getting Smarter with Money
by Brenda Campbell, President & CEO, Make A Difference – Wisconsin A primary strength of our organization rests in how we bring business professionals into high school classrooms to lead engaging lessons on topics like [...]
A Letter from Jeremy: How You Can Invest in Wisconsin Teens
My name is Jeremy and I want to share my story with you. I don’t want this to sound corny, but when I say Make A Difference - Wisconsin made a difference in my life, [...]
There’s No Place Like Milwaukee (A #GivingTuesday Story)
Too often, when you hear the words “youth” and “Milwaukee” in the same sentence, it’s followed by tales of dismay and disillusionment. It could be easy to let crime statistics or test scores overshadow the [...]
“You Can Never Underestimate the Power of a Single Action”: MPS Superintendent Dr. Driver on Financial Education and Empowering Milwaukee’s Teens
Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Darienne Driver recently gave an impassioned perspective on the power of sharing knowledge with the city's teenagers. As a partner with MPS since our inception and given Dr. Driver’s prominent [...]
Q&A with Financial Education Volunteer Tom Parks
"I specifically chose Make A Difference – Wisconsin because I see how financial hardship negatively affects so many people in our society and this program attacks the problem before these teens ... develop bad habits." [...]
