In June 2026, we were delighted to welcome Liz Dudley to the WiLS team as our new Financial and Operations Assistant. We thought you’d like to get to know her, too! Here’s Liz with a few words as she steps into her new role: Hi everyone! I’m so excited to introduce myself as WiLS’ new… READ MORE
Category: WiLS Events
WiLSWorld Shorts: Digitizing Community Collections at America’s Black Holocaust Museum
Join us on Friday, September 18th at 1:00 pm CT for the next WiLSWorld Shorts as staff and interns from America’s Black Holocaust Museum (ABHM) in Milwaukee share about their work to digitize and share the museum’s collections. This summer, a team of ABHM interns has been digitizing materials that document Black community history in… READ MORE
Building Successful Student Internships: Lessons from the Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative
This WiLSWorld Shorts was held on Friday, June 12th at 1:00 pm CT. Feel free to watch the recording on the WiLS YouTube channel. Join us for this episode of WiLSWorld Shorts on Friday, June 12th at 1:00 pm CT! This one-hour panel explores what makes internship programs truly work, from both the student and… READ MORE
Ask Us Anything! A WiLS Ideas to Action Fund Q&A Session
This event was held on April 23, 2026. Watch the recording on our YouTube channel! The WiLS Ideas to Action Fund helps turn bold ideas into real impact, offering grants of up to $5,000 for projects that support innovation, collaboration, and shared learning across member organizations. Now is the perfect time to start planning your proposal!… READ MORE
WiLSWorld Shorts: Navigating “Unkind Times” with Immigrant K-12 Literature
This webinar was held on Friday, April 17th. You can watch the recording on our YouTube channel or view the slides. “We need books to break open our hearts, so that we might feel more deeply, so that we might be more human in these unkind times.” —Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street on… READ MORE