
About Tamia
Tamia Fowlkes is a junior at the University of Wisconsin – Madison majoring in Journalism and Political Science. Her journalistic passions stem from a passion to inform and educate her peers and community. Tamia has written for the Wisconsin State Journal and Madison Commons. She serves as the Big 10 Voting Challenge Intern for the Morgridge Center of Public Service and as an Andrew Goodman Ambassador for the Andrew Goodman Foundation. All of her positions have heightened her passions about politics, education, writing, and activism, and she is excited to continue growing as a writer and leader.
Recent Appearances
Oprah Winfrey Network: OWN Your Vote
Kal Penn Approves This Message on Freeform
The Badger Report
Discussion and Q&A with CBS News Correspondent Wesley Lowery
Meet The Press: College Roundtable
Andrew Goodman Foundation: Take Back Your Power Weekend
In the Field
Recent Blog Posts
- Pulitzer-Prize winning author Isabel Wilkerson discusses new novel at UW MLK SymposiumIsabel Wilkerson, author of bestselling the book, The Warmth of Other Suns is now promoting her new book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, and visited the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the annual MLK Symposium to discuss her work. In … Continue reading Pulitzer-Prize winning author Isabel Wilkerson discusses new novel at UW MLK Symposium
- Wisconsin’s recount is onPoll workers share perspectives from previous recounts In late November 2016, Anne Murphy-Lom walked into a conference room in Madison’s City-County Building to start her shift as a poll worker. Welcomed by election staff, she took her seat at a … Continue reading Wisconsin’s recount is on
- Getting out the Black vote: How Milwaukee and Madison organizers are mobilizing community membersSylvester Jackson will not be voting in the upcoming presidential election. Instead, he will spend every possible moment over the next few days trying to energize people who can. Jackson is a community organizer with the Milwaukee chapter of EXPO (Ex-Incarcerated … Continue reading Getting out the Black vote: How Milwaukee and Madison organizers are mobilizing community members