Women's & Gender Studies Consortium

Rachel Litchman, UW-Madison

Rachel smiles into the camera. She is a white woman with long wavy brown hair wearing a dark green shirt and a necklace featuring a red piece of wood.
Rachel Litchman [image description: Rachel smiles into the camera. She is a white woman with long wavy brown hair wearing a dark green shirt and a necklace featuring a red piece of wood.]

Rachel Litchman (she/her) is a senior at UW-Madison double majoring in Gender and Women’s Studies and Sociology, with a certificate in Health in the Humanities.  As a 6th year part-time student, Rachel spends most of her time off-campus engaged in work with the Dane County Youth Action Board as part of her involvement with the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program. She also currently works as a consultant for a number of national organizations working to prevent and end youth homelessness and is passionate about using lived expertise and art to impact systems change. 

Title of Project: Ableism, Disability, and Systemic Injustice in the Lives of Runaway Youth and Youth Considering Running Away