Angel Stories

Bill Schang served Ripon College for 41 years, from 1969 to 2011, as a member of the English Department and as Dean of Faculty.

This is my own personal Angel Story, but it’s not really so much about me as about the people who made me possible.

Support your favorite Good Causes. Learn about the creative potential of the human spirit. Help us help you help others. Find out more below.

Our Sponsor, the WLI

Our Better Angels (OBA) was created in 2015 as a qualified subsidiary of the Wisconsin Leadership Institute (WLI). The WLI itself was created as an initiative of the...

Our Inspiration, the IBC

The initial inspiration to create Our Better Angels came from an initiative created in 2014 to raise support for victims of ALS, otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease....

Our Partner, The CLN

The Wisconsin Leadership Institute created the Collaborative Leadership Network (CLN) in 2000 to develop and market educational material about leadership skills and values for secondary and...

Featured Good Cause: Kiwanis

Kiwanis International supports leadership development at the middle-school, high-school, college, and adult levels. Check out their website.

2020 Vision Project

In 2020, we celebrated six historic anniversaries related to the work of the better angels of the human spirit: The one hundredth anniversary of passage of the Woman Suffrage Amendment to...

Learning Materials

Our Better Angels will showcase a wide array of books and other educational materials in our Angel Library. OBA offers educational video programs in the Leadership Skills and...

Team Up With Our Better Angels

Support your favorite Good Causes. Discover the creative potential of the human spirit. Build your own personal Angel Community. Accept the Better Angels Invitation. Help us help you help others.
Bonding and Bridging

Our Better Angels helps you help others through support for your own Good Cause as well as other Good Causes supported by other members of the Better Angels Community. You bond with your Good Cause; they bond with their Good Causes; and you all build bridges in a network of Good Causes.
The Better Angels of Our Nature

In a monumental study, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined, psychologist Steven Pinker marshals an enormous array of historical evidence to demonstrate that human beings are much more peaceful and generous than we used to be.
2020 Vision

In 2020, we are celebrating six historic anniversaries related to the work of Our Better Angels.
How Do You Feel About People?

Over the long haul, truly effective leadership always starts and ends with a feeling for and about the people involved.

Remembering Bill Schang