VITA: Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program

The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA) will offer free tax assistance to low-income, handicapped and elderly individuals in Marathon County.

Veninga Lecture Series: A Call for Civic Responsibility

The Pope’s recent Encyclical Letter, “On Care for Our Common Home,” (“Laudato Si’), has won international praise from both religious and nonreligious leaders and observers.

Re-imagining: UW Extension Project

Preparing Now For The Extension Of The Future Collaborating with Imagining America and the Kettering Foundation, teams in Wisconsin and 12 other states organized…

Obey-Petri Take Civility On The Road

Here’s the story: Two long-time, retired U.S. Congressmen, from opposite sides of the political aisle, decided to go on the road. They traveled throughout…

Marshfield Civility Project

A desire to end the ongoing bickering and partisanship so prevalent in today’s political discourse led to a series of bipartisan voter education forums…

Empowering Kids From Kindergarten To High School

WIPPS works with the Kettering Foundation and educators in the School Districts of Athens and Wausau to study the impact of deliberation as an…

Youth Leadership Institute

Students Participate In A Year-Long Leadership Experience WIPPS partners with the Department of Public Instruction (Wausau) and the Wausau Area High School Leadership Program…

Deliberative Forum Series: K-12

Finding Common Ground On Tough, Divisive Issues WIPPS partners with area high schools, the UW-Marathon County Assembly of Student Leaders and Organizations, UWMC Department…

Introducing WIPPS state director of development

Aaron Zitzelsberger has joined WIPPS as state director of development. His duties include managing fundraising efforts as well as coordinating many of WIPPS’ statewide…

Funding Recognition

Two significant grants this year – from the B.A. & Esther Greenheck Foundation and the Judd S. Alexander Foundation – have allowed WIPPS to…