Civic Leadership Awards and Scholarships

Peter Yarrow, of “Peter, Paul and Mary” fame, legendary folksinger and songwriter, who will join former congressman Dave Obey for an evening of musical…

The Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service is excited to announce that Liam Kaplan is the recipient of the 2025 Dave Obey Young…

Dave Obey, left, and Tom Petri, have interview with Daily Herald Media’s reporter Thursday afternoon, March 12, 2015, at the UWMC Center for Civic…
For over a decade, WIPPS has addressed the pressing issues that matter to residents of Wisconsin. We bring national, state and local to the…
WIPPS works with citizens and communities to address local, state and national public policy issues that matter. We do this by organizing and facilitating…
Building a healthy democracy takes time and energy – and we can only achieve this with the help of young people who are civically…
In 2007, we launched the Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service (WIPPS), a unit of the Universities of Wisconsin with a mission to…

…congressional policy today. Paul Carver is a Capitol Hill veteran of nearly 28 years, all working for Congressman David R. Obey, a Democrat from…