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Meet the H2N Team: Sarah Beversdorf

…of H2N is that it has strategically and effectively maintained the COVID focus while also elevating other important issues related to individuals who are…

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Let’s Talk, Marathon County: WIPPS Releases Deliberative Dialogue Reports on Preventing Gun Deaths

…political spectrum to have constructive and civil conversations on important public issues. In summer 2025, 54 residents gathered in seven groups to participate in…

Programs

WIPPS works with citizens and communities to address local, state and national public policy issues that matter. We do this by organizing and facilitating…

WIPPS awarded Martin Luther King Day of Service Grant

A grant awarded to WIPPS from the national Martin Luther King Day of Service program will be used to hold an Oxfam Hunger Banquet…

Washington Seminar

See government up close and personal with this unique summer program in Madison and Washington. Interested in learning what makes state and national government…

WIPPS names Lifetime Achievement in Civic Leadership recipient

…years. More recently, Kraus served as co-chair of Common Cause in Wisconsin from 1995 to 2017 and served on the National Governing Board of…

Dave Obey Young Adult Civic Engagement Award

…basic needs in the UAE, Jordan and Palestine, to coordinating international events at UW Stevens Point, to working on a crisis text line to…

Substance Abuse, It's Everybody's Business

…are generally fewer resources and options for treatment available -even when a person asks for help. Addiction and associated issues stress law enforcement capacity,…

Obey Resource Center: CCE Grand Opening

…panel discussion on “Contemporary American Democracy: Perils and Promises” featured Congressman David Obey, Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton, Marathon County Administrator Brad Karger, National Endowment…