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WIPPS Announces Civic Dialogue Program, Participation in Nationwide Initiative

…among residents on a variety of public issues. Let’s Talk has been selected as one of 32 grantees for the Healing Starts Here initiative,…

Community Health Deliberative Dialogues - How Do We Achieve a Healthy Community for All?

…to find courses of action consistent with what is valuable to the whole community. Sometimes we face issues so severe and complex—especially at the…

Obey-Petri Series: to speak at community forum

…how Congress works; the role of committees in Congress and its effectiveness; how Congress creates and passes budgets; how a representative balances national issue…

Eric Giordano, Ph.D.

…public engagement research; and conflict management processes. Dr. Giordano has managed over 75 projects, including a national project on the future of rural communities…

Get Out The Vote

WIPPS and UW-Marathon County Student Government, in partnership with Wisconsin Campus Compact, are holding a series of debate watching events for students leading up to the presidential election. They are part of a Get Out The Vote (GOTV) initiative to get people engaged in the upcoming national election….

10th Anniversary: VIP speakers

…gained national attention for his efforts with welfare reform and expanding access to health care for low-income people and education reforms. He served as…

2018 Young Adult Civic Engagement Award

…involved with the National Honor Society, Lincoln High School jazz band, Incourage Community Foundation, McMillan Library in Wisconsin Rapids, United Way’s Project Fresh Start…

Civic Revitalization: Local Democracy

The theory and practice of ‘public work,’ are transforming civic and professional practice in the United States and abroad. David Mathews, President, Kettering Foundation Communities across the nation face fragmentation and polarization. Yet cities and towns, large and small, also have potential to be the seedbed for a rebirth of citizenship and democracy, providing an […]…

April Bleske-Rechek, Ph.D.

…been featured in national media outlets such as the Chronicle of Higher Education, Scientific American, Psychology Today, and The Huffington Post. April has been…