Wealth & Poverty Series Event: Understanding and Overcoming Poverty in Wisconsin

2009 Conference • August 6-7 • Wausau, WI

 

Conference Schedule

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Day 1
8:30 - 9:30 am Continental Breakfast & Conference Registration
Westwood Conference Center
9:30 - 10:30 am Welcome
UW Colleges Chancellor David Wilson
Opening Keynote
Congressman Obey/Tim Smeeding, Institute for Research on Poverty
10:40 - 11:50 am Report Out from
Building Bridges to Family Economic Success Summit -
Moderated by Jane Penner-Hoppe, Department of Children and Families
LUNCH
12 - 12:50 pm
Behavioral Economics: Strategies for Alleviating Poverty -
John Hoffmire, Director Center on Business and Poverty
Afternoon Sessions Food and Nutrition Education Matters Housing & Shelter Community Approaches to
Ending Poverty
Unbanked/
Underbanked
1:00 - 2:10 pm Hoffmire Report (Center for Business and Poverty) -
Follow-up
Smeeding Report (Institute for Research on Poverty) -
Follow-up
Mapping Poverty Through Mortgage Foreclosure Rates Hunger Close to Home Setting the Stage: Forces Driving the Marketplace
2:20 - 3:30 pm Domestic Violence in the Work Place Early Learning Matters Permanent Housing (Session "A")
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Life Preservers for Consumers
(Session "B")
Appreciative Inquiry and Participatory Photo Mapping The Un/Underbanked Situation in Wisconsin and the Nation
3:40 - 4:50 pm Marathon County Health Department Poverty's Effects on Education Trapped in Domestic Violence Menominee Circles What Happens When Choices are Limited?
EVENING
5:00 - 6:30 pm Hospitality at Westwood Conference Center
Dinner on your own
8:00 pm Audio/Video Session at Westwood Conference Center
"Democracy At Risk: Poverty and Civic Engagement" (presentation by John Wilson)
Day 2
7:45 - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
Westwood Conference Center
Morning Sessions Food and Nutrition Education Matters Housing & Shelter Community Approaches
Unbanked/ Underbanked
8:30 - 9:40 am Second Harvest / Deer Donation Program (Target Hunger) The FAST Program / Lighted Schoolhouse Operation Welcome Home Clear Vision Eau Claire County "Traditional" Financial Services? Why the Un/Underbanked Aren't Using Them
9:50 - 11:00 am P.L.A.N. Emergency Preparedness Through Social Capital CAP Services / Madison Apprenticeship Program / Housing Ministries Vicious Cycle IRS Tax Preparation Assistance Innovation in the Marketplace
11:10 - 12:10 pm Personal Essentials Pantry Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Educational Opportunity Program / Madison Children's Museum Foreclosures in Wisconsin Grassroots Leadership College Financial Literacy Inventions
LUNCH
12:15 - 1:00 pm
Westwood Conference Center
1:00 - 3:00 pm "Building Bridges to Family Economic Success Summit" Workgroups
(Family Support, Birth - 12, Job Creation, Adult Education, Housing, and Building Family Income)
3:10 - 3:40 pm Plenary Conclusions
Westwood Center