Wisconsin Community Action Program Association
2021 Poverty Matters Conference
September 8-9
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Conference Overview
The 2021 Poverty Matters Conference will be held September 8-9, 2021. WISCAP has made the decision to transition the conference to a virtual platform given the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 Delta Variant.
Plenary Sessions
- Breakfast Plenary Sessions (Wednesday and Thursday)
- Lunch Plenary (Wednesday)
- Closing Plenary: Healing Ourselves from 2020, Debra Lafler, Personal Wellness Development, LLC
- Closing piece by Angela Trudell Vasquez, Madison Poet Laureate
Workshops
See conference web page for workshop descriptions.
Wednesday Morning, September 8
- Food For Today: An Interactive Poverty Simulation
- How Anti-Voters Bills Disenfranchise Poor Communities
- The Workforce behind the Workforce: Opportunities for Communities and Businesses to Partner with Child Care
- COVID-19 vaccine Q&A (by Dear Pandemic)
- Lead Free Kids for a Healthy Future
- Eviction Defense - Stabilizing Housing for Low Income Tenants
Wednesday Afternoon, September 8
- Resilient Wisconsin
- Fighting Poverty in Wisconsin through AmeriCorps Service
- Early Childhood - A Complex Industry
s - Toxic Stress of Homelessness: Unraveling the Impact from Infancy Throughout the Lifespan
- The Lessons of the New Hope Project for Today
- Partnerships to Advance Tribal Food Sovereignty and Nutrition Security
Thursday Morning, September 9
- Wisconsin Emergency Rental Assistance
- The WEESSN Story Continues: Shared Services Growth, Expansion, and New Services for the Early Childhood Sector
- The COVID FOOD CLIFF: how real is it and what you can do about it
s - The Economics of Perpetual Poverty
- Making the New Child Tax Credit Work for Everyone
- Project Recovery vs. COVID-19
