2021 Poverty Matters Conference (virtual) – WISCAP

Wisconsin Community Action Program Association

2021 Poverty Matters Conference

September 8-9
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Conference web page

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.

• 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

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
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• 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
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• The Economics of Perpetual Poverty
• Making the New Child Tax Credit Work for Everyone
• Project Recovery vs. COVID-19

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