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February 2023
Wednesday Night @ the Lab: “I Was Obligated to Accept: Coercion and Autonomy in Contemporary Global Family Planning “
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison Science Outreach on Campus: Speaker: Leigh Senderowicz, Gender and Women’s Studies Presentation: This talk will explore the ways that the ideology of fertility reduction permeates the design and quantitative evaluation…
Find out more »DFMCH Grand Rounds Forum: Improving Birth Outcomes for Black Families by Connecting Care and Community to Advance Health Equity
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Family Medicine and Community Health: Presenters: Adrian Jones, UW Health Program Manager, Community Health Improvement Ariel Robbins, MPH, Program Director, Dane County Health Council Jawana Echols-Anderson, Community Health…
Find out more »Black Fathers – Indispensable Partners in the Health and Well-Being of Black Families
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison Institute for Research on Poverty: Speaker: Alvin Thomas, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development & Family Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison Black fathers have long been thought of as functioning, at best,…
Find out more »The County Line: An Analysis of Race and Place in the Child Support Enforcement System
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison Institute for Research on Poverty: Speaker: Maretta McDonald, IRP National Poverty Fellow, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Extralegal factors like race and place both…
Find out more »Social Cinema: Aftershock
The Havens Wright Center for Social Justice at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in collaboration with the Wisconsin Union Directorate Film Committee will be hosting a screening of the award-winning documentary Aftershock. Aftershock tells the story…
Find out more »Race and Discretionary Decision-Making in the Administration of SNAP
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison Institute for Research on Poverty: Speaker: Jennifer R. Daniels, IRP National Poverty Fellow, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Welfare reform has resulted in widespread…
Find out more »March 2023
Networks, Regulation, and the Cessation of Professional Deviance in the Prescription Opioid Crisis
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison Institute for Research on Poverty: Speaker: Victoria Zhang, Assistant Professor, Department of Management and Human Resources, University of Wisconsin–Madison More than two million Americans are living with an opioid addiction. Because…
Find out more »Wisconsin Idea Conference
Theme: Are We Ready? Actualizing the WI Idea through Community Engagement Date: March 27, 2023 Location: Union South & Virtual Options Learn More
Find out more »April 2023
Spillover Effects of Welfare Programs
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison Institute for Research on Poverty: Speaker: Elira Kuka, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, George Washington University Most research on the social safety net focuses on understanding its effects on recipients and…
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