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What do we do at WIPPS? Educate and Engage Citizens Tackling tough issues can be tricky. Sometimes it’s hard to wade through complex policy talk. WIPPS aims to cut through the jargon, making tough topics easier to understand. We offer a wide variety of programs, presented by skilled experts, on topics such as health care, water quality, returning civility to politics, religion and politics and poverty in Wisconsin. To learn more about the following programs, visit http://www.wipps.org. Veninga Lecture Series Named for former UW-Marathon County dean, Jim Veninga, this lecture series brings national experts to speak on timely topics related to religion and society. To watch recorded Veninga Lectures, please visit our website. - In 2022, Central Wisconsin welcomed more than 175 refugees from countries like Afghanistan, Congo, Syria and Burundi. In addition, an unknown number of immigrants arrived here seeking asylum from places such as Nicaragua and Venezuela. The New Neighbors Series examined the histories and political situations in the homelands of our new neighbors through a series of public events featuring, short films, presentations, and panel discussions from experts, professionals and recent new comers. - The Toward One Wisconsin Conference aspires to create and sustain a statewide culture to understand diversity, equity and inclusion are essential to the state’s continued excellence. Since the first conference, held in 2019, T1W has brought together thousands of professionals, advocates, and leaders from all across the state to empower and employ the full talent of all who live in Wisconsin. Learn more at T1W.org

If you have time, join the Martin School for this exciting conversation with the authors of The Injustice of Place: Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America. It is free and open to the public!

CHANGE TAXATION, BANKING AND FINANCE FOR THE GOOD OF SOCIETY To All Who Care to Take The Time to Read I believe that the UK population are being kept under the thumb ( i.e. Compliant and Pliable) as with the following idea one could cancel ALL TAX and ALL BENEFITS and pay a Universal Basic Income of circa £1500 per month to ALL Over 16 Working or not. It would be possible to raise circa £2.5 Trillion to £3 Trillion per annum in the UK just by having a 0.01% Financial Transaction Tax on the circa £2.5 Quadrillion to £3 Quadrillion of Financial Transactions Annually in the UK Banking and Finance system. In 2014 this was proposed to Cameron and Osborne by Simon Thorpe https://lnkd.in/eNKD5h2c but instead hashtag hashtag #Austerity was their answer That circulation of money and restructuring of Society and Redistribution of Wealth would Grow The Economy and hurt No Billionaire, No Millionaire nor Ordinary Taxpayer nor the Banking System. Honest Bankers, Politicians, AI, a Good Algorithm and HMRC could make it happen and all it needs is the will to DO IT. It would be WIN WIN for UK 😊

The Path to Healing and Accountability: Navigating Transitional Justice Transitional justice represents a multifaceted approach to addressing and redressing human rights abuses and atrocities in societies emerging from conflict or authoritarian rule. It encompasses a range of mechanisms aimed at fostering accountability, reconciliation, and the restoration of social trust. By confronting the past while striving for a more just and peaceful future, transitional justice seeks to break the cycle of violence and build a foundation for lasting peace and stability. For Ethiopian women, transitional justice could serve as the means to address the specific injustices and challenges they have faced, and to esure their full participation and recognition in the processes of healing and rebuilding the nation after periods of turmoil and conflict. For more on the topic, check out our latest Newsletter Issue on "Women and Conflict" - link in bio.

Until recently, memorialisation was not considered an important tool to be used in fostering transitional justice processes. However, the situation is gradually changing and the use of memorialisation is gaining momentum as one of the instruments to address the traumatic past. Read the latest Policy Brief by Patrick Hajayandi looking at Memorialisation and its controversies: Policy insights from Burundi. https://lnkd.in/eHTJvkgd

Is your board and executive stuck in a cycle that feels like Strategy "ping-pong"? Break the cycle of strategy poverty in our enterprise with clearly defined roles, responsibilities, boundaries, delegation of authority and acceptance of accountability. See our solution here - https://lnkd.in/gnE9UQMb

The MLK Jr. quote we're focused on today. “The time has come for an all-out world war against poverty. The rich nations must use their vast resources of wealth to develop the underdeveloped, school the unschooled, and feed the unfed. Ultimately a great nation is a compassionate nation.” For more on the impact of poverty on kids (and their grown-ups), dive into our archives of research, interviews, book reviews and more: https://lnkd.in/gr2dB-dZ

Will your organisation adopt the Charter for Organisational Standards? The York Poverty Truth Commission project, involving Community and Civic Commissioners has created a set of four standards that, if embedded into practice, will make a significant difference to the people of York and beyond. Find out more about the Charter for Organisational Standards and learn how you can embed these standards across your organisation: https://lnkd.in/ejbkmUkY

"The Borgen Project believes that leaders of the most powerful nation on earth should be doing more to address global poverty. We’re the innovative, national campaign that is working to make poverty a focus of U.S. foreign policy." Call Congress in support of poverty legislation. Every representative keeps a "Call Report" to gauge voter opinion on bills and issues. You have a voice and it cannot be ignored. Learn how to call Congress via the link below. https://lnkd.in/gTYBfY2z

🩸 There are two layers to period poverty. There's the period poverty experienced when you lack the means to buy menstrual products, access adequate sanitation facilities to change, and proper education to take care of your menstrual cycle needs. This is more typically experienced by those who are in dire economic conditions. But then there's also period poverty that comes from inadequate infrastructures 🚽 (no menstrual products in offices, no room to stretch or change), dismissive medical doctors 💊 ('just take the pill', 'this is normal', 'there is no solution to xyz') and ingrained, harmful societal beliefs 🛑 ('she must be on her period', 'women only know how to complain', etc.). These conditions translate in an unfair economic 💶 burden for women and people who menstruate, since they are left on their own to cope with heavy bleeding, disruptive pain and symptoms, and the daunting decision of whether to go to work or not, whether to disclose their condition to their employer or not. I am very grateful I was invited by the wonderful board of Periodic.nl (Anjali Sarah G., Antonia Frank and Sela G.) to share more about how I conceptualize period poverty based on my research insights, academic and practical experience. I was also really inspired listening to my co-panelists Shadi Nikshomar and Simone Bisscheroux as they shared about the journey of bringing #periodpoverty in their local councils. I count myself lucky everyday I get to work with young motivated people on menstrual health, and their energy does not cease to amaze me! In a conversation that lasted almost an hour and a half, but also really flew by, we discussed about: 👊 what it takes to bring menstrual health to research and political agenda (including compromises, and using 'Trojan horses'); ⚖ how to strike the delicate balance between making the 'economic case' for menstrual health and reducing the topic to a productivity question, instead of a matter of human rights 🚺 why sometimes it feels like other women are the ones pushing the hardest against #menstrualequity (among other reasons, being raised in a different generation, with a fear of being reduced to one's biological needs). I walked away with some extra hope for the future!