Dane County Peer Support Leaders Reflect on this Moment, Racism in Mental Health Services, and the Article: We Don’t Need Cops to Become Social Workers: We Need Peer Support + Community Response Networks. n n Click …
Year: 2020
The need for advocacy does not stop for a pandemic. – Laura Dresser in the news
The need for advocacy does not stop for a pandemic. Students in SW 840: Advanced Marco Practice with Dr. Laura Dresser and Dr. Dan Meyer adapted to the realities of Covid-19 and social distancing and completed advocacy …
Healthy Babies Initiative Grant + Salem, MA = Free Weekly Mobile Farmers Market
Healthy Babies Bright Futures (HBBF) and the Mayors Innovation Project announced the winners of their joint grant program and have named the City of Salem, MA as a $5,000.00 winner. n With this grant, the City will operate a free weekly …
Healthy Babies Initiative Grant Recipient: The City of Champaign Township, IL
Healthy Babies Bright Futures (HBBF) and the Mayors Innovation Project announced the winners of their joint grant program and have named the City of Champaign Township, IL as a $10,000.00 winner. The program aims to …
Healthy Babies Initiative Grant Recipient: Salem, MA
Healthy Babies Bright Futures (HBBF) and the Mayors Innovation Project announced the winners of their joint grant program and have named the City of Salem, MA as a $5,000.00 winner. The program aims to empower municipal leaders to improve children’s health …
MIP Summer Policy Meeting
Hosted by Mayor Victoria Woodards, mark your calendars for the summer meeting. More details to follow.
Rally to reopen Wisconsin set as Wisconsinites face an unknown future
Thinking big while staying at home – Interview with Joel Rogers and Laura Dresser
Progressive policy wonks on how the pandemic could change everything. Thinking big while staying at home
Rally to reopen Wisconsin set as Wisconsinites face an unknown future – Interview with Laura Dresser
It’s not the government’s fault the world shut down, it’s the virus’ fault. n Full article here. Rally to reopen Wisconsin set as Wisconsinites face an unknown future
Before coronavirus, Milwaukee service workers could work more hours to get more money. Now, everything is closed — and they're in trouble. – Interview with Laura Dresser
“Social distancing would be a lot less inequality promoting if we had the infrastructure of strong medical care, insurance and housing supports for low-wage workers, but we don’t,” said Laura Dresser, a labor economist and the …