Conference Details
What: The theme for the 2019 ‘Poverty Matters!’ conference is Securing Opportunity in Wisconsin. The workshops will be centered around the following:
• Community Action & Everyday Forms of Assistance
• Housing Stability
•Job & Income Supports
•Transportation Services
•Access to Health Care
• Research
When: September 11-12, 2019
Where: Hotel Mead, 451 E Grand Ave, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494
CONFERENCE AGENDA
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
7:00 to 8:00 a.m. Registration & Exhibit Hall Open
8:00 to 9:30 a.m. Breakfast Plenary
9:30 to 10:45 a.m. Workshop Session 1
10:45 to 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 to 12:15 p.m. Workshop Session 2
12:15 to 1:45 p.m. Lunch Plenary: Union of Painters and Allied Trades General President Kenneth Rigmaiden
1:45 to 3:00 p.m. Workshop Session 3
3:00 to 3:15 p.m. Break
3:15 to 4:30 p.m. Workshop Session 4
Thursday, September 12, 2019
7:00 to 8:00 a.m. Registration & Exhibit Hall Open
8:00 to 9:30 a.m. Breakfast Plenary
9:30 to 10:45 a.m. Workshop Session 5
10:45 to 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 to 12:15 p.m. Workshop Session 6
12:15 to 1:45 p.m. Poverty Matters Awards and
Lunch Plenary: Sarah Godlewski, Wisconsin State Treasurer