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Upcoming Events
Holton Youth and Family Center Host 3rd Annual End of Summer Celebration Friday August 23rd, 2013
VPI partner HYFC will be hosting the 3rd annual End of Summer Celebration Friday August 23rd, 2013. The Celebration will begin with a neighborhood clean up from 10-12 p.m. Followed by the Celebration from 12-3p.m.
Come participate in food, music, and fun as we close out the summer activities in preparation for another school year. For more information on the event and volunteer opportunities, click here.
Registration Open for Above The Clouds Fall 2013 Classes /ATC 10th Year Celebration Luncheon October 5th, 2013
VPI partner Above The Clouds currently has open registration for its Fall 2013 classes. For more information to register, click here.
Above The Clouds cordially invites the public to join them in celebration of ATC's 10th year Anniversary Luncheon. The event will be held at the Grace Center, 250 E. Juneau Ave. Milwaukee, WI. 53202 11:00a.m. - 2:00p.m. Individual tickets: $50.00 table: $400.00. For more information, contact
Safe & Sound's Safe Places Initiative Currently Accepting Request For Proposals
Safe Places can help youth discover their potential as change makers and community leaders. They also keep youth on a positive path.
Safe & Sound is inviting youth development organizations serving young people between the ages of 10-19 to review the
2014 Safe Places Initiative Request for Proposals now available on its website
Now in its 15th year,Safe & Sound has partnered with youth-serving agencies to improve neighborhood quality of life through a community engagement strategy of positive youth development. Grant funds are used to offer safe environments and foster pro-social orientations that promote healthy behaviors among youth.
Organizations selected as Safe Places will become part of a citywide network for the benefit of both staff at youth-serving agencies and youth they engage. To learn more about applying to become a Safe Place after school program, please review the 2014 Safe Places Request for Proposal.
Marquette Law School's On the Issues with Series with Mike Gousha Series Fall 2013 Schedule begins September 12, 2013
On the Issues with Mike Gousha-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Washington Bureau Chief Craig Gilbert and Marquette Law School Poll Director Charles Franklin
-"The Milwaukee metropolitan area is the most polarized part of a very polarized state in a very polarized nation. " The words of veteran political reporter Craig Gilbert, who is spending the fall semester as the Law School's Lubar Fellow for Public Policy Research. His project will explore not only how the area came to be this way, but what our stark political divisions mean for the political process and public policy in the region. Dubbed the "the most political science-friendly reporter in America" by the Columbia Journalism Review, Gilbert will be working closely with Prof. Charles Franklin, who joined the Law School in August. Franklin is a nationally recognized government scholar, and director of the Marquette Law School Poll. Together, the two will discuss recent voting trends, polling data, and the implications of our great divide. 12:15 to 1:15 p.m., Marquette Law School, Eckstein Hall.
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Center for Youth Engagement Developing Youth Map Milwaukee Initiative for 2014
Center for Youth Engagement is currently embarking on the development of a website and app that will provide resources and information pertaining to youth in the Greater Milwaukee area. For more information, click here. Old Dominion University and Running Rebels Community Organization Partner for Alternative Spring Break 2013
VPI Partners Running Rebels Community Organization's featured in a video created by volunteers from Old Dominion University during the five days of effort to further the mission of RRCO during their capitol campaign. click here to see the video.
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Research Corner:
Zoning for the Public's Health: Using Mixed-Use Zoning to Increase Walkability and Reduce Crime.
Neighborhood design can play a significant role in public health. Recent research explores mixed-use zoning and the laws that impact this type of zoning, and how well-planned zoning could help reduce crime and increase neighborhood walkability-- two outcomes integrally tied to improved public health. In this webinar, presenters will share the latest public health law research that supports these findings, describe a new method for evaluating zoning laws, examine case studies from the East and West coasts, and highlight some of the challenges involved in such policy work.
A webinar to discuss zoning for public health will be August 16th, 2013 1:00-2:00p.m (EST). Featured presenters are the following:
Deborah Lou, Ph.D., (moderator) Program Analyst, Active Living Research, Carol Cannon, M.A., Research Scientist, The CDM Group, Inc. John MacDonald, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Criminology, Director, Jerry Lee Center of Criminology, Associate Professor of Criminology, Rachel Johnson Thornton, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. To register, click here.
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