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4th Quarter, On the StreetsDecember 2014

Forum on the Streets

  • Forum Senior Researcher Joe Yeado participated in a discussion on education issues at a New Berlin Partnership breakfast on November 12.  The event was a collaboration between the school district and local business and civic organizations based on providing internships and career development opportunities to high school students. 
  • Forum President Rob Henken discussed the Forum's assessment of City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County finances at a meeting of the partners of the Quarles and Brady law firm on November 12 and with the residents of St. John's on the Lake on December 8.
  • Forum President Rob Henken testified on the 2015 Milwaukee County Budget at the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors' 2015 budget hearing on November 4.
  • Forum Senior Researcher Joe Yeado was a panelist for a Future Milwaukee discussion on education issues in Milwaukee on November 3.
  • Forum President Rob Henken presented the report on psychiatric inpatient bed capacity - written by the Forum, the Human Services Research Institute and Technical Assistance Collaborative - to the Milwaukee Health Care Partnership Board on October 27 and the Milwaukee County Health and Human Services Committee on October 29.
  • Norman N. Gill Fellow Phillip Laper and Forum President Rob Henken presented the Forum's report on trends in philanthropic giving to the Donor's Forum  of Wisconsin and Thriving Waukesha County at an event in Waukesha on October 23.  Henken also presented the report and served as a panelist at the annual meeting of the Association of Fundraising Professionals in Milwaukee on December 11. 
  • Forum President Rob Henken presented the "gap analysis" of the service system for persons with intellectual/developmental disabilities in Milwaukee County - developed by the Forum and the Human Services Research Institute - to the Milwaukee County Combined Community Services Board on October 22 and the Aging and Disability Resource Center Governing Board of Milwaukee County on December 2.
  • Forum President Rob Henken presented the Forum's research on cultural and entertainment assets in Milwaukee County to the Milwaukee Women's Club on October 16 and the Elmbrook Rotary Club on November 21.
  • Forum Senior Researcher Joe Peterangelo presented the "Menomonee Valley: What Worked and Why?" report to the residents of St. John's on the Lake on October 13.