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Breakout Sessions/Guest Speakers
A. Jobs and Poverty: Ralph Hollmon, Executive Director, The Milwaukee Urban League. Breaking the vicious cycle of poverty and addressing the high unemployment rate in the city of Milwaukee, especially for African American men.
B. Affordable Healthcare: Sue Giaimo, Member of Common Ground and Visiting Asst. Professor in Political Science at MU. Expanding access to affordable healthcare and creatively addressing the issues of cost and access at the community, and state levels.
C. Organizing Others for Advocacy: Nicole Carver, Program Director, Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee. Methods and approaches to getting others active and organized in advocacy efforts.
D. Justice for Immigrants: Rob Shelledy, Coordinator Social Justice Ministry, Archdiocese of Milwaukee. An educational forum to understand Catholic social teaching as it relates to migration
E. Sustaining Our Environment: Ken Leinbach, Executive Director, Urban Ecology Center. Becoming a change agent for building an ecologically responsible community.
F. Immigration State and National Perspectives: Barbara Graham, Immigration Attorney, Catholic Charities. Learning to advocate for immigration reform at the state an national level
G. The Gospel Challenge of Peace: Fr. Simon Harak, Director, Marquette Peacemaking Center. A fresh look at Luke: Jesus, empowerer of nonviolent activists.
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