Last week, Wisconsin welcomed the World Dairy Expo in the wake of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) presence and raids bringing fear, trauma, and despair to our communities. Wisconsin has been home to the largest and most important dairy cattle show in North America for the last 50 years—but as we celebrate Wisconsin’s beloved...
Today, across the United States, cities, states, and Native nations are celebrating Indigenous People’s Day. However, here in Wisconsin, despite attempts by Native American communities, including youth, to advocate the Wisconsin legislature to recognize Indigenous People’s Day, state leaders continue to choose to ignore its 12 Native nations in favor of honoring a man who desecrated an entire people.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 26, 2018 CONTACT: Wenona Wolf, Communication and Development Manager, Kids Forward wwolf@kidsforward.net, 608-284-0580 x 304 MADISON, WI –Over the weekend, the Trump Administration proposed a rule that will endanger the health for millions of immigrant families, especially children. This, yet again, is...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 24, 2018 CONTACT: Wenona Wolf, Communication and Development Manager, Kids Forward wwolf@kidsforward.net, 608-284-0580 x 304 Over the past week, the abuse of federal power that has become routine on the southern border has invaded Wisconsin communities from Madison to Milwaukee to Green Bay, and across...
Scholarships Will Be Presented at Sept. 27 “Step Forward for Kids” Event FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 24, 2018 CONTACT: Wenona Wolf, Communication and Development Manager, Kids Forward wwolf@kidsforward.net, 608-284-0580 x 304 MADISON, WI – Kids Forward announced today the winners of its 2018 Race to Equity scholarships. Isabella...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 19, 2018 CONTACT: Wenona Wolf, Communication and Development Manager, Kids Forward wwolf@kidsforward.net, 608-284-0580 x 304 Angela Lang, Executive Director, Black Leaders Organizing for Communities angela@blocbybloc.org Kerry Schumann, Executive Director,...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 13, 2018 CONTACT: Wenona Wolf, Communication and Development Manager wwolf@kidsforward.net, 608-284-0580, ext. 304 MADISON, WI – The latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that an unacceptable number of children in Wisconsin are living in poverty. 181,828 children—enough children to fill Lambeau...
New Census data released today shows that the number of Wisconsinites who don’t have health insurance ticked up last year. The number is still much lower than in 2013 before major pieces of the Affordable Care Act were put in place. About 208,000 fewer Wisconsin residents were uninsured last year compared with 2013, a 40 percent decline.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 12, 2018 CONTACT: Jon Peacock, Research Director jpeacock@kidsforward.net, 608-284-0580 x 307 William Parke-Sutherland, Health Policy Engagement Coordinator WParkeSutherland@kidsforward.net, 608-284-0580 x 317 MADISON, WI – New data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) put in...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 6, 2018 CONTACT: Jon Peacock, Research Director jpeacock@kidsforward.net | 608.284.0580 x 307 MADISON, WI – A lawyer representing Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel argued in a federal court yesterday that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional. Wisconsin Solicitor Gen. Misha Tseytlin told the...
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