Past events
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PAST CONVERSATIONS
2019-2020 Academic Year
September 18, 2019: Is Democracy in Danger? Assessing the Integrity of American Elections - Anthony Chergosky, UW-La Crosse
October 16, 2019: Why Play? - Jodi Widuch & Guests, The Parenting Place
November 20, 2019: Report from the Border - Pat Ruda & Sister Joan Weisenbeck, Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration
January 15, 2020: The Future of the Family Farm - Ann Marie Elwing, DVM
February 19, 2020: Local News - Costs & Coverage in a Time of Communications Changes - Rusty Cunningham & Dave Skoloda, journalists
**March & April 2020: Cancelled due to COVID-19
September 18, 2019: Is Democracy in Danger? Assessing the Integrity of American Elections - Anthony Chergosky, UW-La Crosse
October 16, 2019: Why Play? - Jodi Widuch & Guests, The Parenting Place
November 20, 2019: Report from the Border - Pat Ruda & Sister Joan Weisenbeck, Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration
January 15, 2020: The Future of the Family Farm - Ann Marie Elwing, DVM
February 19, 2020: Local News - Costs & Coverage in a Time of Communications Changes - Rusty Cunningham & Dave Skoloda, journalists
**March & April 2020: Cancelled due to COVID-19
2018-2019 Academic Year
September 19, 2018: Promoting Ethical Leadership Among Elected Officials - Lee Rasch, LeaderEthics-Wisconsin
October 18, 2018: Why Jail People for Being Ill? - Sheriff Steve Helgeson & Judge Scott Horne, La Crosse County
November 21, 2018: Equity in Healthcare - Sandy Brekke, Gundersen Health System
January 16, 2019: Faith in Business Leadership - Mark Bertrang, Bertrang Financial & Cliff LeClaire, Hampton Inn & Central States Warehouse
February 20, 2019: African American Life in Early La Crosse - Denise Christy & Rebecca Krieger, Enduring Families Project
March 20, 2019: Families in Crisis & The Hope of Community - Jason Witt, La Crosse County Human Services Director
April 24, 2019: Gun Violence Prevention - Dr. Stephen Hargarten, Medical College of Wisconsin
September 19, 2018: Promoting Ethical Leadership Among Elected Officials - Lee Rasch, LeaderEthics-Wisconsin
October 18, 2018: Why Jail People for Being Ill? - Sheriff Steve Helgeson & Judge Scott Horne, La Crosse County
November 21, 2018: Equity in Healthcare - Sandy Brekke, Gundersen Health System
January 16, 2019: Faith in Business Leadership - Mark Bertrang, Bertrang Financial & Cliff LeClaire, Hampton Inn & Central States Warehouse
February 20, 2019: African American Life in Early La Crosse - Denise Christy & Rebecca Krieger, Enduring Families Project
March 20, 2019: Families in Crisis & The Hope of Community - Jason Witt, La Crosse County Human Services Director
April 24, 2019: Gun Violence Prevention - Dr. Stephen Hargarten, Medical College of Wisconsin
2017-2018 Academic Year
September 20, 2017: La Crosse Collaborative to End Homelessness - What Are We Up To? - Julie McDermid, Project Manager La
Crosse Collaborative to End Homelessness & Kim Cable, Director of the Housing and Community Services Department of CouleeCap, Inc.
October 28, 2017: Better Together - Heather Quakenboss and Diana Diaz Granados, of Better Together in La Crosse County
November 15, 2017: Faith and Business Leadership - John McHugh, Director of Corporate Communications, Leadership Development, and
Training for Kwik Trip, Inc.
January 17, 2018: Values vs. Conventional Wisdom - Jeffrey E. Thompson, M.D., Executive Advisor and CEO Emeritus - Gundersen Health System
February 21, 2018: Water Quality in the Coulee Region - Karl Green, Community Development Natural Resource and Economic Development
Educator, University of Wisconsin-Extension
March 21, 2018: Rural, Urban, & Suburban Resentment - Joseph Heim, emeritus professor of Political Science/Public Adminstration at UW-La
Crosse and Director of the Public Administrative Program
April 18, 2018: Religion & Politics - Bishop Jim Arends, La Crosse Area Synod
September 20, 2017: La Crosse Collaborative to End Homelessness - What Are We Up To? - Julie McDermid, Project Manager La
Crosse Collaborative to End Homelessness & Kim Cable, Director of the Housing and Community Services Department of CouleeCap, Inc.
October 28, 2017: Better Together - Heather Quakenboss and Diana Diaz Granados, of Better Together in La Crosse County
November 15, 2017: Faith and Business Leadership - John McHugh, Director of Corporate Communications, Leadership Development, and
Training for Kwik Trip, Inc.
January 17, 2018: Values vs. Conventional Wisdom - Jeffrey E. Thompson, M.D., Executive Advisor and CEO Emeritus - Gundersen Health System
February 21, 2018: Water Quality in the Coulee Region - Karl Green, Community Development Natural Resource and Economic Development
Educator, University of Wisconsin-Extension
March 21, 2018: Rural, Urban, & Suburban Resentment - Joseph Heim, emeritus professor of Political Science/Public Adminstration at UW-La
Crosse and Director of the Public Administrative Program
April 18, 2018: Religion & Politics - Bishop Jim Arends, La Crosse Area Synod
2016-2017 Academic Year
September 21, 2016: Mental Illness: A Family’s Pain, A Community’s Struggle – Mike Desmond, Executive Director of the Boy’s and Girl’s Club of
Greater La Crosse
October 19, 2016: Hurdles and Hope for Our Community’s Children – Regina Siegel, Director Pupil Services & Learning Supports
November 16, 2016: Hunger in La Crosse – Tom Thibodeau, Associate Professor/Chair, Religious Studies and Philosophy at Viterbo University
January 18, 2017: What Does Faith Have to do With the Health of Our Community? – Brenda Rooney, Department Chair, Community
and Preventive Care Services, Gundersen Health System
February 15, 2017: The American Dream – Taggert Brooks, Professor of Economics at UW-L
March 15, 2017: My Neighbor is Muslim - Wale Elegbede, American Muslim and a La Crosse resident , Sr Project Manager at Mayo Clinic’s
Enterprise Portfolio Management Office and Center for Regenerative Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota.
April 19, 2017: The Experience of Race in Our Community - A panel of speakers
September 21, 2016: Mental Illness: A Family’s Pain, A Community’s Struggle – Mike Desmond, Executive Director of the Boy’s and Girl’s Club of
Greater La Crosse
October 19, 2016: Hurdles and Hope for Our Community’s Children – Regina Siegel, Director Pupil Services & Learning Supports
November 16, 2016: Hunger in La Crosse – Tom Thibodeau, Associate Professor/Chair, Religious Studies and Philosophy at Viterbo University
January 18, 2017: What Does Faith Have to do With the Health of Our Community? – Brenda Rooney, Department Chair, Community
and Preventive Care Services, Gundersen Health System
February 15, 2017: The American Dream – Taggert Brooks, Professor of Economics at UW-L
March 15, 2017: My Neighbor is Muslim - Wale Elegbede, American Muslim and a La Crosse resident , Sr Project Manager at Mayo Clinic’s
Enterprise Portfolio Management Office and Center for Regenerative Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota.
April 19, 2017: The Experience of Race in Our Community - A panel of speakers