Past events
April 20, 2022
No video, as this was our first "in person" Conversation since the pandemic started! Please check back, we may be able to post information handouts.
No video, as this was our first "in person" Conversation since the pandemic started! Please check back, we may be able to post information handouts.
|
March 16, 2022
|
|
|
February 16, 2022
|
|
|
January 19, 2022
|
|
|
November 17, 2021
|
|
|
October 13, 2021
|
|
|
September 15, 2021
|
|
PAST CONVERSATIONS
2020-2021 Academic Year
September 16, 2020: Uncomfortable Conversations about Race & Racism - Diana Diaz Granados, La Crosse MHS Consurtium
October 21, 2020: Election Update: What You Need to Know - Reid Magney, WI Elections Commission
November 18, 2020: Living in a time of COVID-19 - Jen Rombalski, LCHD & Brenda Rooney, Gundersen Health System
January 20, 2021: COVID Reveals the Economic Gaps Between Us - Mary Kay Wulf, United Way; Jamie Schloegel, La Crosse Community Foundation;
& Hetti Brown, CouleeCap, Inc.
February 17, 2021: Conversations with our Muslim Neighbors - La Crosse Interfaith Shoulder to Shoulder Network panel
March 17, 2021: What We've Learned: Education During a Pandemic - Aaron Engel & Todd Antony, local Superintendents;
& Ted Knutson, Aquinas President
April 21, 2021: Climate Change: Current Trends & What We Can Do About It - Casey Meehan, Western Technical College
September 16, 2020: Uncomfortable Conversations about Race & Racism - Diana Diaz Granados, La Crosse MHS Consurtium
October 21, 2020: Election Update: What You Need to Know - Reid Magney, WI Elections Commission
November 18, 2020: Living in a time of COVID-19 - Jen Rombalski, LCHD & Brenda Rooney, Gundersen Health System
January 20, 2021: COVID Reveals the Economic Gaps Between Us - Mary Kay Wulf, United Way; Jamie Schloegel, La Crosse Community Foundation;
& Hetti Brown, CouleeCap, Inc.
February 17, 2021: Conversations with our Muslim Neighbors - La Crosse Interfaith Shoulder to Shoulder Network panel
March 17, 2021: What We've Learned: Education During a Pandemic - Aaron Engel & Todd Antony, local Superintendents;
& Ted Knutson, Aquinas President
April 21, 2021: Climate Change: Current Trends & What We Can Do About It - Casey Meehan, Western Technical College
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