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HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN
Learn more about the myths and truths of human trafficking in Central Wisconsin.
Officer Sarah D’Acquisto from the Wausau Police Department and Brenda Bayer from the Women’s Community will present information on human trafficking.
Sarah and Brenda will cover:
What human trafficking looks like in Wisconsin
Myths and truths about trafficking
How social media plays a role in recruitment
Red flags
A discussion will follow the presentation.
Please note: The content of this presentation is mature and is intended for teens and adults.
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WISCONSIN AND NICARAGUA ARE PARTNERS
Wisconsin and Nicaragua are partners. For fifty years, programs have provided assistance to people in Nicaragua of all ages. Programs help with natural resources and cultural diversity, with health and education.
For fifty years, the Wisconsin/ Nicaragua partnership has shown that working together brings good results.
Wisconsin and Nicaragua have commonalities:
++Each approximately 57,000 square miles
++Extensive stretches of coastline
++Large inland lake
++Valuable forest areas
++Agricultural production
The headquarters are in Nelson Hall of UWSP ...
THE UNIVERSAL ECONOMY UNIT XVII: MAKING THE WORLD WORK FOR EVERYONE
THE UNIVERSAL ECONOMY
UNIT XVII: MAKING THE WORLD WORK FOR EVERYONE
By Dave Svetlik
Humanity continues to operate under the false assumption that there “isn’t enough to go around,” hence someone must go without and lead a life of poverty and deprivation. It is this false assumption that leads to “you or me,” “every man for himself” reptilian-reflexive thinking that in the end becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
When the prevailing socioeconomic framing is that some must go without so that others may be rich, the synergetic opportunities for ...
Quotations
QUOTATIONS
“According to the United Nations, 65.8 million people were displaced at the end of 2017. Will those who have lost everything find, in American Christians, an open hand or a closed fist?”
—Daniel Darling, vice president of communication for the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention (Washington Post, November 2)
“Rising income inequality has…changed the attitudes and behavior of American voters, sowing resentment, fanning prejudice and eroding the sense of shared values, shared purpose and shared destiny that ...
Payday Loans
No relief from Wisconsin’s 565 percent payday loan interest under new rules
‘We need better laws,’ says struggling borrower; Wisconsin is one of eight states with no cap on high-interest loans
By Bridgit Bowden (Wisconsin Public Radio/Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism)
Michelle Warne, 73, examines documents from the Check ‘n Go store in Green Bay where she borrowed money in 2014 to buy food. "I had no food in the house at all," she said. "I just couldn't take any more."
In 2014, hunger drove Michelle Warne of Green Bay to take out a loan ...
Quotations
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
By Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr.
“The reasonable person does what everyone else is doing.
The unreasonable person does something completely different.
Therefore, all progress is due to the unreasonable.”
By George Bernard Shaw
“The two most important variables determining the value of research are the questions that are asked and how the results are interpreted and applied,
Neither of these are determined by science; both are determined by the paradigm, the logic and the ...
Harvard-Trained Toxicologist, Stephen Lester, Critiques State DHS Dioxin Assessment of Riverside Park & Thomas St. Neighborhood
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INFORMATION ON STEPHEN LESTER
Biographical Source Information Courtesy of CHEJ
• Master of Science degree in Toxicology from Harvard University
• Second Master of Science degree in Environmental Health from New York University (NYU)
• Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from American University
• Mr. Lester has served on numerous scientific advisory and peer review committees including those of the Natural Resource Council of the National Academy of Sciences, the ...
In Search of America
In Search of America is a documentary film created by Marc Kornblatt, a retired teacher from Madison, Wisconsin. He decided to travel across America and interview people.
He spoke with people during the 2016 presidential primaries. But this film is not about politics. Rather, with the primaries as the background, Kornblatt focuses on people from diverse backgrounds and their values.
You can see this film on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at Marathon County Public Library, 300 N. First Street, Wausau, Wisconsin.
The time is 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
This event is free and ...
Build Trust in Wausau
You’re invited to a community dialogue on Wednesday, October 3 entitled ‘Building Trust in Wausau: The Impact of Race’
How do news headlines, pictures and language that identify race, ethnicity or religion affect how we understand the news and the people in the news? What is the responsibility of media and law enforcement in reporting incidents that involve minority populations?
Join us in a FREE facilitated community conversation that brings together news media, law enforcement and the public to talk about the impact of media coverage of incidents involving ...
CHRISTIANS IN AN AGE OF OUTRAGE
Nationally recognized evangelist, author and executive director of the Billy Graham Center will headline the eighth Veninga Lecture on Religion and Society on September 13.
7 p.m.
Wausau West high School Auditorium
1200 West Wausau Ave., Wausau
Ed Stetzer, Ph.D., will speak on “Christians in the Age of Outrage: How to Bring our Best When the World is at its Worst.” This is the title of his most recent book, which will be released in October.
Dr. Stetzer holds the Billy Graham Distinguished Chair for Church, Mission and Evangelism at Wheaton College in ...