2026 Community Empowerment and Justice Symposium

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We invite all to attend the 2026 Community Empowerment & Justice Symposium.

Now in its fourth year, this event will highlight explorations and experiences of challenges and opportunities, how these intersect with other asymmetries of power, and how we can work to foster greater justice. 

Event Details

  • Friday, April 10, 2026
  • 9:00 am-3:00 pm
    • Doors open at 8:30 am for guests to check in and enjoy a light breakfast
  • Sheldon B. Lubar College of Business, 1st floor
    • 3202 N. Maryland Avenue, Milwaukee, WI

Keynote Speaker

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Lea Denny, PhD (h.c.)

Chief Executive Officer & Founder of the HIR Wellness Institute

Learn more about Dr. Denny
If you have any questions, please email Dr. Jill Budny  (budny@uwm.edu)  or  Dr. Sarah MacDonald (macdonald@uwm.edu).

UWM Land Acknowledgement: We acknowledge in Milwaukee that we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida and Mohican nations remain present.   |   To learn more, visit the Electa Quinney Institute website.