{"id":3435,"date":"2025-12-09T12:28:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T18:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/community-empowerment-institutional-inclusivity\/?page_id=3435"},"modified":"2026-04-06T11:56:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T16:56:28","slug":"2026-community-empowerment-and-justice-symposium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/community-empowerment-institutional-inclusivity\/2026-community-empowerment-and-justice-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"2026\u00a0Community Empowerment and Justice Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-overview\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"alignright uwm-c-img--right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"259\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/community-empowerment-institutional-inclusivity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/680\/2026\/04\/et_logo-300x259.webp\" alt=\"logo of hands touching hands around a heart\" class=\"wp-image-4715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/community-empowerment-institutional-inclusivity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/680\/2026\/04\/et_logo-300x259.webp 300w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/community-empowerment-institutional-inclusivity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/680\/2026\/04\/et_logo.webp 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lead-in\">We invite all to attend the 2026 Community Empowerment &amp; Justice Symposium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-event-details\">Event Details<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Friday, April 10, 2026<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>9:00 am-3:00 pm<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Doors open at <strong>8:30 am<\/strong> for guests to check in and enjoy a light breakfast<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sheldon B. Lubar College of Business, 1st floor<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>3202 N. Maryland Avenue, Milwaukee, WI<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions, please email Dr. Jill&nbsp;Budny \u202f(<a href=\"mailto:budny@uwm.edu\">budny@uwm.edu<\/a>)\u202f or \u202fDr. Sarah MacDonald (<a href=\"mailto:macdonald@uwm.edu\">macdonald@uwm.edu)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-register\">Register<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-u-flex uwm-u-flex--left\">\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-u-mr-20 uwm-u-mb-20\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/sW6ERindx3\" rel=\"Submit a proposal\">Register for CEJ Symposium<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-u-mb-40\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\" id=\"h-keynote-speaker\">Keynote Speaker<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"alignleft uwm-c-img--left default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/community-empowerment-institutional-inclusivity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/680\/2025\/12\/lea-denny-dec-2025-honorary-degree-recipient-e1765241016706.jpg\" alt=\"Lea Denny headshot\" class=\"wp-image-3967\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-lea-s-denny-dr-h-c\">Lea S. Denny, Dr. h.c.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><em>Chief Executive Officer &amp; Founder of the HIR Wellness Institute<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"uwm-c-link--arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduation\/commencement\/commencement-program\/2025-december-commencement-program\/honorary-degree-recipient\/\"><strong>Learn more about Lea Denny<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading uwm-u-clear\" id=\"h-symposium-schedule\">Symposium Schedule<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Expand each time slot for presentation details and locations. All rooms are in the Lubar College of Business, first or second floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-accordion\" data-accordion-prefix-classes=\"uwm\" data-accordion-cool-selectors=\"1\"><button class=\"uwm-p-accordion--toggle-button size-p-md\">Expand All<\/button>\n<div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--header\">9:00\u201310:00am Keynote Presentation<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel\"><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel-inner uwm-u-clear\">\n<p class=\"size-p-lg\"><strong>Room S151<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Opening welcome<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Featured keynote speaker, <strong>Lea S. 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Support Across Institutions&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lexy Lunger<\/strong>, &#8220;Navigating Help-Seeking: A Mixed Methods Examination of Barriers and Pathways to Transgender Women\u2019s Help-Seeking and Attainment Following Interpersonal Victimization&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-p-lg\"><strong>Room S233<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Anna Morgan<\/strong>, &#8220;Remnants of Me Too: Journey of Healing After an On-Campus Sexual Assault&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-p-lg\"><strong>Room S250<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Lilly Carrillo<\/strong>, &#8220;Being Latina in Mathematics: My Story and Our Work Towards Equity&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Angela Paredes Montero<\/strong>, &#8220;Academic Friendship and International Research amid the Maduro Pandemic&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--header\">11:30am\u201312:30pm Concurrent 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Konkel,<\/strong> and <strong>Benjamin Trager<\/strong>, &#8220;Experiencing Reentry: How Immersive Simulations Shape Empathy and Understanding of Post-Incarceration Barriers&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--header\">12:30\u20131:00pm Lunch<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel\"><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel-inner uwm-u-clear\">\n<p>Boxed lunches will be available in the hallway outside room S151<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--header\">1:15\u20132:15pm Concurrent Presentations \u2013 Session 3<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel\"><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel-inner uwm-u-clear\">\n<p class=\"size-p-lg\"><strong>Room S231<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Allyson Ruffino<\/strong>, &#8220;Socio-Economic Barriers to Health: Frequent Emergency Department Use&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ajeng Puspitasari<\/strong>, &#8220;Radical Healing in Verse: Psychological 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