2/26/25 United Way and UW-Parkside

We talk about an exciting partnership between the United Way of Kenosha County and the Community-Based Learning Program at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside that resulted in the creation of an interactive online map house on the United Way's website that allows people to find resources and services in the community. Our guests: Carolynn Friesch, Chief Executive Officer of the United Way of Kenosha County... Amy Garrigan, UW-Parkside Community Engagement Specialist .... Jevon Claussen, Senior Director of Community Impact Operations for the United Way of Kenosha Country .... Dr. Caitlin Whitaker, Associate Professor of Geography and Anthropology ..... Kalista Butkiewicz, a junior environmental studies major at Parkside and a student in Professor Whitaker's GID & Communities course .... and Tamarra Coleman, former Executive Director of the Shalom Center and current CEO of the Racine YMCA. (The Shalom Center is one of the agencies that is part of this new online map.)