David Gordon, the founding editor and board chairman of the Chippewa Valley Post, passed away on Sunday, June 11. The following memorial was written by Michael Dorsher, a CV Post board member and UW-Eau Claire colleague of Gordon. Midway through his first semester at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, the assistant professor was no longer […]
Deadline nearing to apply for Community Foundation executive director position
March 15 is the deadline to apply for the executive director position at the Eau Claire Community Foundation (ECCF).
The successful applicant will succeed Sue Bornick, who is transitioning to a new part-time ECCF position in which she will focus on development and planned giving. Bornick has been ECCF’s executive director since 2009.
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Adults over 65 can register through Jan. 31 for course aimed at safe medication management
Registration will remain open through Jan. 31 for a free two-session course designed to help older adults communicate effectively with pharmacists and other providers in order to manage their medications safely.
The course will be taught online on Feb. 8 and 22 and again on Apr. 12 and 26 as part of a program evaluation study at the UW-Madison School of Pharmacy. Course participants must be willing to be part of that study and will be assigned to a pair of 90-minute sessions in one month or the other.
Eligibility requirements include being at least 65 years old and taking at least four different medications regularly – including non-prescription drugs. Participants must also take part in follow-up phone interviews and provide feedback for the study.
Additional information is available from the Eau Claire County Aging & Disability Resource Center (ADRC).
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UW-EC emeriti faculty hear discussion of critical race theory
By David Gordon, associate editor
Critical race theory (CRT) is not a new phenomenon and alarms over it would have long since been sounded if it truly posed problems for society, according to Dale Taylor, a UW-Eau Claire emeritus professor.
Taylor spoke on Tuesday to some 50 retired faculty members and others attending the fall luncheon of the UW-EC Emeriti Faculty Association at Wild Ridge Event Center. He stressed that he was not discussing how CRT has emerged as a factor in current political controversies or whether it’s an appropriate teaching tool to use in elementary schools.
Instead, he described it as one approach that can be used to study how discriminatory policies have persisted even after the passage of federal legislation to outlaw them. That legislation included the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
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Chippewa Valley Book Festival winds up tonight with rescheduled keynote speaker
Nadia Owusu, who was originally scheduled to open the Chippewa Valley Book Festival, will instead be the final speaker this evening with her virtual presentation “Reclaiming Our Stories.”
Owusu had to postpone her appearance, which was intended to open this year’s 23rd annual festival a week ago. Her presentation tonight will run from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. and will be co-hosted by UW-Stout’s Literature Committee. It will be available only online.
Owusu’s memoir Aftershocks was named best book of 2021 by National Public Radio as well as by various other media outlets. Her presentation is free but advance registration is required.
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Sunday evening hybrid event to mark JONAH’s 15 years of social justice efforts
JONAH’s 15 years of social justice efforts in the Chippewa Valley will be celebrated Sunday evening with a hybrid event from 6 to 8 p.m. at The Brewing Projekt, 1807 N. Oxford Ave.
The group’s annual fund-raiser will be held in-person for the first time since the COVID pandemic struck in 2019. It will also be accessible online via Zoom. Tickets cost $35 for in-person attendance and $15 for Zoom access.
JONAH is an interfaith nonprofit group that focuses its efforts on the root causes of such social justice issues as affordable housing, child poverty, criminal justice reform and immigration. Its task forces also work on mental health and transportation concerns.
Guest speakers at the event will include Peter Brunzelle, director of WisHope in Sauk County; Katheryne Auerback, executive director of Movin’ Out in Madison; and Rachana Shah, a Zero Waste consultant who has worked for Beyond Plastics in New York.
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