ESTHER’s Oshkosh Workgroup held its monthly meeting on Tuesday, June 4, 2019. Watch this brief report from chair Jennifer Considine with information about:
Continuing efforts to provide free or reduce-fare transportation for students in Oshkosh schools.
Improving the racial literacy of the task force by reading and discussing together Debby Irving’s Waking up White.
Linking Health and Transportation: Voices of
Oshkosh Walkers, Cyclists and Transit Users
The Fox Valley Thrives Transportation Team conducted a series of focus groups in the spring of 2019 to understand user perceptions of the Oshkosh area’s transportation system. These focus groups allow for better understanding of the connections between transportation and health, identify what facilities enhance or impede a person’s ability to use walking, biking, and transit in the Fox Valley, and determine what changes might need to be made in the built environment to improve access to transportation.
Fox Valley Thrives, a local chapter of THRIVE WI, is an alliance between East Central WI Regional Planning Commission, ESTHER, and Outagamie and Winnebago County Public Health Departments. Its mission is to advance health equity through aligned efforts, co-learning, and strategic action. The Fox Valley Thrives Transportation Team works to improve health equity and make healthier communities by focusing on the connections between transportation and health.
The purpose of this event is show how a Wisconsin future that benefits all Wisconsinites requires criminal justice reform in our state. The event will cover critical issues like:
Barriers to employment following incarceration
The Wisconsin epidemic of crimeless revocation – the process by which thousands of Wisconsin residents are sent to prison each year despite not having committed a crime
There will also be an informative panel discussion featuring individuals directly impacted by the criminal justice system and people working for change on both sides of the political aisle.
Our Oshkosh ESTHER Task Force meets monthly to address issues of social injustice that uniquely impact the Oshkosh area. Anyone who is interested in the issues we focus on is welcome. Our task force meeting doors are always open!
Leave us a message at https://esther-foxvalley.org/oetf for the Zoom link or to be added to the mailing list. Questions welcome as well.
We are reaching out to all Oshkosh residents who have supported the work of ESTHER in hopes that you will join us to share your concerns and the issues that you would like to see us focus on in Oshkosh. We will also share a bit about the history and successes of our Oshkosh ESTHER task force.
We know there is much social justice work to be done in our community and we believe that together we can bring about important change. We would love to have you join us in our work.
Please join us via Zoom for an engaging presentation and discussion. Join Zoom Meeting via the web:
When I initially joined Esther it was at the recommendation of someone who attended my church. My initial interest was in the prison justice reform group, and I eventually became aware of the Oshkosh ESTHER group. As I live in Oshkosh, I decided to check it out, and I’m so glad I did!
At the first Oshkosh ESTHER group meeting I attended I was warmly welcomed. Compared to the large prison reform group, this smaller-sized group appealed to me. Each person in the group was able to share their ideas, comments and concerns all along the way in the process of working through issues. At subsequent meetings I found it’s always that way. The folks recognize that everyone brings something different to the table. We all know it’s often who you know, and among them they have great connections. Everyone’s input is greatly encouraged.
The Fox Valley Thrives Transportation Team conducted a series of focus groups in the spring of 2019 to understand user perceptions of the Oshkosh area’s transportation system. These focus groups allow for better understanding of the connections between transportation and health, identify what facilities enhance or impede a person’s ability to use walking, biking, and transit in the Fox Valley, and determine what changes might need to be made in the built environment to improve access to transportation.
The purpose of this event is show how a Wisconsin future that benefits all Wisconsinites requires criminal justice reform in our state. The event will cover critical issues like:
We are reaching out to all Oshkosh residents who have supported the work of ESTHER in hopes that you will join us to share your concerns and the issues that you would like to see us focus on in Oshkosh. We will also share a bit about the history and successes of our Oshkosh ESTHER task force. 
