Wisconsin Grassroots Festival

media release: Wisconsin Grassroots Network announces that Lawrence University, Appleton, WI, will host our 15^th Annual Grassroots Festival, Saturday, May 4, 2024. This year’s theme is “Our Future Our Choices: Rural and Urban Together”

The Day: 

8:00 am – 5:00 pm

6 keynote speakers

18 breakout sessions

Tabling

Networking

Food

6:00 pm

Entertainment

 Details:

Keynote speakers to date:

John Nichols- journalist, author, national affairs correspondent 

Alan Minsky- Executive Director of Progressive Democrats of America 

Breakouts to date:

“Youth in Activism,” “Money in Politics,” “Rights of Nature,” “Farm Sustainability Rewards Project,” "The State of School Finance in Wisconsin: 2024 Edition"

Entertainment:

Day: Tom Kastle, The Raging Grannies of Madison

Evening: Garrison Keillor, live music