(Saturday, Oct 17) The Rural Immigration Summit, Dodgeville

The Rural Immigration Summit hosted by Iowa County UW-Extension will be held on Saturday, October 17, at the Plymouth Congregational Church in Dodgeville.

Participants will learn about the history of immigration in Wisconsin and Iowa County? How does immigration impact dairy farms in Iowa County? What is life like for immigrants in Iowa County and Wisconsin? Plan now to attend the Iowa County Rural Immigration summit to get answers to these questions and to learn about some of Iowa County’s residents.

Speakers will include Dan Pattenaude and Maria Ferrand, Iowa County Dairy Farmers, Christine Newman Ortiz, Executive Director of Voces de la Frontera, Dan Verhof, and Director of the UW-Extension Applied Population Lab, Alan Turnquist, Agriculture Technology Studies UW-Madison, and Tony Ruesga, Darlington Police Officer.

For more information visit http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cty/iowa/

The program costs only $15 and includes lunch and resource information. agenda%20immigration%20summit.pdf