Wisconsin Literacy

With funding support from Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Wisconsin Literacy and the Johnson Foundation in Racine sponsored a Wingspread Conference titled Improving Health Literacy – A Strategic Plan for Wisconsin on Nov. 12-13, 2008. The conference brought together members of Wisconsin’s four regional health literacy committees to share their initiatives and develop a framework for a comprehensive and systematic statewide plan to reduce barriers to health care through health literacy education provided by health care and literacy organizations.

The conference was held in Racine at the Wingspread Conference Center originally designed by Frank Lloyd Wright as the home of Herbert Fisk Johnson, grandson of the founder of SC Johnson & Son. Over the years, the Foundation has sponsored thousands of conferences on issues ranging from arms control to education to sustainable development, and much more. National Public Radio, the National Endowment for the Arts and numerous other organizations and movements have their roots in a Wingspread conference.

Please Click here to view the Wingspread Executive Summary, Improving Health Literacy – A Strategic Plan for Wisconsin. conference.