Together Through Crisis: A Case Study of Milwaukee’s COVID-19 Civic Response

<p>In this interview with Forum senior advisor <strong>Paul Schmitz</strong>, we hear about the formation and experiences of Milwaukee’s Civic Response team during the first months of the pandemic and learn about the city’s comprehensive response to the COVID-19 crisis. Along the way, Paul shares the lessons learned about how collective impact efforts can be most effective in both meeting emergency needs and pursuing long-term systems change.<br /><br /><strong>Resources and Footnotes</strong><br /><br />Case Study: <a href="https://www.collectiveimpactforum.org/resources/collective-impact-emergency-response-case-study-milwaukee%E2%80%99s-covid-19-civic-response-team">Collective Impact in Emergency Response: A Case Study of Milwaukee’s COVID-19 Civic Response Team</a><br /><br />Webinar: <a href="https://www.collectiveimpactforum.org/resources/collective-impact-emergency-response-virtual-discussion-milwaukee%E2%80%99s-covid-19-civic">Collective Impact in Emergency Response: A Virtual Discussion on Milwaukee’s COVID-19 Civic Response Team</a><br /><br />Resource: <a href="https://belonging.berkeley.edu/targeteduniversalism">Targeted Universalism: Policy & Practice</a><br /><br />Podcast: <a href="https://www.collectiveimpactforum.org/resources/john-powell-operationalizing-equity-collective-impact">john a. powell - Operationalizing Equity in Collective Impact</a><br /><br />More on Collective Impact approach to collaborate for social change:<br /><br />Infographic: <a href="https://www.collectiveimpactforum.org/what-collective-impact">What is Collective Impact?</a><br /><br />Resource List: <a href="https://www.collectiveimpactforum.org/getting-starte">Getting Started in Collective Impact</a><br /><br />The Intro music, entitled “Running,” was composed by Rafael Krux, and can be found <a href="https://filmmusic.io/song/5434-running/">here</a> and is licensed under <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">CC: By 4.0.</a><br /><br />The outro music, entitled “Deliberate Thought,” was composed by <a href=