UIS Center for State Policy and Leadership (CSPL)

The 2021 Sangamon County Citizen Survey is discussed with Molly Lamb and AJ Simmons of UIS Center for State Policy and Leadership who conducted the survey in partnership with the United Way of Central Illinois and the Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln.

Dr. Ngozi Ezike, Director, Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) discusses how the health system has handled the pandemic and equity in the system.

Illinois Department of Public Health Health’s Connie Austin joins moderator Molly Lamb to discuss infectious disease and animals, including recent developments with the deer population around Lake Springfield.

Community Health Round Table discussion of Back to School During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Delta Variant, the Policy Response, and Our School Nurses on the Front Lines.

The goal of the series is to increase the public’s awareness of disparities that exist in our own backyard and to encourage discussion and action to create a more just and equitable community.

UIS professor and member of the Illinois Institute for Public Finance, Beverly Bunch, discusses the need for budgeting and how things are going post-pandemic.

How we prepare the people who help children is the focus of the conversation with the the UIS Child Protection Training Academy (CPTA). director Betsey Goulet.

Molly Lamb is the executive director of the Center for State Policy and Leadership. Through research the organization promotes evidence-based policy and practice in the public sector. Lamb spoke with Community Voices about the organization.

This urban tree program was inspired by Lab Girl, a science memoir in which author Hope Jahren describes her passion for trees and her experiences in…