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Karen Royster
kroyster@wisconsinsfuture.org
Karen Royster is a local and national activist involved in efforts
to strengthen public sector investment, K-12 education and economic
policies that support working families.
Over a 20-year period, she has been Executive Director of a county-wide
anti-hunger organization, a low-income neighborhood development
group and the Institute for Wisconsin’s Future. She has played
a key role in establishing a congregation-based community organizing
system in Milwaukee, a youth center for Latino and African-American
young people involved in gang activity, coordinating state and national
efforts to promote increased funding for public education and efforts
to fight for fair and adequate state tax systems that ensure effective
public sector services.
Karen has conducted national training workshops on school funding
for groups including ACORN, the National Council of Education Activists,
and the National School Funding Network. She has also presented
sessions on public investment for the EARN Network, ACCESS and the
National Council of State Legislators State Issues Forum.
Karen earned her degree in Community Education from the University
of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
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