BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Zilber College of Public Health - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:/publichealth X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Zilber College of Public Health REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20260308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20261101T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20270314T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20271107T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260319T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260319T095000 DTSTAMP:20260418T162130 CREATED:20260316T184917Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260316T204119Z UID:10000293-1773910800-1773913800@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Zilber College of Public Health Seminar - The Department of Community Wellness & Safety Public Health Approach to Violence Prevention DESCRIPTION:PRESENTED BY: \nKarin Tyler\, Interim Director\nCity of Milwaukee Department of Community Wellness & Safety \nYasmine M. Morton LPC\, Interim Operations Manager\nCity of Milwaukee Department of Community Wellness & Safety \nJulien Phifer\, Crisis Response Coordinator/Community Project Liaison\nCity of Milwaukee Department of Community Wellness & Safety \nJoin us in a forum to hear the latest in the research and practice of public health to support a just\, equitable\, healthy future for people\, communities\, and the environment in Milwaukee\, the state of Wisconsin\, and beyond. \nABOUT THE PRESENTERS \nKarin Tyler\nInterim Director\, Department of Community Wellness and Safety City of Milwaukee \nKarin Tyler currently serves as the Interim Director of the City of Milwaukee’s Department of Community Wellness and Safety (DCWS)\, where she provides executive leadership for the city’s violence prevention strategy and advances a public health approach to community safety. \nWith more than two decades of experience working on behalf of vulnerable communities\, Karin has dedicated her career to addressing violence\, trauma\, and the social conditions that impact community well-being. Through her leadership at DCWS\, she has helped strengthen Milwaukee’s violence prevention infrastructure by supporting community violence intervention programs\, building partnerships across city agencies and community organizations\, managing major public investments\, and expanding trauma-informed approaches that center prevention and healing. \nKarin has played a key role in ensuring stability and continuity within the department during periods of transition\, helping maintain critical partnerships and prevention initiatives that serve neighborhoods most impacted by violence. \nHer commitment to this work is also deeply personal. In 2011\, Karin lost her son\, Andrew\, to gun violence. That experience strengthened her resolve to dedicate her life to preventing violence and supporting families and communities impacted by tragedy. \nToday\, Karin continues to lead efforts that focus on prevention\, healing\, and opportunity\, working alongside community partners to build safer and healthier neighborhoods across Milwaukee. \nYasmine M. Morton LPC\nInterim Operations Manager at City of Milwaukee Department of Community Wellness & Safety \nYasmine is a licensed mental health professional who focuses on unresolved childhood trauma\, grief/loss\, anxiety\, depression and offender reintegration. Yasmine has worked in the social services sector over the past serving children\, youth and families. Yasmine received her undergraduate degree from Marian University of Fon du Lac\, WI in 2013 and her Masters of Education in Professional Counseling from Concordia University of Mequon\, WI in 2018. Yasmine’s passion is to help others grow through seeking mental clarity. \nJulien Phifer \nCrisis Response Coordinator/Community Project Liaison at City of Milwaukee Department of Community Wellness & Safety \nJulien earned his MPH from the Zilber College of Public Health at UW-Milwaukee. With a career focused on advancing social justice and equity\, he is driven by a passion to reduce human suffering and improve the quality of life for vulnerable populations. Specializing in public health policy\, Julien seeks to apply evidence-based strategies to achieve meaningful and sustainable improvements in population health outcomes. Through these efforts\, he hopes to contribute to a more just and healthy society. \nThe seminar can also be attended virtually on Teams. URL:/publichealth/event/zilber-college-of-public-health-seminar-presentation-by-karin-tyler-intermin-director-city-of-milwaukee-department-of-community-wellness-safety-and-yasmine/ LOCATION:KIRC Room 1150\, 3135 N. Maryland Ave.\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States CATEGORIES:Lectures Conferences and Symposiums,Public,Student Life,51ÁÔÆæ Campus Events,Zilber College of Public Health Seminar Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:/publichealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/571/2026/01/ZCPH-Public-Health-Seminars.jpg X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR