Category: Racism

Now that President Donald Trump has made Juneteenth Day famous… This would have been the 49th Anniversary of Juneteenth Day Street Festival in Milwaukee, had it not been for the COVID-19 pandemic. But there are numerous activities and events around the city to commemorate. And for the first time, both…

In a letter to Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, a majority of the Milwaukee Common Council are requesting full funding for the city’s Office of African-American Affairs. From my email in box to your eyes: MEDIA ALERT Council members urge full funding for Office of African-American Affairs in 2021 budget In…

Now if you are wondering about the impetus for the Milwaukee Common Council to review the budgets and plans of all city departments to make systemic changes….here is where it’s coming from: Milwaukee Common Council approves measure exploring 10% cut to the police department budget. When I first saw a…

This arrived in my email in box this afternoon and is one of the first efforts by the Milwaukee Common Council to respond to the protests in Milwaukee following the death of George Floyd. Community deserves to hear from department leaders on plans for change Joint statement from Alderwoman Milele…

In one article today, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel describes the xenophobia and discrimination that Wisconsin residents of Hmong and other Asian backgrounds are experiencing during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Wisconsin United Coalition of Mutual Assistance Association in Appleton, which focuses on issues related to the Hmong and Southeast Asian community,…

I am trying to catch up on my emails and this one was in a box that I don’t visit often enough (apparently). This message from Lt. Governor Barnes was from May 29th. Like so many other Black lives in this country, George Floyd’s life was stolen from his family…

From our friend, in yesterday’s email inbox: The ongoing civil unrest in our communities is an understandable expression of rage and frustration. So often, we hear eloquent accounts of the American Dream. The United States is ostensibly a place where life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are guaranteed to…

I am derelict in not tracking this down and publishing it sooner…mea culpa:

Yesterday I published Milwaukee Common Council Statement: MPD Misconduct? which contained the complete joint resolution from the Milwaukee Common Council about an officer involved incident in Milwaukee around the police brutality protests. I didn’t do a head count on the number of alderpersons signing on to the resolution. It was…