IMMEDIATE ADOPTION
Number
181413
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. LEWIS AND COGGS
Title
Resolution extending an invitation from the City of Milwaukee to Ms. Taraji P. Henson to come to the City to speak on the subject of mental health.
Analysis
This resolution extends an invitation from the City of Milwaukee to Ms. Taraji P. Henson to come to the City as keynote speaker for an event to be coordinated by the Office of Violence Prevention and speak on the subject of mental health and its particular impact on the African-American community.
Body
Whereas, Ms. Taraji P. Henson launched the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation in honor of her late father, to eradicate the stigma around mental health issues in the African-American community; and
Whereas, The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation is a nonprofit organization that partners with other nonprofit organizations that offer programs to educate, celebrate, and make visible the positive impact of mental health awareness; and
Whereas, The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation seeks to ensure cultural competency in caring for African Americans who struggle with mental illness by providing scholarships to African-American students who seek careers in the mental health field, offering mental health services and programs to young people in urban schools, and combating recidivism within the prison system; and
Whereas, The Office of Violence Prevention is committed to preventing violence through partnerships that strengthen youth, families, and neighborhoods; and
Whereas, ReCAST MKE is an Office of Violence Prevention initiative to promote healing and restorative practice among youth ages 12-24 and their families and to reduce the impact of trauma in Milwaukee by enhancing individual and community resilience, building the capacity of organizations to have healing focused care practices, and strengthening collaboration between organizations and community; and
Whereas, The Styles with Substance Project is aim...
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