Number
R13039
Version
Original
Reference
Sponsor
The Chair
Title
Resolution commending Ms. Sue Kenealy for 44 years of service to the citizens of Milwaukee, including 13 years of service to the City of Milwaukee and the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee
Analysis
Body
WHEREAS, Ms. Susan Kenealy has retired from the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM) after 44 years of service to the people and neighborhoods of the City of Milwaukee, including the last 8 years with HACM; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Kenealy started her career as a VISTA volunteer assisting students who needed remedial instruction in reading and math, and implementing a GED program for young adults; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Kenealy spent the next eighteen years working to assist those impacted by alcohol and drug abuse in Milwaukee’s neighborhoods, first as a Drug and Alcohol Counselor with United Community Center from 1977 to 1984; then as a Supervisor and Prevention Education Specialist for the Milwaukee Council on Drug Abuse from 1984 to 1992, then as the Program Manager for the Neighborhood Partners Program from 1992 to 1995, which was named by the United States Congress as an exemplary program in substance abuse prevention; and
WHEREAS, during the next ten years from 1995 to 2005, Ms. Kenealy successfully managed the Weed & Seed Program for Community Partners, facilitating a broad coalition of law enforcement, community groups, prosecutors, community-based organizations, schools, and neighborhood residents to develop and implement anti-crime strategies within high crime neighborhoods in the city through a community outreach and organizing approach; and
WHEREAS, the Weed & Seed model was nationally recognized and resulted in a 21% reduction of crime in 18 months in three of Milwaukee’s most troubled neighborhoods and eventually spun off into the Safe and Sound initiative in Milwaukee; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Kenealy also served the City of Milwaukee as a Grants Manager from 20...
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