IMMEDIATE ADOPTION
Number
220568
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. ZAMARRIPA, PEREZ AND DIMITRIJEVIC
Title
Resolution designating National Hispanic Heritage Month as an annual official City event, authorizing the acceptance of contributions and adding the event to the Give MKE online crowdfunding platform.
Analysis
This resolution designates National Hispanic Heritage Month, which takes place from September 15 and October 15, as an annual official City event in the city of Milwaukee. The resolution also authorizes the City Clerk’s Office to accept donations to support National Hispanic Heritage Month. Finally, the resolution adds Hispanic Heritage Month to the Give MKE online crowdfunding platform.
Body
Whereas, National Hispanic Heritage Month began in 1968 under President Lyndon Johnson as Hispanic Heritage Week and was later expanded by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to cover a 30-day period from September 15 to October 15; and
Whereas, National Hispanic Heritage Month is a time to recognize and celebrate the many contributions, diverse cultures, and extensive histories of the American Latino community; and
Whereas, Spanish explorers were the first Europeans to land in parts of what is now the United States, and were the first Europeans to reach the Appalachian Mountains, the Mississippi River, the Grand Canyon and the Great Plains.; and
Whereas, The history of Hispanics in Milwaukee began in the 1920s with the “Colonia Mexicana”, a community of Mexican workers located on Milwaukee’s South Side recruited to work in the city’s tanneries; and
Whereas, From these modest origins, Milwaukee’s Hispanic population grew into an indispensable part of Milwaukee’s cultural identity that encompasses peoples whose origins span the width and breath of the Hispanic world; and
Whereas, According to the 2020 Census, Hispanics are now the largest minority group in Wisconsin; and
Whereas, It would be fitting to establish the month celebrating the contrib...
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