Number
100118
Version
SUBSTITUTE 3
Reference
Sponsor
Zielinski, Hamilton, Davis, Kovac, Bauman, Bohl, Coggs, Wade, Donovan, Puente, Murphy, Witkowiak, Witkowski, Hines.
Title
Substitute resolution creating a task force relating to African-American male unemployment.
Analysis
This resolution creates a task force relating to African-American male unemployment in the City of Milwaukee. Task force members, in addition to Common Council members, shall represent business, professional, faith-based, community based and educational organizations. The Chair of the Judiciary and Legislation Committee and Vice-Chair of the Community and Economic Development Committee shall serve as co-chairs of the task force, and the task force shall be staffed by the City Clerk’s Office. The task force shall report its findings to the Common Council within 6 months of the date of its first meeting.
Body
Whereas, Joblessness among working-age African-American males has grown considerably since the 1970s; and
Whereas, The unemployment rate of African-American males in the City of Milwaukee is unconscionably high; and
Whereas, The City of Milwaukee has one of the highest rates of African-American male joblessness and largest racial disparities in jobless rates among United States cities; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that a task force shall be created relating to African-American male unemployment; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the task force membership shall consist of the following:
1. Chair of the Community and Economic Development Committee or his designee.
2. Vice-Chair of the Community and Economic Development Committee.
3. Chair of the Judiciary and Legislation Committee.
4. Green Jobs Marketing Representative, Laborer’s International Union of North America Great Lakes Region Organizing Committee.
5. First Vice President of the Milwaukee Branch of the NAACP.
6. Organizer of the Institute for Wisconsin’s Fu...
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