WHAT
TO
DO
ABOUT
% MILWAUKEE,
WHERE A
NEW
STUDY
% FROM A
FINANCIAL
NEWS
SITE
RANKS
% THE
CITY WORST IN
THE
NATION
FOR
% AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
% THE STUDY
POINTS
TO
DISPARITIES
% BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE
PEOPLE
% IN THE
WAY
OF
INCOME,
% UNEMPLOYMENT
AND HOME
OWNERSHIP.
% BUT HOPE
MAY
BE ON
THE
HORIZON
% AS
THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
% LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE THERE
% ACTIVELY SEEKS
SOLUTIONS,
% INCLUDING
DEVELOPING AND
% SUPPORTING AFRICAN-AMERICAN
% LEADERS.
% ANTONIO RILEY
IS
BOARD
PRESIDENT
% FOR
THE
ALLIANCE.
% HE
JOINS US NOW
FROM
MILWAUKEE
% AND THANKS
VERY
MUCH
FOR
DOING
% SO.%>> THANK YOU
FOR
HAVING
ME.
% >> NOW,
YOUR
ALLIANCE WAS
% FOUNDED
IN
2017
AND
ITS
MEMBERS
% ARE READY
NOW
TO
ACTIVATE
YOUR
% MISSION GOALS.
% GOALS STATED
ON
YOUR
WEBSITE
T
O
% WITHIN
FIVE
YEARS
REDEFINE
% MILWAUKEE
AS
TOP-RANKED FOR
% AFRICAN-AMERICANS, ENSURE
% AFRICAN-AMERICAN LEADERS WANT TO
% LIVE
AND WORK
I
N
MILWAUKEE
AND
% ENHANCE A THRIEFG
!
THRIVING
AND GROWING
% POOL OF
TALENTED
% AFRICAN-AMERICAN LEADERS THERE.
% WHAT
ARE
YOUR
ACTION
STEPS
TO
% REACH THESE
GOALS?
% >>
WELL,
FIRST
OF
ALL,
LET
ME% THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY
TO
% BE
WITH
YOU
TODAY
TO
TALK ABOUT
% OUR VISION AND
GOALS,
NOT
JUST
% FOR
MILWAUKEE,
BUT FOR
OUR
% REGION HERE IN
WISCONSIN.
% WE
REALLY
FOCUS ON THE
FACT
THAT% WE
NEED TO
WORK
WITH
HARD AT
% CHANGING
SOME OF
THE
% DEMOGRAPHICS, DEFICIENCIES
THAT% WE SEE FOR
AFRICAN-AMERICANS% HERE
IN
MILWAUKEE.
% ONE
OF
OUR
GOALS
IS TO MAKE
% MILWAUKEE
BY
2025 A
PLACE
WHERE
% AFRICAN-AMERICAN
LEADERSHIP
CAN
% THRIVE.
% AND
ANOTHER ONE
OF
THOSE
GOALS
% THAT YOU
MENTIONED
EARLIER, IT
% IS
ABOUT A
TALENT
POOL ALSO.
% NOW, AS PART
OF
THOSE
EFFORTS,% WE ARE
ENGAGING
WITH
ALLIES,
THE
% BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND THE LIKE
% WITH
ACTUAL
DELIVERABLE
% STRATEGIES ON
HOW
TO ACHIEVE% THAT GOAL.%WHEN I
T COMES
TO
MAKING
SURE
% THAT WE
ARE A
COMMUNITY
BY
2025
% WHERE
AFRICAN-AMERICANS CAN
% THRIVE
AND
THAT WE
HAVE
THAT
% TALENT
POOL AS
WELL,
WE
WORK
% WITH
THE
METROPOLITAN CHAMBER OF
% COMMERCE
TO
COME
UM
!
COME
UP
WITH
THE
% REGION OF
CHOICE,
SETTING
SOME
% REALLY
CLEAR,
MEASURABLE
GOALS
% ABOUT HOW WE
ARE
GOING TO
GET% THERE IN TERMS
OF,
ONE,
DOING
% TWO
THINGS.
% ONE, IT
IS
TO
INCREASE THE
% NUMBER
O
F
AFRICAN-AMERICANS
AND
% LATINOS
IN
MANAGEMENT
POSITIONS
% BY
25%
BY 2025.
% AND IT IS
TO
INCREASE
% AFRICAN-AMERICAN
AND
LATINO
% EMPLOYMENT
BY
15%
BY
THAT
SAME
% TIME.
% IN ORDER FOR US TO
ACHIEVE
THOSE
% GOALS,
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO
% MAKE
SURE
THAT
PEOPLE WHO
ARE% HERE
IN
MILWAUKEE METROPOLITAN% AREA ARE
GETTING
THE
SKILLS
THE
Y
% NEED
BY WHICH TO
CLIMB
THAT
% CORPORATE
LADDER.
% WHEN
WE
RECRUIT
PEOPLE, MAKE% SURE THEY CAN
LIVE,
WORK
AND
% PLAY HERE.
% THAT
MEANS
THEY WOULD HAVE
TO
% STAY
HERE.
% SO ALL
THOSE
GOALS
ARE
VERY
% IMPORTANT TO
US
ACHIEVING
THAT
% BENCHMARK BY
2025.% >>
WHY
ARE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
% LEADERS
IN
MILWAUKEE IMPORTANT% TO
TURNING
THE
CITY
AROUND
FOR
% ALL
PEOPLE
OF
COLOR?
% >>
WELL,
YOU
KNOW,
IT'S
VERY
% IMPORTANT.
% AND
I'LL
JUST
PUT
IT TO
YOU,
% ANSWER YOUR
QUESTION THIS WAY.
% AT THE END OF THE DAY AS A
% COMMUNITY, WE HAVE
TO
TAKE
% RESPONSIBILITY FOR
OURSELVES.
% AND
WE
REALLY
DO.
% AND A
LOT OF US DO.
% AND WE HAVE
TO
SIMPLY
SAY
THAT
% LEADERSHIP WITHIN OUR
COMMUNITY,% NOT JUST IN THE CORPO
RATE
AREA,
% BUT
FOLKS
IN
CORPORATE
% WISCONSIN, MILWAUKEE AS
WELL
AS% FOLKS FROM
THE
NEIGHBORHOOD,
% FROM
NOT-FOR-PROFITS
AND
ALL
% SORTS
OF
OTHER
GROUPS
AND
IT
% DOESN'T
JUST
CONSIST
OF
STRICTLY
% AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
%
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT
% AFRICAN-AMERICANS' VOICES
ARE
%
BEING HEARD AND THEY ARE A PART%
OF THAT CONVERSATION AND
THUS A% PART
OF HELPING US
TO
ACHIEVE
%
THE OPPORTUNITY TO
BUILD A
% STRONGER REGION.%SO THAT'S
IMPORTANT, THAT WE
% LEAD
FOR
OURSELVES
AS WELL.% >>
WHY
HAS MILWAUKEE
IN
YOUR
% MIND LANGUAGE
!
LANGUISHED AND
RANKED
SO
%
POORLY FOR
DISPARITIES
% HISTORICALLY?%>> WELL, THAT
IS A
VERY
LARGE
%
QUESTION
THAT HAS LOTS
OF
% DIFFERENT
NUANCES
TO
IT.
% AND WE
KNOW OF
THE RACIAL
% SEGREGATION
THAT EXISTS
WITHIN% NOT JUST
THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE,% BUT
THROUGHOUT THE
ENTIRE
% REGION.
% ONE OF
THE
OTHER
POLICY --
ONE% OF
THE
OTHER
AREAS, A
S
YOU
KNOW
% FROM
OUR
WEBSITE, IT IS TO
BE A
% LEADER
ON
PUBLIC
POLICY,
% ENGAGING WITH
ELECTED
OFFICIALS,
% TALK
ABOUT
THOSE
STRATEGIES
THAT
% BUILD
ALSO
THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
% COMMUNITY,
BUT
ALSO
TALKS
ABOUT
% HOW
DO
WE
TRANSFORM
THE
ENTIRE
% REGION.
% BUT WE HAVE
LAGGED
BEHIND.
% AND
IT'S
UNFORTUNATE,
FOR A
HOST
% OF
DIFFERENT
REASONS.
% IT
COMES
TO
H
OUSING,
THE
% SEGREGATION, THE
TRANSPORTATION
% ISSUES.
% ALL THOSE
THINGS.
% AND
OUR
SCHOOL SYSTEMS.
% AND LET
ME
ALSO
SAY
OUR
CRIMINAL
% JUSTICE
SYSTEM AS
WELL.
% AND SO WE
HAVE
TO
TALK
ABOUT
ALL
% THOSE
SYMPTOMS
OF
WHAT
EXISTS
IN
% OUR COMMUNITY.
% NOW
LET'S
TALK
ABOUT
HOW
DO
WE
% WORK WITH
ALLIES
TO
FIGURE
OUT
% MEASURABLE
STRATEGIES TO
BEGIN% TO ADDRESS
IT.
% >>
BRIEFLY
AND
FINALLY,
DESCRIBE% HOW
COMMITTED
YOUR
GROUP
IS
% TOWARD
THESE
GOALS
FOR
% MILWAUKEE?%>>
OH, WE
ARE
VERY
COMMITTED TO% IT.
% I
MEAN,
THIS
CAME OUT OF THE
% AALP,
WHICH HAS BEEN
FOR
THE
% LAST
TEN
YEARS
ONE OF
THE
% PREMIERE
TRAINING
PROGRAMS
TO
% DEVELOP AFRICAN-AMERICAN
% LEADERSHIP
IN
CORPORATE
% MILWAUKEE, SOME
200
ALIEWM
!
ALUMNI.
% WE
CALLED
TOGETHER
ABOUT
80
% FOLKS,
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
LEADERS
% AND CORPORATE
FOLKS,
TO
DO A
% SESSION BACK
IN
MAY.
% AND
THAT'S
HOW
WE
THEN WENT
% FORWARD
AND
LAUNCHED
OUR
GROUP
% PUBLICLY
AND
ESTABLISHED A
% NOT-FOR-PROFIT
STATUS
AND
BOARD.
% NEXT
YEAR WE ARE GOING TO
BE
% RETOOLING THE
LEADERSHIP
% PROGRAM,
LAUNCHED IN
MARCH
OF
% 2020.
% WE WILL
HERE A
LEAD
CHAMPION
% CATALYST, WHICH MEANS
OUR
NEW
% EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR, WHO
WILL
% THEN
HIRE
ADDITIONAL STAFF TO
% FURTHER THE MISSION.
% SO WE
ARE
COMMITTED TO I
T
AND
WE% THANK
ALL
OF
OUR
ALLIES AND
% PARTNERS
OUT
THERE FOR
ALL OF% THEIR SUPPORT.
% WE'RE
LOOKING FORWARD
TO
GETTING
% THIS WORK
DONE.
% >> ALL
RIGHT.