Commission on the Social Status of African-American Males

MICHIGAN CITY COMMISSION ON THE SOCIAL STATUS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALES Mr.Marty Corley Mrs. Joan Ganschow Ms. LaTonya Troutman Ms. Nila Williams Chairman Vice-Chairman Secretary Treasurer Meeting Minutes 12 Noon PM, Wednesday,May 12th, 2021 I. Roll Call A. Quorum of 10 II. Mission Statement III. Treasurer's report A. No report IV. Guest Speaker V. Bylaws A. Want to make sure everyone had a chance to look at will wait til June meeting for a vote to approve bylaws B. Town Hall meeting will be held a pleasant hill church tomorrow please come out 6;30 with Chief Campbell, Prosecutor Lake and Tyra Robinson Walker they will present for first hour than followed by q & A Criminal Justice Committee meeting on zoom on 5/18 at 6;30 all are welcome Indiana criminal justice association will be held in person july 23 State conference will be in south bend september 29th- oct 1 Employment Seek to find out if the police community room is still available. Health Co chairs by Commissioners Allen and Williamsques Will work together to come up with some things. As far as St. Franciscian. Will partner with YMCA MCPD and others for Walk with the doc wellness wednesday 5k walk with doctor speaking for about 5 minutes walk will begin about 5 pm. Prize will be given away. Open to the public. This Sunday will be at New Hope about Covid. Education No report from committee. But Scholarship applications are due on friday. Will get with Commissioner fly and commissioner mccormick. Questions concerning the voting process for applicants can be addressed to the secretary. Tomorrow is the last day to sign up for summer school. Applications are due. Highly encourage parents to enroll students to take advantage of summer educational opportunities. Summer school begins mon June 14 runs through to July 9 more info available at mcas.website Summer school will be in person Councilwoman Tillman is there a program being held at elston for at risk youth who may be expelled/ High School has a SCALE program for students instead of expulsion. How many are African American Males How do programs compare to the A2E program? It's very similar because we apply for that grant. Check Ins and criteria are very similar and a focus we have over the last few years with the career center. Social Factors No report Welcome Mr. Hogan as new Commissioner. He has been faithfully attending meeting Commissioner Hogan honored to be here. The Commission welcomed him aboard. St. The Franciscian SIP program has funding available for non profit organizations between now and July. Sec will forward website information to learn more. Selected organizations will need to attend orientation sessions and submit reports. Hopefully commissioner fly will apply but if you know of others that meet the criteria. Please forward them the information Commissioner Milsap received thanks from Swanson Center Milsap for the $500 donation. Speakers can come in if you have any speakers please reach out to Chairman Corely. Speakers will be allowed 20 minutes to speak. Councilwoman Tillman will be a speaker at the 44th Indiana Child Support Conference to speak on Barbershop Talk that sated 2018-2019 will be reaching back out to barbershops to discuss child support issues Fly HIgh youth Services has the SOAR program fully funded. The money receive will take care of 15 kids we have 2 slots available if you know of anyone who wants to be part of the program let us know McCormmick addressed violence in our community. Not for any nonsense. All for bringing an end to violence. With regard to racial profiling or driving while black should not be tolerated as seen on Facebook recently. The things done during the last administration cannot happen, it's time for a change. Thank Stacy Benning, Brett kelley. Remember these things come election When it comes to the violence we exclude those that have been part of the violence or former felons it wont work. Hope everybody can come out on Thursday. Motioned to adjourn made by cox seconded by mccormick. All in favor.