BLACK MALE ACHIEVEMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL

200 E. Wells Street City of Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 Meeting Minutes BLACK MALE ACHIEVEMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL MAYOR TOM BARRETT, CO-CHAIR and ALD. KHALIF RAINEY, CO-CHAIR Chris Abele, Bevan Baker, Raymond Banks, Robert Cherry, Spencer Coggs, Clifton Crump, Ellen Gilligan, Torre Johnson, Leigh Kunde, Robert Randolph, Shannon Reed, Mark Sain and Rashaad Washington Joanna Polanco, staff assistant, 286-2366; email: jpolan@milwaukee.gov Monday, March 27, 2017 10:00 AM Room 301-B, City Hall 1. Call to Order 10:27 AM 2. Roll Call Present 13 - Barrett, Sain, Coggs, Crump, Davidson, Cherry, Kunde, Rainey, Rainey, Banks, Randolph, Johnson and Holton Excused 3 - Hamilton, Reed and Gilligan 3. Approval of minutes from the previous meeting Mayor, Tom Barrett moved, seconded by Mr. Davidson to approve minutes of the January 23, 2017 meeting. There were no objections. 4. My Brother’s Keeper Report a) Proposed updates to MBK Plan b) Lead Organization Update (Nonprofit Center, M.A.T.C., Running Rebels) c) VISTA Grant Award d) VISTA Orientation & Training e) Dignity Training (DNS & National Association of Social Workers f) MFI Report Out Appearing: Lead Organizations Update: Dr. Walter J. Lanier - Director of Men of Color Milwaukee Area Technical College MATC's Men Of Color Initiative is designed to increase college couse completion rates, retention rates and graduation rates, as well as help MATC students to overcome barriers and obstacles that may rise as they pursue success in higher education. Four keys Metrics include, Course Completion, Retention, Close equity gaps, Career planning, Graduation & program completion. City of Milwaukee Page 1 BLACK MALE ACHIEVEMENT Meeting Minutes March 27, 2017 ADVISORY COUNCIL The key strategies include, build cohorts, Academic program strategy, Community collaboration,Student input, Aggressive data use, Health and wellness, Mentors & Role model Professional development; also collaboration from the Black Male Achievement Advisory Council and My Brother's Keeper. Nonprofit Center Meagan Holman - Civic Engagement Manager The Nonprofit Center is diligently working on My Brothers' Keeper priority 9 - Increase boys and men of color representation and participation in decision-making bodies and processes across all sectors. Cardinal Stritch University has an MBK program that, Mr. Williams will be reaching out to for collaboration of efforts. 5. Report from the Office of Violence Prevention Appearing: Deonte Lewis - Office of Violence Prevention Reggie Moore - Director of Office of Violent Prevention David Muhammad - Office of Violence Prevention The office of violence prevention is committed to the promotion and preservation of life through coordinated strategies to prevent death and nonfatal injury caused by violence. Two initiatives currenlty in place by the office of the Violence Prevention are Trauma Response Initiative and Neighborhood Based violence Interruption; these initiatives are in partnerships with the Milwaukee Police Department, Wraparound Milwaukee's Mobile Urgent Treatment Team, and Uniting Garden Homes. In 2016 The Trauma Response Unit was initiated in collaboration withe MPD district 5 & & to identify youth who may have witnessed or experienced a potentially traumatic event such as a serious accident, shooting, or domestic violence. The Team received 223 referrals. The team was able to engage with 179 families. In 2016 the Neighborhood Based vilence Prevention partnered with Uniting Garden Homes to implement Safe Zones Initiatives in the Garden Homes and Franklin Hights neighborhoods July-December. 6. Pepp Nation – Activate Sherman Park Report Appearing: Brandon Culpepper - President & CEO PepNation Sports Leadership Camps MPD Captain Turcinovic Milwaukee County Deputy Sheriff, Weberg Milwaukee County Deputy Sheriff, Jones PeppNation mission statement: To provide the highest quality mentoring environment for youth and young adults, with the goal of creating well-rounded citizens who take their education and play to higher levels PeppNation was founded by Brandon Culpepper in 2010. The organization is on a mission to accomplish and creating well rounded citizens goal by recruiting qualified staff members (college students), mentoring/coaching youth athletes (3rd – 12th grade), hosting events and fundraisers and exposing youth to the possibilities of higher education. City of Milwaukee Page 2 BLACK MALE ACHIEVEMENT Meeting Minutes March 27, 2017 ADVISORY COUNCIL Pepp Nation Sports Leadership Camps will be hosting Activate Sherman Park 2017. 7. MPS C.A.R.E.S. Report Due to lack of quorum, meeting became official at the tail end of this item; entire presentation can be found via Legislative Research Center under File Number 130831 at https://milwaukee.legistar.com/Legislation. Appearing: Kellie J. Sigh Acting Director, Business, Community & Family Partnerships/Customer Service Office of the Chief of Staff Milwaukee Public Schools Andrew Rossa, Community Recreation Supervisor II, Department of Recreation. Mr. John Rakowski - Running Rebels Community Organizarion Enrichment process is to identify initial areas of need and goal setting 8. Public Comments Jermaine Reed - Fresh Start 9. Meeting adjourned at 12:26 Joanna Polanco Staff Assistant In the event that Common Council members who are not members of this committee attend this meeting, this meeting may also simultaneously constitute a meeting of the Common Council or any of the following committees: Community and Economic Development, Finance and Personnel, Judiciary and Legislation, Licenses, Public Safety, Public Works, Zoning, Neighborhoods & Development, and/or Steering and Rules. Whether a simultaneous meeting is occurring depends on whether the presence of one or more of the Common Council member results in a quorum of the Common Council or any of the above committees, and, if there is a quorum of another committee, whether any agenda items listed above involve matters within that committee’s realm of authority. 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City of Milwaukee Page 3 BLACK MALE ACHIEVEMENT Meeting Minutes March 27, 2017 ADVISORY COUNCIL Persons engaged in lobbying as defined in s. 305-43-4 of the Milwaukee Code of Ordinances are required to register with the City Clerk's Office License Division. Registered lobbyists appearing before a Common Council committee are required to identify themselves as such. More information is available at http://city.milwaukee.gov/Lobbying. City of Milwaukee Page 4