MILWAUKEE _ Housing will be the topic of the Henry W. Maier State of Milwaukee Summit on Thursday, Nov. 16, presented by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Urban Studies Programs.
This year’s topic is “Far from the American Dream: Milwaukee’s Fair and Affordable Housing Crisis.” A panel of civic and community leaders will examine the issues driving the crisis as well as possible program reforms and initiatives to address it.
Included on the panel are James Mathy of the Milwaukee County Housing Division, Raphael Ramos of the Legal Action of Wisconsin Eviction Defense Project, Kori Schneider-Peragine of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council and Rebecca Stoner of ACTS Housing, as well as Arijit Sen, an associate professor at UWM’s School of Architecture and Urban Planning.
This discussion is part of a yearlong series of events commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Milwaukee. An important happening in the lead up to the Civil Rights Act of 1968, the march saw thousands of protesters led by the Milwaukee Youth Council of the NAACP march to the heavily Caucasian south side of the city in protest of racially biased housing practices.
The State of Milwaukee Summit is free and open to the public and will take place at 4:30 p.m. in the UWM Student Union’s Alumni Fireside Lounge, 2200 E Kenwood Blvd. It is sponsored by the Henry W. Maier Fund, the Center for Economic Development and the College of Letters and Science at UWM.
For more information, contact: Jamie Harris, jmh@uwm.edu, or Joel Rast, jrast@uwm.edu, 414-229-4751.
About UWM
Recognized as one of the nation’s 115 top research universities, UW-Milwaukee provides a world-class education to 26,000 students from 89 countries on a budget of $667 million. Its 14 schools and colleges include Wisconsin’s only schools of architecture, freshwater sciences and public health, and it is a leading educator of nurses and teachers. UW-Milwaukee partners with leading companies to conduct joint research, offer student internships and serve as an economic engine for southeastern Wisconsin. The Princeton Review named UW-Milwaukee a 2018 “Best Midwestern” university based on overall academic excellence and student reviews, and the Sierra Club has recognized it as Wisconsin’s leading sustainable university.