2019’s Summit covered a wide range of important information including the Census, employment, Real ID, driver licenses for all, and unlock the vote.
Primitivo Torres addresses the audience at the 2019 Summit
In 2018, the African-American Summit focused on “Standing Together, Standing Strong” and was a coalition effort by CBTU, LCLAA, and APRI. Being an election year, there was a special presentation on voter rights=civil rights and voter readiness. Participants made over 700 phone calls to union members that were not registered to vote on their voting rights.
Presenters at the 2018 Summit
Attendees at the 2018 Summit
In 2017, “Pathways to a Job: 2017 African-American Summit” was hosted by the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) and the Milwaukee Area Labor Council Civil Rights Committee.
Presenters included:
WRTP/BIGSTEP
- WRTP/BIGSTEP
- United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County
- MICAH
