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Milwaukee, Feb. 16: African American Labor & Community Summit

On Saturday, February 16 at 12:00 p.m. the Milwaukee Chapters of the A. Philip Randolph Institute and the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists will host the 11th Annual African-American Labor Leadership & Community Summit.

The focus of this year’s Summit will be to identify policy positions for African-Americans and other working families on the issue of job creation. The event aims to develop and launch a collaborative agenda on African-American job creation strategies to be presented to both state and local government for implementation by January 1, 2014.

The format for this year’s event will consist of a panel and audience discussion on the “State of Working Wisconsin” in specific regards to the African-American community.  The panel will consist of Professor James H. Peoples, UW-Milwaukee Economics; Laura Dresser, Associate Director of the Center on Wisconsin Strategy; and Fred Redmond, United Steel Workers International Vice President of Human Affairs.

Please join us for this great event!

Date:     Saturday, February 16, 2013

Time:     12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Location:     Laborer’s Local 113 Hall, 6310 West Appleton Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53210

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