COMMUNITY BRAINSTORMING : Working While Black

In Wisconsin Black workers represent less than 5% of the workforce but 75% of the complaints filed for race-based discrimination in employment since 2015. 

Wisconsin ranks 6th in the nation for racial discrimination complaints filed by Black workers.   See Center for Employment Equity – University of Massachusetts Amherst https://www.umass.edu/employmentequity/employment-diversity/race-discrimination-workplace# 

Come out to Community Brainstorming on Saturday, October 28, 2023 @ 8 a.m. to discuss "working while black" and how can Wisconsin's community can work together to combat this ugly employment trend.

COMMUNITY BRAINSTORMING PRESENTS

Worker Rights,Race Discrimination at Work In Wisconsin

A Discussion on Working While Black in Wisconsin

• A review of race-based discrimination in employment in Wisconsin.
• Get information on worker rights and protections against race-based discrimination in employment.
• Learn how to best present a complaint when filing with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Federal) and Equal Rights Division (State)

The community will discuss the issues and concerns of African American workers in Wisconsin.   YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS THIS DISCUSSION!

Worker Rights,Race Discrimination at Work In Wisconsin

Date: Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023

Time: 8 am - 11am

Location: 2944 N. 9th Street, Milwaukee, WI

ALL ARE WELCOME!  BREAKFAST WILL BE SERVED!

Special guests include:

• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
• Equal Rights Division of the Dept of Workforce Development (ERD-DWD)

Panelists/Presenters

WILLIAM F. SULTON (he/him/his)

President, ACLU

Legal Redress

Milwaukee NAACP

MATTHEW WHITE (he/him/his)

Assistant Administrator,

Equal Rights Division ,

DWD, State of Wisconsin

MARIA E. FLORES (she/her/hers)

Outreach & Training Manager, 

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

EMIL  OVBIAGELE (he/him/his)

Managing Partner/Founder of OVB Law & Consulting, S.C.

President of the Milwaukee Bar Association

N. LYNNETTE MCNEELY (she/her/hers)

Legal Redress, Chair, Waukesha NAACP

NAACP Wisconsin State Conference of Branches

Hosted by the NAACP Wisconsin State Conference of Branches