UWM Conference to Examine Challenges Facing the Metropolis

MILWAUKEE - UWM's Center for Urban Initiatives and Research will offer a timely look at the issues and challenges facing Metropolitan Milwaukee at its 5th Annual Urban Initiatives Conference, Governing Ourselves: Metropolitan Milwaukee at the Crossroads, Wednesday, May 29 at the Italian Community Center, 631 E. Chicago Street. The day will open with a presentation of the results of a new survey conducted by the Center. The survey explores citizen preferences and viewpoints on a range of issues, from taxes to shared services to regional government.

Several notable panelists from the public, private, non-profit, and philanthropic sectors will lead the dialogue on such topics as leadership in the metropolis, strategies for affordable housing, regional collaboration, embracing diversity, the role of counties in creating collaborative solutions and the importance of a vital inner city to the region.

Among the participants are Mayor John Norquist, County Executive elect Scott Walker, Tyrone Dumas, Director of Technical and Educational Initiatives for the Milwaukee Public Schools; Robert Milbourne, Executive Director, Greater Milwaukee Committee; Peggy Rosenzweig, Wisconsin State Senator; Howard Fuller, Director, Institute for the Transformation of Learning; Daniel Finley, Waukesha County Executive; Ramon Wagner, Milwaukee Alliance for Children and Families; Mikel Holt, Editor, Milwaukee Community Journal; Nancy Zimpher, Chancellor, UWM; Jeanette Mitchell, Helen Bader Foundation; Jim Ryan, President, Penfield Children's Center and Gregory Stanford, Editorial Writer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

The conference runs from 7:30-4:30 p.m. Cost, including lunch is $50. To register or for more information please call the Center for Urban Initiatives and Research, 414-229-5916 or visit here
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