COMMUNITY GROUPS AND LEADERS
HOPE DINNER AND CONVERSATION
COULD LEAD TO CHANGE.
REPORTER THEIR SKIN COMPLEXION
AND DAILY LIFE EXPERIENCES MIGHT
BE DIFFERENT, BUT EVERYONE
GATHERED AT THE BIG EASY
RESTAURANT MONDAY NIGHT WERE
UNITED BY THEIR SHARED HOPE FOR
MILWAUKEE'S FUTURE.
THEIR CONVERSATION SPARKED BY
THIS AUGUST 21 NEW YORK TIMES
ARTICLE ABOUT MILWAUKEE'S
SEGREGATION.
>> WHAT DO YOU SEE IS POSSIBLE
FOR MILWAUKEE IN A YEAR?
FIVE YEARS?
10 YEARS FROM NOW?
REPORTER: ORGANIZERS CALLING
THIS DIVERSE GATHERING A SEAT AT
THE TABLE.
PARTICIPANTS SHARED A MEAL AND
LISTENED TO EACH OTHER
THEY ALSO HEARD FROM A PANEL OF
COMMUNITY LEADERS AND FAMILIES
WHO WERE FEATURED IN THE TIMES
ARTICLE.
>> WOULD YOU RATHER LIVE IN A
COMMUNITY WITH PEOPLE WITH T
SAME INCOME OR PEOPLE THAT LOOK
LIKE YOU?
FIRST QUESTION, I LOOKED AT
JOHN.
WHY CAN'T WE HAVE BOTH?
>> MILWAUKEE IS NOT THE ONLY
PLACE THIS IS HAPPENING.
IT'S HAPPENING IN MANY CITIES,
BIG CITIES, ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
REPORTER: JOHN ELIGON
CO-AUTHORED THE ARTICLE AND ALSO
SPOKE ON THE PANEL.
>> I THINK WE CHOSE MILWAUKEE
BECAUSE THE STATISTICAL
DISPARITIES BETWEEN WHERE BLACK
PEOPLE LIVE AND WHITE PEOPLE
LIVE IN MILWAUKEE IS FAR GREATER
THAN MANY OTHER CITIES.
>> THE HOPE IS FOR US TO LEAVE
HERE TONIGHT AFTER THAT
CONVERSATION WITH SOME SPECIFIC
ACTION ITEMS ON HOW WE CAN
REALLY BRIDGE THE GAP WHEN IT
COMES TO SEGREGATION HERE IN THE
CITY
REPORTER SO MANY PEOPLE WANTED
TO BE PART OF TONIGHT'S
CONVERSATION IT WAS STREAMED
LIVE ON FACEBOOK.
ORGANIZERS TELL ME THEY'RE
