City of Baltimore - File #: 05-0090R

• File #: 05-0090R
• Version: 0
• Name: The 21st Century Commission on African American Males in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 9/26/2005
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 3/6/2006
• Title: The 21st Century Commission on African American Males in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area FOR the purpose of re-convening the Commission on African American Males to assess the current health, welfare, social, and spiritual condition of African American males in the Baltimore metropolis, to determine the progress made in the decade since the formation of the 1995 Mayor's Commission on African American Males, to identify issues that must be addressed to guarantee the comprehensive forward movement of African American males in decades to come, to confirm the need for a permanent commission to continue to access and promote this essential population, and to establish the mission, structure, and authority of a statutory Commission on African American Males.
• Sponsors: Kenneth Harris, President Dixon, President Young, James B. Kraft, Helen L. Holton, Agnes Welch, Belinda Conaway, Edward Reisinger, Mary Pat Clarke, Stephanie Rawlings Blake, Keiffer Mitchell, Paula Johnson Branch
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/6/2006	0	City Council
3/1/2006	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably
1/23/2006	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
9/29/2005	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report	Pass
9/29/2005	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report	Pass
9/29/2005	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report	Pass
9/26/2005	0	City Council	Assigned
9/21/2005	0	City Council	Introduced

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THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Harris

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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The 21st Century Commission on African American Males in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area

FOR the purpose of re-convening the Commission on African American Males to assess the current health, welfare, social, and spiritual condition of African American males in the Baltimore metropolis, to determine the progress made in the decade since the formation of the 1995 Mayor's Commission on African American Males, to identify issues that must be addressed to guarantee the comprehensive forward movement of African American males in decades to come, to confirm the need for a permanent commission to continue to access and promote this essential population, and to establish the mission, structure, and authority of a statutory Commission on African American Males.
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The 1995 Commission on African American Males was established to develop programs designed to address the challenges facing African American men, their families, and their communities. The Report on the State of African American Males in Baltimore City and the Baltimore Metropolitan Area, 1996 was to serve as a catalyst for open discussion, honest assessment, and effective outcomes.

The report, a product of a 16-month project of the Mayor's office and 10 area colleges and universities, reported both positive and negative findings concerning the Baltimore metropolitan area black male population of 199,450 in 1995, accor...