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Bay View High School student Soleil Harvey speaks at a rally on the MPS budget held by Leaders Igniting Transformation, a student advocacy group. LIT supported the creation of a department to uplift Black and Latino girls, modeled after an existing department focused on boys.
As part of its budget for next year, the Milwaukee Public Schools Board voted to create a new department focused on Black and Latino girls, gender nonconforming students and LGBTQ+ students.
It’s modeled on MPS’s Department of Black and Latino Male Achievement, which has been around since 2017 and provides mentoring and classes for male students of color.
Friends describe a kind, committed man focused on giving back. //end headline wrapper ?>Rick Banks. Photo courtesy of Rick Banks.
Rick Banks has always been a problem-solver.
Since he was a child, he has always thought about how he could make things better, he said.
From connecting Harambee neighborhood residents to resources near them to knocking on doors to be a resource for people who have election-related questions, Banks can be found serving Milwaukee.
Now the 29-year-old is making his mark through community and political organizing.
“My personal mission is the development of the Black community in Milwaukee,” Banks said.
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