Black History Month Celebration.

Congratulations to Milele Chikasa Anana for being honored at this year's Black History Month Celebration. Tho I have to say, I laughed out loud when I got the press release. Milele was one of the most vocal (and sometimes pretty harsh) critics at the time of Mayor Dave's plan to merge the Equal Opportunities and Affirmative Action Departmets into the Department of Civil Rights. And now we have this:

City of Madison Black History Celebration to Honor Milele Chikasa Anana

Madison – Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and other Madison leaders will gather for the City of Madison’s annual Black History Celebration on January 9. This year’s celebration will honor the life and achievements of Milele Chikasa Anana, founder of the Minority Affairs Committee and publisher of the magazine Umoja.

WHO: Mayor Dave Cieslewicz
Lucía Nuñez, Director of Civil Rights
Other civic leaders, including former Mayor Paul Soglin and former Police Chief David Couper

WHERE: Monona Terrace Lecture Hall

WHEN: Wednesday, January 9. 12:00pm – 1:00pm

This community event is free and open to the public. For more information and details, please see the attached program.

Wow. AWKWARD. I'd hate to be the staff person that has to write Mayor Dave's comments for that event.