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Cavalier Johnson: “We started with 200 boys, the biggest complaint that we got…”

Featuring: Cavalier Johnson, Democratic | Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson at Rotary Club meeting

Published | Video Starts at 48:30

Which is what I want as mayor, yes, but it's also what I want as a citizen. For every single kid in Milwaukee. And We started with 200 boys, the biggest complaint that we got was that girls weren't allowed. So now we've expanded it. Now we've got a couple hundred girls that are involved in the program as well. And it presents me with an opportunity outside of my visits to school, schools around the city, to engage with these kids in the summer, and especially to tell those … (48:30–48:40)

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