Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
Community Justice Council - Racial Disparities Subcommittee  
Consider:  
Who benefits? Who is burdened?  
Who does not have a voice at the table?  
How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?  
Tuesday, August 12, 2025  
12:15 PM  
The City Council Building 210 Martin Luther King Jr.  
Blvd. Room 351  
Present: : Andre Johnson, Signe Mbainai, Peter Middleton, Edjron Pearson  
Absent : Carmella Glen, Sarah Krahn, Diana Nachtigal  
Staff: Colleen Clark Bernhardt, Shar-Ron Buie, Tamarine Cornelius, Jael Currie,  
Delia Young, Chee Yang.  
3 - ISMAEL OZANNE, SHANNON BLACKAMORE, and Co-Chair APRIL KIGEYA  
Present  
3 - WESLEY SPARKMAN, JONATHAN TRIGGS, and FABIOLA HAMDAN  
Excused  
A. Call To Order  
Meeting called to order by at 12:32 pm.  
Kigeya  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
Moved by Ozanne, no objections. Minutes approved unanimously.  
MINUTES OF THE JUNE 10TH, 2025 COMMUNITY JUSTICE COUNCIL  
RACIAL DISPARITIES MEETING.  
1. 2025  
MIN-233  
Attachments:  
MINUTES OF THE JUNE 10TH, 2025 COMMUNITY JUSTICE  
COUNCIL RACIAL DISPARITIES SUBCOMMITTEE  
C. Action Items  
D. Presentations  
None  
Big Step: WRTP BIGSTEP - Pave Your Path Dane County - Updates and Outcomes  
Big Step: WRTPBIGSTEP - Pave Your Path Dane County - Updates and  
Outcomes: Workforce intermediary that has been around 50 years. Contracted by  
the Office of Justice Reform to create a program for Dane County to assist people  
in obtaining certification and apprenticeships for skilled trades. Provide services  
to underserved populations. Significant alignment with regional trade  
organizations. Provide training and testing for apprenticeship in trades for both  
in-custody and in-community legal system impacted persons.  
Toni White and Johanna Wiltse presenters.  
Pave Your Path Dane County  
2025  
MIN-254  
Attachments: PaveYourPath  
Jael Currie: Debrief on the Restorative Justice Cook County Community Court site  
visit.  
Postponed due to loss of quorum.  
Debrief on the Restorative Justice Cook County Community site visit  
2025  
MIN-255  
Attachments: RJCC Visit Presentation for CJC-RD CURRIE  
E. Reports to Committee  
None  
F. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE October 14, 2025 AT 12:15 PM. The meeting will be  
a hybrid.  
Kigeya  
G. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
None  
H. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
None  
I. Adjourn  
Lost quorum at 12:57 pm.  
Minutes respectfully submitted by Shar-Ron Buie of the Office of Justice Reform.