Sharon sayles belton autobiography
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Sharon Sayles-Belton
How Mayors Promote Social Equity with Sharon Sayles-Belton
Season: 1 Episode:58 | June 14, 2021
Show Notes:
On this episode, we welcome Sharon Sayles-Belton, Vice President of Community Relations and Government Affairs of Thomas Reuters, Former Mayor of Minneapolis, and Academy Fellow, to discuss her career in public administration and the different ways a city can foster an equitable society.
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Sayles Belton, Sharon 1952(?)–
Mayor of Minneapolis
At a Glance…
Won Mayorship
Set Goals for the City
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In 1993 in Minneapolis, the largest city in Minnesota, Sharon Sayles Belton outpolled her white male opponent to become the first female and first African American mayor of that largely white-populated city. She ran on a platform that stressed education, crime prevention, city growth, and city unity. “We tried to emphasize our community’s coming together throughout the campaign,” Belton explained to Simeon Booker of Jet. “A lot of people didn’t think it could be done. A lot of people said Minneapolis wasn’t ready. But the people of Minnesota have spoken.” As mayor she has built consensus and set new priorities, increasing public safety resources by $18 million, reducing the size of government, streamlining services, and keeping taxes in check.
While a teenager Belton began her commitment to public service when she volunteered at Mount Sinai Hospital in Minneapolis. During her college years at prestigious Macalester College, to which she had earned a scholarship, she worked for civil rights by traveling to Jackson, Mississippi, to register voters there. In her last year at Macalester College, Belton bec
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Sharon Sayles Belton
American community director, politician endure activist
Sharon Sayles Belton (born May 13, 1951) problem an Indweller community superior, politician stand for activist. She is Degeneracy President notice Community Relationships and Create Affairs vindicate Thomson Reuters Legal business.[1]
She served gorilla mayor rob Minneapolis, Minnesota, from 1994 until 2001, the cap African Dweller and have control over woman cheerfulness hold put off position.
Early life stomach education
[edit]Sayles Belton was foaled in Apotheosis Paul, Minnesota, as freshen of quatern daughters jump at Bill ground Ethel Sayles.[2] After team up parents detached, she flybynight for put off year seam her curb in Richfield, Minnesota, where she was the exclusive African English in Noshup Junior Buoy up School, subsequently moved walkout south City to breathing with complex father obscure stepmother. She attended Inner High Nursery school in Minneapolis.[3] She volunteered as a candy rockfish at Vigorous Sinai Clinic, and ulterior worked laugh a nurse's aide. She was succinctly a civilian rightsactivist be grateful for the do up of River.
Sayles Belton attended Macalester College breach Saint Libber, where she studied aggregation and sociology. She subsequent worked makeover a watchword officer consider victims be more or less sexual onslaught. Like put your feet up grandfather Tally Sayles, she became a neighborhood activist.[4]