Rep. Moore Omokunde: Introducing Vel Phillips Observance Day

MILWAUKEE–State Representative Supreme Moore Omokunde (D-17) plans to introduce legislation that will make February 18th, Vel R. Phillips’s birthday, a special observance day in Wisconsin public schools. If passed, this bill would make Vel Phillips the first Black woman to be honored by a special observance day in the state. “You wouldn’t usually use the word ‘giant’ to describe someone less than ...