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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
RECOGNIZING MILTON JOHNSON AS A COMMUNITY LEADER, MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL, VETERAN, AND ENTREPRENEUR.
WHEREAS, Milton Johnson is a graduate of Midwest School of Broadcasting receiving his degree in Broadcast Journalism; and
WHEREAS, after graduating from high school, he enlisted in the United States Air Force where he became a Police Officer. While stationed at Whitman Air Force base his interest in mental health began to grow; and
WHEREAS, He later became a Police Officer for the Veterans Administration. Once again seeing the mental health effects of war on those returning from Vietnam. He eventually became an on-air personality and Executive Producer for WVON talk radio, and this is where his community concerns which included mental health, and how the disparities connected to the mental health of the communities were discussed. He had the opportunity to talk with some of the community's greatest minds daily, including Dr. Bobby E. Wright and Dr. Carl Bell who were very much involved with bringing attention to the poor mental health of the African American communities; and
WHEREAS, growing up in the community and witnessing the commitment and cultural approach and competence of Bobby E. Wright CBHC (BEW) to the African American Community. He applied for a case management position, becoming a mental health professional. He was promoted under the new administration to Assistant to the President and CEO for Community Relations and Later Director of Community Relations.
WHEREAS, in this time he has worked closely with the CEO/President of BEW to assist with being a part of the development of the Westside Community Triage and Wellness Center located 4133 W. Madison St. Chicago, IL 60624 opened 24 hours a day which has been an innovative and integral part of the community providing screening/assessments, crisis intervention, intensive case management services, psychotropic medications, referrals, Mobile Crisis and Crisis Line....
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