Dr. Cruz, President of MATC made a presentation about the new 5-year strategic plan for the technical college at the UMOS Interfath Luncheon in Milwaukee.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
December 3, 2024
Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Tuesday, December 3, 2024, Dr. Anthony Cruz, President of the Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) gave presentation of the new 5-year strategic plan for the technical college. Dr. Cruz mentioned multiple strategic points of interest to help develop a plan for the next 5 years, which will guide the future direction of the technical college and invited those attending the United Migrant Opportunity Services (UMOS) Interfath Luncheon to participate in multiple roundtable focused groups by sharing their perspectives as Latino community stakeholders at MATC.
Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) was able to ask Dr. Cruz after his presentation, if the new 5 year strategic plan would include an internal independent investigation to address multiple allegations made by multiple MATC Latino/a instructors, a counselor and former students including a student at the October 22, 2024 MATC Board meeting exposing that a hostile work environment existed at the technical college and certain team administrators were practicing retaliation against those filing legitimate complaints, including harassment, discrimination and lack of promotion opportunities from part-time to full-time instructors for Latinos and Blacks at MATC? Also, why was MATC hiring and assigning a non-bilingual instructor to teach a bilingual Economics course, while publicly advertising it as a bilingual course? (Video of testimony to the MATC District Board at: https://youtu.be/Lm_ImpZGXn4)
Dr. Cruz did not answer or commented in regards to the HNNUSA questions at the UMOS luncheon.
During his presentation, Dr. Cruz did mention that MATC was looking for additional bilingual and qualified instructors.
Also, José MartÃnez, the President and CEO of UMOS, provided the welcoming and closing remarks including allowing audience comments at the luncheon.
In history: The MATC Times 360 dot com reported in 2015, that in the fall of 1988, the first bilingual help for Hispanic adults at MATC started. In 1990 the office was established to primarily work with ELL students including Spanish-speaking and South Asian students. The Latino community in Milwaukee and the United Migrant Opportunity Services were also instrumental in advocating for the bilingual programs at MATC. In 1968, the federal government help fund the creation of the bilingual programs throughout the nation gaining support by Latino majority communities.
Editor's note: H. Nelson Goodson, is a Milwaukee Southsider and a Civil Rights and Immigrant Rights advocate and a reporter/journalist for more than 40 years in Milwaukee including Wisconsin.
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