Ryan Clancy

Ryan Clancy was born in Glendale, Wisconsin. Clancy graduated from Nicolet High School in 1995. He earned a B.A. in English from Beloit College in 2000 and an M.A. in negotiation, conflict resolution, and peacebuilding from California State University, Dominguez Hills, in 2011. His professional experience includes working as a teacher for Milwaukee Public Schools, as a counselor and counselor trainer at Legacy International, and as a business owner of Trounce Records.[1][2][3][4]

Clancy volunteered as a legal observer and team leader for the American Civil Liberties Union, for Mass Care/Sheltering, and for the American Red Cross. He also served in the United States Peace Corps. He joined the Democratic Socialists of America, Citizen Action, and was a delegate for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin.[1][2][3]

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Ryan has a bachelor's degree in English and secondary education from Beloit College, and a master's degree in negotiation, conflict resolution and peacebuilding from California State University, Dominguez Hills, with coursework on the ground in Israel and Palestine. A lifelong activist, Clancy’s advocacy has taken him to the Philippines, where he served as a Peace Corps volunteer, to Indonesia, where he trained to do unarmed protective accompaniment for human rights volunteers, and to Iraq, where he worked with students and protested the occupation in 2003. Closer to home, he worked in Virginia with youth from areas of conflict around the world, protested at Standing Rock, and has been arrested or risked arrest protesting for immigrant rights in Milwaukee and Racine. A frequent volunteer with disaster relief organizations, Ryan has deployed to do disaster relief work in areas of natural disasters across the country and to apartment fires, floods and warming rooms in Milwaukee County. He also regularly volunteers as a legal observer with the Milwaukee Turners.

Ryan taught for Milwaukee Public Schools for years, first as a substitute teacher, where he became familiar with schools and families across the city, and then in a project-based MPS school, and has continued to advocate for public schools, students and families.

In 2020, Clancy was elected to represent Milwaukee County’s 4th District as a County Supervisor; he... full bio on clancyforassembly.com

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TaxTheRich

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Progressive taxation (and fines and fees), civil rights, LGBTQIA+ rights, an end to genocide, reducing mass incarceration, improving conditions of confinement, housing as a human right, affordability, food justice, reducing the carceral footprint and funding human needs.

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Wisconsin State Assembly

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Ryan Clancy is the Milwaukee County Supervisor for District 4. He's an activist, organizer, father and troublemaker.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Funding human needsRemoving funding to things which harm our community, including law enforcementInvesting in public health and infrastructure

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Public safety, education, housing.

Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Ryan Clancy is the Milwaukee County Supervisor for District 4. He's an activist, organizer, father and troublemaker.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Funding human needsRemoving funding to things which harm our community, including law enforcementInvesting in public health and infrastructure

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Housing

Adding a nurse to support the Homeless Outreach teams in assisting people struggling with opiate addiction

Encouraging additional direct rental assistance and adding infrastructure to make sure it gets where it’s needed more quickly

Fighting to codify and expand the "Right to Counsel", which I passed this year, to ensure that every Milwaukee County resident is provided a lawyer when experiencing an eviction or foreclosure

Working to keep rent and mortgages low, and encouraging cooperative ownership

Transforming the prison industrial complex

Reducing contact with and overfunding of law enforcement

Shifting the focus of the jail, House of Corrections and Vel Phillips Juvenile Justice Center to focus on reentry rather than confinement and punishment

Providing no- and low-cost communications between families and their incarcerated loved ones to maintain contacts with their communities

Restoring programming options within our institutions such as the Work Farm, which provide meaningful work and career skills

Restoring in-person visitation

Breaking up the private monopolies in the jail and HOC which enrich private companies on the backs of Milwaukee families and at the expense of dignity and nutrition.

Restoring and funding the Post-Booking Stabilization program

Investing in human infrastructure

Investing in Milwaukee County's workforce

Moving money into maintenance of our neglected Parks system

Expanding green transit

Ryan Clancy did not complete [the profile publisher]'s 2020 Candidate Connection survey.