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Sharon Sayles Belton (Sharon Sayles) was born on 13 May, 1951 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S., is an American community leader, politician and activist. Discover Sharon Sayles Belton's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?

Popular As Sharon Sayles
Occupation Senior Fellow, Roy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Social Justice
Age 72 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 13 May, 1951
Birthday 13 May
Birthplace Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1940

By the end of the decade, Minneapolis had increased property values, the city had its first increase in population since the 1940s, and there was reversal of a "50-year economic slide."

Fraser credits Sayles Belton with stabilizing neighborhoods amid racial tensions, supporting the school system, and being an able and savvy city manager.

Critics opposed the use of city subsidies for downtown development, said to total $90 million combined for the Target store and Block E.

1951

Sharon Sayles Belton (born May 13, 1951) is an American community leader, politician and activist.

She is Vice President of Community Relations and Government Affairs for Thomson Reuters Legal business.

1978

In 1978 she co-founded the Harriet Tubman Shelter for Battered Women in Minneapolis.

She is a co-founder of the National Coalition Against Sexual Assault.

She contributed to the Neighborhood Revitalization Program, Clean Water Partnership, Children's Healthcare and Hospital, the American Bar Association, the Bush Foundation, the United States Conference of Mayors, the National League of Cities, and Hennepin County Medical Center by chairing or serving on their boards.

1983

In 1983, Sayles Belton was elected by the Eighth Ward to the Minneapolis City Council.

She was inspired by working with mayor Donald M. Fraser.

1984

She represented the state at the 1984 Democratic National Convention, where Minnesota politician Walter Mondale was nominated for President of the United States.

1990

A member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, Sayles Belton was elected city council president in 1990.

1993

In 1993, she announced her candidacy for mayor.

With the help of three phone banks and a staff of ten, she was elected on a platform that included reform of the police department, the first African American and the first woman mayor in the city's 140-year history.

She defeated DFL former Hennepin County Commissioner John Derus.

1994

She served as mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota, from 1994 until 2001, the first African American and first woman to hold that position.

Sayles Belton was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, as one of four daughters of Bill and Ethel Sayles.

After her parents separated, she lived for one year with her mother in Richfield, Minnesota, where she was the only African American in East Junior High School, then moved to south Minneapolis to live with her father and stepmother.

She attended Central High School in Minneapolis.

She volunteered as a candy striper at Mount Sinai Hospital, and later worked as a nurse's aide.

She was briefly a civil rights activist in the state of Mississippi.

Sayles Belton attended Macalester College in Saint Paul, where she studied biology and sociology.

She later worked as a parole officer with victims of sexual assault.

Like her grandfather Bill Sayles, she became a neighborhood activist.

Sayles Belton held the position for two terms, from January 1, 1994, to December 31, 2001.

The city also addressed archaic utilities billing, outdated water treatment and neighborhood flooding.

1997

She was reelected in 1997, defeating Republican candidate Barbara Carlson.

2001

In the 2001, election Sayles Belton lost her party's endorsement and the Democratic primary to R. T. Rybak, who received the support of the powerful Minneapolis Police Federation.

After leaving the mayor's office, Sayles Belton became a senior fellow at the Roy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Social Justice.

The center is part of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs.

Sayles Belton worked in community affairs and community involvement for the GMAC Residential Finance Corporation, headquartered in Minneapolis.

2010

In 2010, she joined Thomson Reuters as vice president of Community Relations and Government Affairs, based in Eagan, Minnesota.

She is married to Steven Belton, with whom she raised three children: Kilayna, Jordan, and Coleman.

Sayles Belton is involved in race equality, community and neighborhood development, public policy, women's, family and children's issues, police-community relations and youth development.