CONGRESSWOMAN SIMON ANNOUNCED AS NEW CO-CHAIR OF THE CONGRESSIONAL CAUCUS ON BLACK WOMEN AND GIRLS

Washington, Sept. 30 -- Congresswoman Lateefah Simon issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswomen Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), Robin Kelly (IL-02) and Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) recently announced that Congresswomen Lateefah Simon (CA-12), LaMonica McIver (NJ-10), and Shontel Brown (OH-11) will take up the mantle as the new Co-Chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls (CCBWG) in the 120th Congress. Despite more than 430 registered Congressional caucuses and Member organizations in 2016, until the creation of the CCBWG, no group on Capitol Hill had sought to make Black women and girls a priority in policy debates. Inspired by the #SheWoke Committee, a collective of seven women leaders with a shared ...