Join the Working Families Party for a meet and greet with US Senate candidate Representative Barbara Lee!
Rep Lee has a long history as a progressive champion. She was the first African American woman elected to the State Assembly and Senate from Northern California. In the legislature, she wrote California’s first Violence Against Women Act and the California Schools Hate Crimes Reduction Act. In 1998, she became the first woman elected to Congress from her district. Lee spearheaded nearly every major piece of HIV/AIDS legislation and worked with then-President Bush to secure $15 billion in funding to address the epidemic. She introduced the landmark Marijuana Justice Act to reform unjust marijuana laws and address their disproportionate impact on people of color. And, when every other member of Congress wouldn’t, she cast the sole no vote against giving the president unlimited war powers after 9/11. – This is why the California Working Families Party has endorsed Barbara Lee for US Senate!
We’ll be hearing from community leaders about why Barbara Lee is the right choice for US Senate and from Representative Lee herself on her campaign and her plans for California and the nation once she’s elected!
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