Press Releases

Miami, FL - Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24) will present the Miami-Dade County Police Department (MDPD) with a $1,000,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to help reduce crime and violence in the county's highest crime area, the Northside District. The check will be presented at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, November 6, 2014, at the Northside District Station located at 799 NW 81 Street Miami, Florida 33150. Congresswoman Wilson worked closely with the MDPD to secure the grant issued under the Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program (BCJI).

Miami, FL - Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24) will host a town hall meeting tonight at 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Liberty Square Community Center to talk with residents about the Miami-Dade County and City of Miami Police Departments' efforts to combat rising violent crime in and around the Liberty Square Housing Project. Miami-Dade County Commissioner Audrey Edmonson, City of Miami Commissioner Keon Hardemon, Miami-Dade County Police Director J.D.

MIAMI - Congresswoman Frederica Wilson (FL-24) will be inducted into Miami-Dade County Public Schools Alumni Hall of Fame along with Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lethinen (FL-27), on Friday, November 21, 2014. Congresswoman Wilson is a graduate of Miami Northwestern Senior High School and will receive the Singular Achievement Award. Congresswoman Ros-Lethinen is a graduate of Southwest Miami Senior High School and will also receive the Singular Achievement Award.

In anticipation of the Darren Wilson grand jury decision, Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24) released the following statement today asking the citizens in Ferguson, Missouri to remain calm and peaceful, regardless of the outcome:

Miami, FL - Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24) released the following statement following the grand jury's decision in the Michael Brown case:

"I am left numbed and saddened by the Ferguson Grand Jury's decision not to indict Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager. How many more young black men will have to die before there is an end to the mistreatment of people of color? Where is the justice for Michael Brown and the thousands of black men who have died in a similar manner?

Miami, FL - Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24) released the following statement in observance of World AIDS Day:

"As we observe World AIDS Day and remember the devastating toll HIV/AIDS has had on our communities and honor those who've lost their lives to the disease, I urge everyone to take this opportunity to learn the facts about HIV/AIDS prevention, testing and research.

Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24) congratulates the Miami-Dade County Police Department (MDPD) on being awarded a $1,000,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to help reduce crime and violence in the county's highest crime area, the Northside District. Congresswoman Wilson worked closely with the MDPD to secure the grant issued under the Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program (BCJI). Congresswoman Wilson released the following statement:

Miami, FL- Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24) issued the following statement today as police investigate the discovery of two Molotov cocktails found Wednesday night near a shattered window at Missouri Congressman Emanuel Cleaver's district office in Kansas City.

The incident comes in the wake of protests and the federal investigation into the death of 18 year-old Michael Brown, a black teenager, who was shot and killed by a white, Ferguson, Missouri, police officer.