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November 28, 2022
Congresswoman Wilson Talks Hurricane Matthew Relief Efforts in Haiti

Congresswoman Wilson Discusses Hurricane Matthew Relief Efforts in Haiti with Ambassador Kenneth Merten and Administration Officials

MIAMI - Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson on Tuesday, October 5, 2016, spoke by telephone with Kenneth Merten, the U.S. State Department's special coordinator for Haiti; Jeremy Konyndyk, director of the U.S.

Issues: Haiti

November 28, 2022
Miami lawmakers boast about finally passing Zika funding

Three Miami lawmakers were so excited about Wednesday night's late U.S. House vote approving funding to fight the Zika virus that they convened reporters to assemble at Miami International Airport when their Washington flight landed Thursday morning.

An aide taped a big, mock check -- for $1.1 billion and made out to "Miami-Dade County and other Zika affected areas -- on a lectern.


November 28, 2022
Thousands Of Middle School Students March With Police To End Gun Violence In Miami

MIAMI (CBSMiami) - More than 300 police officers and 1,000 middle school boys held signs that read "stop the murders" as they marched along with Miami Central Senior High School's band.

The march was part of the 5000 Role Models of Excellence ProjectAnnual Police and Youth Conference.


November 28, 2022
Police mentor Norland middle schoolers in 5000 Role Models program

MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. (WSVN) - Nearly a thousand students are taking a step in the right direction thanks to local police officers who are participating in a mentorship program.

Middle schoolers at Norland Middle School were given a warm welcome by police officers who will soon become their mentors.


November 28, 2022
Haiti restarts presidential election campaigning but doubts persist about vote

As campaigning for Haiti's on-again, off-again presidential vote begins for the fifth time Thursday, questions continue about whether the storm-ravaged country can hold fair and effective elections so soon after Hurricane Matthew hammered its southern region.

Issues: Haiti

November 28, 2022
Don't Stop Believing

The French author, historian and philosopher Voltaire once wrote that "faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe." It is a sentiment I am certain several of my congressional colleagues have felt when week after week, I doggedly sought their support in the effort to secure the safe return of hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls who on April 14, 2014, were abducted from their boarding school by the terrorist group Boko Haram.


November 28, 2022
Op-ed

Florida congresswoman: Coronavirus pandemic is a 'gendered crisis'

Washington Times / Jessica Chasmar / April 1, 2020

Rep. Frederica Wilson said the coronavirus pandemic is a "gendered" crisis because women are disproportionately serving on the frontlines.