5000 Role Models scholarship signing ceremony goes virtual this yearWPLG / Michelle Solomon / August 17, 2020MIAMI, Fla. – U.S. Congresswoman Frederica Wilson (D-24th District) has a lot to celebrate, including the signing into law of a proposal she's been working on since 2019. On Friday, President Donald Trump signed a bipartisian bill, the Commission on the Social Status of Black… Read more »
‘You Have Made It!': Local Minority College-Bound Students Honored with Scholarships NBCMiami / Jermell Prigeon / August 17, 2020Dozens of young men and recent high school graduates in South Florida are celebrating the next chapter of their lives: attending college. The 5000 Role Models of Excellence Foundation, spearheaded by Congresswoman Frederica Wilson, honored the… Read more »
President signs into law bill proposed by FL Congresswoman for federal racial equalities commission WLPG / Michelle Solomon / August 17, 2020In July, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelming passed the Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys (S.2163), a proposal introduced in 2019 by Florida's United States Representative Frederica Wilson (D-24th District). Florida… Read more »
Congress creates Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and BoysBlasting News / DJ Eaton / August 17, 2020Spearheaded by Marco Rubio and Fredrica Wilson, the commission will examine how different forms of social inequality harm Black males. Bipartisan legislation creating the Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys was signed into law by President Donald Trump on… Read more »
Trump Signs Bipartisan Bill Addressing Racial Inequalities Floridian Press / Daniel Molina / August 14, 2020President Trump (R) has announced that he signed the Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys Act into law, which establishes the Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys within the United States Commission on Civil Rights' Office. The office will be in… Read more »
Massachusetts is close to establishing a permanent commission on the status of Black men and boysBoston.com / Dialynn Dwyer / Aug. 6, 2020As negotiations continue on Beacon Hill over the final version of a police accountability and reform bill, community activists have their eye on another measure attached to the approved House legislation — the establishment of a permanent… Read more »
Darren Soto Takes to House Floor to Champion Rubio's, Wilson's Social Status of Black Men and Boys ActFlorida Daily / August 2, 2020Last week, U.S. Rep. Darren Soto, D-Fla., spoke on the House floor in support of the Commission on the "Social Status of Black Men and Boys Act."The bill, which was introduced by U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla., will… Read more »
This Week in South Florida: Rep. Frederica WilsonLocal10 / Michael Putney and Glenna Milberg / August 1, 2020PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – The focus on civil rights and addressing systemic racism came into sharper focus this week in Washington D.C. as congress created a commission to study and make recommendations to improve the lives of black men and boys.South Florida lawmakers took the… Read more »
Today the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys Act (S.2163/H.R. 1636), introduced by Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson, to establish a 19-member commission examining the social disparities that disproportionately affect black males in America. Led by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), the Senate unanimously passed a companion… Read more »
Miami, FL – Today, Congresswoman Wilson issued the following statement following the passage of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act:"Today, I voted to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. While it is lamentable that it took Mr. Floyd's public execution by Minneapolis police officers to build widespread national support for this long overdue legislation, I am grateful… Read more »
