Congresswoman Lateefah Simon

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Mills College at Northeastern University is one of the jewels of Oakland. I came to this campus as a student and young single mother and walked these paths with my child.

This campus is home to a university, but also to the little ones at the preschool, the girls at Julia Morgan, & the faculty and workers who keep it all running. That is why I was proud to secure over $1 million in Federal Community Project funding for Mills College at Northeastern University.

This week, I stood with the workers of SEIU 1000 as they fought for better contract terms. In Congress, I am committed to protecting the right to organize and will continue to fight to advance labor protections and collective bargaining rights at the federal level.

Last week, I joined one of Scientific Adventures for Girls afterschool STEM classes at Hoover Elementary in Oakland. The young girls I met were curious, inquisitive, and so very bright.

This week, I hosted my first Annual Mayors Luncheon with mayors from all seven cities in CA-12 to hear directly from them about the needs of each city. I also shared the work I am doing in Congress to protect our immigrant neighbors, fight for healthcare, advance disability justice, & more.

Last week, I joined incredible leaders in public service at UC Berkeley’s "Power at the Intersections: Disability and Women of Color in Public Service" panel with Mayor @adenaishii.bsky.social and @sup-nikkifbas.bsky.social.

As the first congenitally blind member of Congress, advocating for disability justice and racial justice are at the forefront of everything I do. At a time when our civil rights are under attack, these conversations could not be more important.

Over the past few months, the Trump Administration has been working behind the scenes to reinterpret portions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, and the Olmstead v. L.C. decision - all of which protect the rights and dignity of people with disabilities.

It was powerful to be in community in Oakland to honor the enduring legacy of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense. The Panthers started a movement that laid a blueprint for collective liberation that we're still following today - the fight for housing, food security, education, & justice.

This week near Bethlehem, Israeli forces declared a Palestinian olive grove a closed military zone and detained roughly ninety volunteers, among them dozens of American citizens and rabbis, who had come to help farmers harvest trees they had been kept from for three years.

Israeli settlements are illegal under international law. Yet Palestinians citizens continually face displacement, detention, and death in the West Bank. Our country’s and international law holds for every government or they hold for none.

As we see increased ICE activity and arrests across California, I - along with our local elected officials and community groups - remain steadfast in our commitment to protect our neighbors, our civil rights, and the dignity of all people who contribute to our communities.

On Disabled Women’s Equal Pay Day, I partnered with disability champions @repemilyrandall.bsky.social and @pressley.house.gov to introduce the “Disabled Womens Equal Pay Day Resolution.”

This resolution recognizes the persistent pay disparity between disabled women and both disabled and nondisabled men, and reaffirms the need to reduce systemic, economic barriers and advance economic equity for disabled women.

Our public schools are one of the most important investments we can make in our communities and in Oakland's future. That is why I was honored to meet with educators and leaders from Oakland Unified School District recently.

As the Trump Administration dismantles the Department of Education - I am working in Congress to bring federal resources back to our communities and to ensure that federal policy reflects what Oakland families are actually experiencing.

Last week, I joined Alameda Chamber’s Economic Forecast and got updates on the City's priorities for the year ahead.

I'm proud to have secured $1 MILLION in federal funding for the East Bay Regional Park District to update the MLK Jr. Regional Shoreline and advance environmental equity, build new green spaces, and improve our shorelines. Last week, I joined Park District staff to break ground on the project.

60 years ago this week, Bobby Seale & Huey Newton sat down at Merritt College in Oakland & penned the Ten Point Program, establishing the Black Panther Party for Self Defense. They birthed a movement for liberation & self determination that started in Oakland & spread to every corner of this nation.

Latino Heritage Month ends today. The fight does not. This is Ohlone land. Luis María Peralta spent forty years as a soldier for the Spanish Crown, leading expeditions against the Native people of this bay and returning those who fled the missions.

Latino physicians, builders, teachers, business owners, organizers and artists are central to the tapestry that built this land. To our Latino neighbors this fall: you do not have to open the door without a signed judicial warrant. You do not have to answer questions.

Latino Heritage Month ends today. The fight does not. This is Ohlone land. Luis María Peralta spent forty years as a soldier for the Spanish Crown, leading expeditions against the Native people of this bay and returning those who fled the missions.

In 1820, Spain rewarded him with 44,800 acres of land, everything from San Leandro to Albany. Over the next 60 years, American squatters took that land & named it Oakland. This city was founded on land stolen twice. The Mexican families who were here before the border moved never left.

I was honored to sit down with leaders in the disability space at the Disability & Philanthropy Forum at the Ed Roberts Center in Berkeley for a discussion on the intersection of disability justice and philanthropy.

Donald Trump's plan to send nearly $2 billion dollars in payments to certain Medicare enrollees would come at the expense of critical funding for community health centers and other essential health programs. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

With community health centers already facing devastating cuts under Republicans’ Big Ugly Bill, depleting this critical funding reserve without a plan to replenish it is reckless and puts access to care at further risk.

Donald Trump's plan to send nearly $2 billion dollars in payments to certain Medicare enrollees would come at the expense of critical funding for community health centers and other essential health programs. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...