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"Someday, we will look back and ask why we ever subjected people to prolonged solitary confinement and expected anything other than trauma, violence and death as a response," said Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., who is co-leading the legislation along with fellow Democratic Reps. Sydney Kamlager-Dove of California, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Bonnie Watson Coleman of New Jersey, and Adriano Espaillat and Jamaal Bowman, both of New York.
U.S. Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove of California introduced legislation that would celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop.
On July 26, the Democratic congresswoman, who represents the 37th District, put forth a resolution to recognize Aug. 11, 2023, as the 50th anniversary of the art form.
First-term Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.) says she’s a child of hip-hop.
Now she’s set to drop a resolution that remixes how we think about the arc of the genre's influence on American culture and politics.
Earlier in July 2023, a group of lawmakers – including California's Rep. Young Kim and Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove – joined Hernandez's loved ones to call for the release of the Southern California-based lawyer.
Earlier in Hernandez's ongoing captivity, the community has previously pushed the Biden Administration to step in. As Southern California awaits updates on Hernandez, Rep. Kamlager-Dove have since co-authored a bipartisan resolution that would ask the Biden Administration to secure the LA-based attorney's release.
A bipartisan resolution in Congress is urging the release of an L.A. County public defender who has been wrongfully detained in a Venezuelan jail since March of 2022.
The resolution is led by Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove, who represents a district in Los Angeles County.
Like every tourist in a foreign country finds themselves at some point, Eyvin Hernandez was a little lost. The public defender from Los Angeles was traveling in the border town of Cucuta, Colombia, with a friend when they realized they needed directions. They were pointed to a dirt road that led to an unmarked bridge.
Partnership for Growth Los Angeles is led by the Rev. Eddie Anderson (CEO) and Rabbi Joel Simonds (president). The pair announced the Freedom Farms initiative at a press conference attended by Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Assemblymember Isaac Bryan, Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas and other community leaders.
In his Crenshaw neighborhood, Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D-Los Angeles) passes liquor store after liquor store, while fresh fruit and produce are hard to find.
The district he represents was still known as the 54th Assembly District when his predecessor, Sydney Kamlager-Dove, hatched a dream to build 54 urban farms in the area.
“I thought she was joking,” said Bryan, whose district is now the 55th. But Kamlager-Dove’s vision may yet become a reality.
Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove: “Today is a dark day for equality and democracy in our nation. This ruling to end affirmative action sets the clock back on civil rights, overturning decades of precedent and establishing a colorblind standard in our justice system that will be detrimental to cases on race and equality in the future. The Court today chose wrong when they ruled to ignore race in a nation that has yet to accept its history rooted in racism.
U.S. Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Los Angeles), who sponsored AB 1950 when she was a member of the California Assembly, said she was pleased with the court’s decision, which she said will “have a huge impact” and help to address inequalities in the criminal justice system.