Lateefah Simon
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Lateefah Simon (born January 29, 1977 San Francisco) was the executive director of the Center for Young Women's Development.[1][2] After being accepted to Mills College in 2004, she joined Kamala Harris (then the District Attorney of San Francisco) and created a Reentry program in San Francisco's City Hall. She then worked as the executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights. Currently she works with Timothy Silard at the Rosenberg Foundation.[3]
She graduated from Mills College.[4][5]
Awards
- 2003 MacArthur Fellows Program
- 2007 Jefferson Award [6]
- 2005 "California Woman of the Year" by the California State Assembly [7]
References
- ↑ "Three Blacks Named MacArthur Fellows", Jet, Oct 27, 2003
- ↑ http://www.americanswhotellthetruth.org/pgs/portraits/Lateefah_Simon.php
- ↑ http://www.lccr.com/about_staff_simon.shtm
- ↑ http://www.mills.edu/news/2006/newsarticle02232006macarthur_genius_lateefah_simon.php
- ↑ http://www.glamour.com/magazine/2009/10/women-of-your-year-lateefah-simon
- ↑ http://articles.sfgate.com/2007-10-21/living/17266313_1_east-bay-young-people-harris
- ↑ http://eomega.org/omega/faculty/viewProfile/2238c3330352b5f9955bcb520dab1462/
External links
- "An Interview with Lateefah Simon", CYD Journal, Sarah Raskin
- "Lateefah Simon Q&A", Independent Lens, PBS
- "Commencement Address", San Francisco State University, 2010
