2020 National Leadership Award

Texas Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Receives NNPA 2020 National Leadership Award

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentSeptember 17, 2020

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) has introduced several bills, including the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act, H.R. 71, the Federal Prison Bureau Nonviolent Offender Relief Act of 2015, and H.R. 4660, an Amendment to the Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2015 affirming the authority of the Attorney General to reduce prison overcrowding by developing and implementing lawful policies relating to requests for executive clemency from deserving petitioners.

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Mississippi Congressman Bennie Thompson Honored with NNPA 2020 National Leadership Award

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMediaSeptember 17, 2020

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Mississippi), who began his grassroots political activism being a civil rights champion through the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) while a student at Tougaloo College, will receive the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) 2020 National Leadership Award.

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DC Mayor Muriel Bowser to Receive NNPA 2020 National Leadership Award

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMediaSeptember 17, 2020

A graduate of Chatham University and American University – with honorary degrees from both Chatham University and Trinity University, Mayor Muriel Bowser has moved the forefront of racial equality and social justice.