Frederica Wilson

County leaders have this message to call on those hesitant to get the COVID-19 vaccine: Get out and get it.

Many county and city officials, as well as community leaders, came out to Simonhoff Park in Miami to push this message in the Black community, to get out and get the vaccine. NBC 6’s Marcine Joseph reports

A memorial cemetery that had been set up at Simonhoff Park to honor lives lost to the coronavirus has been vandalized, a Florida legislator said Friday. Congresswoman Frederica Wilson, who represents Florida’s 24th District, said that passersby had been “disappointed and appalled by the destruction of a place that has become sacred to members of the community, particularly those...

Families and officials are honoring people who have died of COVID-19 at a memorial in a Miami park and pleading with others to avoid Thanksgiving gatherings with people outside their home

South Florida Democratic leaders are sounding the alarm when it comes to minorities heading to the polls.

The flight into Nassau on Sunday betrays a growing humanitarian crisis that is unfolding in the Bahamas — the crystal blue waters off the capital gives way to a city dealing with an influx of people.

Rep. Frederica Wilson received the call at home after leading a congressional delegation on a recent tour of a Homestead detention center that holds undocumented migrant children.

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Sen. Kamala Harris clarified her position on federally mandated school busing, saying it’s only necessary in cases where local governments are actively opposing integration. As she spoke with reporters Thursday before a campaign event in Indianola, Iowa, Harris said that in the 1960s and ’70s, institutions “were literally working against integration of our schools.” That’s why she said she supported...

Harris’s campaign announced on Saturday that she had raised $2 million in the first 24 hours following the start of Thursday’s debate.

Key Democratic Florida lawmakers, including Ted Deutch, Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Frederica Wilson, on Sunday gathered in Fort Lauderdale to “oppose President Trump’s cruel immigration policies.”

Around 50 high school seniors who are part of the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project left Fort Lauderdale / Hollywood International Airport early Tuesday morning for the three day event in Washington D.C.

Rep. Frederica Wilson, in an interview with CNN on Monday, said she would not be attending because she does not feel the President “deserves to be honored.”

South Florida’s politicians are seemingly split along party lines over President Donald Trump’s proposed compromise on immigration.

A powerful meeting played out at the Hard Rock Stadium between black youth and dozens of law enforcement officers. The 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project teamed up with the Miami Dolphins Tuesday to host a police and youth conference.

The organization was founded by U.S. Representative Frederica Wilson that guides and mentors young men of color in Miami-Dade County.

A Miami lawmaker who attended Thursday’s White House meeting where President Donald Trump reportedly referred to African nations as “s–thole countries” spoke out Friday but didn’t directly address the comments.