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[The Sacramento Bee] I’ve seen Jim Crow. The Senate filibuster is enabling its return

by fiftyplusone | Jul 24, 2021 | In the Media

BY SHIRLEY N. WEBER SPECIAL TO THE SACRAMENTO BEE In 1935, the United States Senate took up an anti-lynching bill. It wasn’t the first, and it wouldn’t be the last. The legendary segregationist Senator Richard Russell of Georgia staged a six-day filibuster to...

[The New York Times] California Today: Explaining the Reparations Effort

by fiftyplusone | Jun 3, 2021 | In the Media

By Jill Cowan A conversation with Dr. Shirley Weber, California’s secretary of state, who was a leader in starting the reparations process. When I was in the Assembly, Gov. Jerry Brown would always talk about the first governor of California — the...

[The San Diego Union Tribune] Opinion: Rebuilding trust in our election systems will take hard work. I’m ready for that responsibility.

by fiftyplusone | Feb 21, 2021 | In the Media

By Shirley WeberThe San Diego Union Tribune We are in a historic and dark moment for the vote in America today. Donald Trump and his allies’ relentless and baseless attacks on our democratic systems have had the intended effect: widespread, toxic mistrust. Leading up...

[KQED] California’s Secretary of State Shirley Weber Talks About her New Role

by fiftyplusone | Feb 4, 2021 | In the Media

Hosted by Mina KimKQED Shirley Weber made history when she was sworn in as California’s first Black Secretary of State last week. One of her priorities is to bolster voter registration by making vote-by-mail permanent. She previously spent eight years in the...

[Los Angeles Times] Essential Politics: California’s new elections chief is ‘a sister who doesn’t back down’

by fiftyplusone | Feb 1, 2021 | In the Media

By JOHN MYERS Los Angeles Times LA Times – There are probably dozens of men and women who attended San Diego State University and still remember the Africana studies professor who made it clear she expected to see her students wearing an “I Voted” sticker on...

[KQED] Shirley Weber Confirmed as California’s First Black Secretary of State

by fiftyplusone | Jan 29, 2021 | In the Media

by Guy MarzoratiKQED Dr. Shirley Weber, a Democratic assemblywoman from San Diego, was confirmed as California’s secretary of state on Thursday, winning approval in the state Senate a day after the Assembly gave her nomination unanimous support. Weber will...