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Civil Rights

Dec. 25, 2008

Social Justice Fighter Brings Street Smarts to Lawyers' Committee

Lateefah Simon caught the activism bug at a young age. Now she's about to become the first nonattorney to lead the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area.

By Dhyana Levey
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - Lateefah Simon caught the activism bug at a young age. At 15, she was passing out condoms at her high school and working with 1-800-WHATEVA, a hotline for youth services.

As a street outreach worker for the Center for Young Women's Development, she walked the grittiest areas of San Francisco's Mission District to counsel prostitutes about their health and rights. By age 19 she ran the orga...

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