| About Rebekah |
State Representative Rebekah Warren represents the 53rd district, which is made up of almost the entire city of Ann Arbor and includes the University of Michigan. She was recently re-elected to her second term in the Legislature, and acts as Chair of the Great Lakes and Environment Committee, and a member of the Judiciary Committee, Tax Policy Committee and Oversight and Investigations Committee. |
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Rebekah has worked in Lansing since 1993, serving for nearly six years as a legislative assistant to Democratic State Representatives Mary Schroer (Ann Arbor) and Hubert Price (Pontiac), and then as the executive director of MARAL Pro-Choice Michigan, the state’s oldest and largest grassroots pro-choice organization, from 1999-2006. |
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During her first term in the House, Rebekah received statewide acclaim for her ability to reach across the aisle and negotiate the bipartisan passage of landmark water protection legislation that effectively bans the diversion of Great Lakes water from outside the basin. She has been honored for her extensive record of achievement with the National Women’s Political Caucus of Michigan’s “Millie Award,” MichBio’s Legislator of the Year Award, the Alliance for the Great Lakes’ Great Lakes Ally of the Year Award, and Progress Michigan’s 2008 Progressive State Representative Cherry Award. |
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Rebekah is a lifetime resident of Michigan and, like many, found a home in Ann Arbor 19 years ago as a University of Michigan student. She is actively involved in Washtenaw County Democracy for America (DFA), Women Progressive Activists (WPA), Women In Government, National Conference of Environmental Legislators (NCEL), and currently Chairs the Pro-Choice Caucus and Co-Chairs the Recycling Caucus and the Legislative Biotechnology Caucus (LBC). Her passion for local community service and investment also guide her volunteer work; she has served as Chair of the Community Development Executive Committee for the city of Ann Arbor. |
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She and her husband, Washtenaw County Commissioner Conan Smith, now reside on the historic west side of Ann Arbor where they enjoy living in the hotbed of progressive activism and helping to advance the causes of the non-profits and progressive political candidates they support. |
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Teeter Talk! |
Teeter Talk
with Homeless Dave
HD: ... so what is your favorite piece of playground equipment?
RW: When I was still in elementary school we did a lot of swinging. But my girlfriends and I did a lot of tricks on the monkey-bars. We'd do the "hang upside down by your knees until all the blood rushes to your head." Your girlfriends would grab your hands and pull you forward so that you'd do like a half-flip to get down. And then the more you do it the better you get. And you learn to do it without a spotter. So it's the training of how much swing you need and how much force you need to land on your feet and not on your face. So lots of monkey-bar time in elementary school.
All this and more at www.homelessdave.com |
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