Marqueece Harris-Dawson

Marqueece Harris-Dawson was born and raised in South Los Angeles, until the early 1980s when he was uprooted. With the onset of the Crack Cocaine epidemic, his parents moved him and his younger brother out of the neighborhood as gang and police violence skyrocketed. Crestfallen to be torn away from “the village”, Marqueece made it his life’s work to make sure no other family feels it has to move  out of South Los Angeles to keep their children safe.

Never forgetting his calling, he returned to South Los Angeles just after his time at Morehouse College to work in the family Real Estate business. In 1995, he joined Community Coalition under then founder and current Congresswoman Karen Bass. His first campaign publicized the horrendous conditions of inner city high schools and the inequities in the distribution of public funding. It resulted in an unprecedented $153 million for school repair and modernization in South LA schools.  Serving as the President and CEO of Community Coalition since 2004, his leadership grew the organization’s influence, size and financial standing. While doubling the budget and staff, he also led a capital campaign to acquire Community Coalition’s headquarters on Vermont Avenue.

Marqueece Harris-Dawson is currently the Councilmember-Elect of the 8th District in the City of Los Angeles.

Website: www.Marqueece.com
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