Meet District 12 Alder Candidate:

Amani Latimer Burris

Advise + Listen+ Believe

Alder Syed Abbas + Supervisor Larry Palm + AFL-CIO SCFL + AFSCME + 350 Wisconsin + More Endorsed

TOGETHER we can build upon the past FORWARD into the future #UnitedInOurDifferences

Amani currently works as an Advising Assistant to Dr. Opal Lee, the Human Rights Advocate who, at 95, brought forth Juneteenth as a national holiday after nearly five decades of relentless work.

Prior to working for Lee, Amani worked in the Wisconsin Senate for Senator Taylor. More About Amani's Experience or learn more about Amani’s priorities

Lee, who was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for her work, is called the Grandmother of Juneteenth as she is the person credited with ushering in the national holiday See Ms. Opal at the White House

We celebrate our Independence on the 4th of July and Freedom on the 19th of June

As the 11th Federal United States Holiday, Juneteenth or June 19th, is Freedom Day as it honors and punctuates the quest for, the civil liberty of, freedom; a hallmark of democracy

Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in America and celebrates the founding of, fighting for and forging of freedom for all, a virtue of fact, embedded into the Declaration of Independence.