Fuzionz Magazine and TV Summer Issue 2013 | Page 6

AWOW Keynote Speaker:
Senator Eddie Bernice Johnson
“Empowering the Girl-Child”
Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson is serving her 11th term
representing the 30th Congressional District of Texas. The 30th
District is entirely within Dallas County and encompasses a large
portion of the City of Dallas as well as the entire cities of Desoto,
Lancaster, Wilmer, Hutchins, and Balch Springs. Portions of the
cities of Cedar Hill, Duncanville, Glenn Heights, Ferris, and Ovilla are also in the district. The Dallas portion of the
district is home to the downtown central business district and Arts District, as well as the neighborhoods of Fair
Park, Cadillac Heights, the Cedars, Victory Park, Uptown, Oak Lawn, Love Field, Urban Park, Pleasant Grove, Joppa,
South Oak Cliff, Deep Ellum, Munger Place, Swiss Avenue, Lower Greenville, Forest Hills, and West Dallas.
In December 2010, Congresswoman Johnson was elected as the first African-American and the first female
Ranking Member of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. From 2000 to 2