""I'm watching things that I've built my career on, my life on, be crushed by President Trump," von Wilpert told The Advocate in a recent interview. "As a young woman in this fight, I've lost my rights under Roe v. Wade after Trump was elected the first time, and as an LGBTQ woman, I'm worried about losing my rights to equality under the law. That's why I decided to jump in and fight.""
"Von Wilpert, 42, brings a résumé that spans international service, civil rights advocacy, and labor policy. A University of California, Berkeley, graduate in peace and conflict studies and a Fordham Law alumna, she served in the Peace Corps in Botswana to combat the African HIV and AIDS crisis. After law school, she launched a legal clinic with the Mississippi Center for Justice to represent individuals facing discrimination because they have HIV,"
Marni von Wilpert, a bisexual Democrat and San Diego City Councilmember, is running for Congress in California's 48th District to challenge Republican Rep. Darrell Issa. The campaign is presented as urgent to protect American democracy and defend reproductive and LGBTQ rights perceived to be at risk under a potential second Trump presidency. Von Wilpert's career includes Peace Corps service in Botswana addressing HIV/AIDS, founding a legal clinic in Mississippi for people with HIV, clerking on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, labor policy work including work on the PRO Act, and serving as a San Diego deputy city attorney.
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