Newsome For Congress

Chivona Newsome of the Democratic Party ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New York’s 15th Congressional District in The Bronx. Newsome is a former financial advisor and activist. She is the co-founder of Black Lives Matter Greater New York along with her older brother Hawk Newsome. Her platform brought attention to critical issues such as racial justice, economic empowerment, and criminal justice reform. In addition to producing campaign media, Park attended numerous rallies and events for the campaign, which ran concurrently with the George Floyd protests. She lost the 2020 Democratic Primary to the eventual general election winner Ritchie Torres.