Sister Simone Campbell Receives Health Care Heroes Award at Annual Families USA Health Action Conference

Sister Simone Recognized for Her Commitment to Social Justice for All and Her Efforts on Behalf of Our Nation’s Health Care Consumers

Washington, D.C. - Families USA, the national organization for health care consumers, presented Sister Simone Campbell, Executive Director of NETWORK, with the Health Care Heroes Award at its annual Health Action conference. This award, given by Families USA for the third time, recognizes Sister Simone’s commitment to social justice for all and her efforts on behalf of our nation’s health care consumers.

“Sister Simone has committed her life to social justice for all,” said Ron Pollack, Executive Director of Families USA. “In her leadership as Executive Director of NETWORK, she has been a significant voice to ensure that millions of Americans obtain affordable health coverage. That’s why we are proud to recognize her at our annual conference with the Health Care Heroes Award.”

Sister Simone Campbell is a religious leader, attorney, and poet with extensive experience in public policy and advocacy for systemic change. In Washington, D.C., she lobbies on issues of peace building and economic justice. Around the country, she is a noted speaker and educator on these public policy issues.

Prior to joining NETWORK, Sister Simone was the Executive Director of JERICHO, the California interfaith public policy organization that works like NETWORK to protect the interests of people who are poor. She also participated in a delegation of religious leaders to Iraq in December 2002, just prior to the war. Since returning, she has spoken and written extensively on her experience.

Before working at JERICHO, Sister Simone served as the general director of her religious community, the Sisters of Social Service. She was the leader of her sisters in the United States, Mexico, Taiwan, and the Philippines. In this capacity, she negotiated with government and religious leaders in each of these countries. In 1978, Sister Simone founded and served for 18 years as the lead attorney for the Community Law Center in Oakland, California. She served the family law and probate needs of the working poor of her county.

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