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On January 16, 2018, she became the first Latina to be appointed as a member of the Durham City Council to fill the seat of former Councilman Steve Schewel after he was elected as Mayor of Durham. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In her first public address after being sworn into office, she spoke in both English and Spanish. [ 1 ]
Since 2015, she has served on the Durham City Council, and is the first LGBTQ member to be elected to the council. From 2017 to 2021, she served as the Mayor Pro-Tempore of Durham, North Carolina . Early life and education
Three other City Council seats are up for grabs this year, however, including one currently held by Freeman’s ally Monique Holsey-Hyman. DeDreana Freeman (center) takes office as a council ...
Mayor of Durham, North Carolina (1884–1888) 18 Paul Cameron Graham: 1905 – 1909: 4 years 19 W. J. Griswold: 1909 – 1911: 2 years Durham City Council (1905 – 1907) 20 Willis J. Brogden: 1911 – 1915: 4 years 21 Benjamin S. Skinner: 1915 – 1917: 2 years Durham City Council (1913 – 1915) 22 M. E. Newsom: 1917 – 1921: 4 years Durham ...
[1] [2] Williams and his wife Zweli opened Zweli's in 2018, a Zimbabwean restaurant in Durham. The couple later opened Ekhaya in the American Tobacco Campus in 2022, serving Bantu-inspired tapas. [3] Williams also served as a member of Durham's city council for Ward 3. [4] [5] Williams was sworn in as mayor on December 4, 2023. [6]
The matters have severely divided the council, with shouting breaking out between two other members after Thursday’s meeting. The City Council’s next meeting is set for 7 p.m. Monday, April 3.
When the Durham City Council voted to give themselves a $10,000 pay raise in 2021, Freeman was the only councilmember to vote against the measure. [6] In 2022, she was among the councilmembers who voted in favor of a pilot program with the gunshot detection company ShotSpotter .