"It will take energetic, fresh-thinking representation in Congress to make progress on issues that matter for working families: housing affordability, safer streets, rigorous public schools, stellar vocational programs, and strong economic growth."
Chairwoman Charlene Concepcion Nijmeh
Charlene founded a recycling company 15 years ago that now diverts more than 60 million pounds of textiles from landfills every year and has operations on four continents.
When an earthquake devastated Turkey earlier this year, Charlene went to deliver humanitarian supplies to the worst-impacted areas.
Charlene Nijmeh has served as Chairwoman of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe for the past five years, following her mother’s 40-year tenure.
Following a meeting with five members of the Bay Area congressional delegation in January 2023, during which the members of Congress attempted to intimidate the Tribe into signing away the rights and freedoms of future generations, she resolved to reinvigorate her Tribe’s fight for political liberation by running for Congress.
Charlene is partnering with leading engineers in Asia and Europe to turn plastic bottles into beautiful silk-like fabrics. Charlene is leading an investment group that will bring proprietary cutting-edge technology to California. It's expected to revolutionize how California recycles.
Under Charlene's leadership, the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe is bringing a solar panel manufacturing plant to California -- and is partnering with one of the world's leading industrialists to do so.
Charlene is collaborating with activists and civic leaders to transform the Guadalupe River into a National Park.
Charlene believes that America's foreign policy should support the sovereignty of people around the world.
Charlene's solar-powered textile donation stations are reinventing recycling across North America, while providing a badly needed source of affordable clothing in Latin America.
Charlene and her partnerships in Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, and El Salvador have created 6,000 jobs across 123 retail locations while expanding access to low-cost clothing in one of the poorest places in the world -- while keeping every single donated item out of landfills.
Now Charlene is partnering with Televisa and Club America to bring the textile recycling movement to Mexico.
Imagine what Charlene will get done in office, working for you.
