1. Adeoye "Oye" Owolewa was born on 1989 and is a Nigerian-American politician, pharmacist, and a member of the Democratic Party.
16 Facts About Oye Owolewa
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Oye Owolewa was born in Boston, to a father from Omu Aran, in Kwara State, and a mother from Ilesa, in Osun State.
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Oye Owolewa is the grandson of Phoebe C Ajayi-Obe, a senior advocate of Nigeria.
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Oye Owolewa was raised in Newton, Massachusetts and nearby Boston, where he attended Boston Latin School and graduated in 2008.
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In 2018, Oye Owolewa was elected a DC Advisory Neighborhood Commission for Ward 8, District 8E.
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In 2020, a special thanksgiving prayer was held on Sunday in honor of Oye Owolewa after being elected as the US Shadow Member for Columbia District by members of his family in Omu-Aran, Kwara State, Nigeria.
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In November 2020, Oye Owolewa was elected as a US Shadow Representative for District of Columbia.
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On January 17,2022, Oye Owolewa participated in the 16th annual Peace Walk in Ward 8.
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On March 11,2022, at the State Capitol Building in Charleston, WV, Oye Owolewa led an opportunity to introduce a DC Statehood Resolution with Minority Leader Doug Skaff Jr.
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Oye Owolewa explained that gender-affirming care is essential to inclusive, comprehensive transgender health care.
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Oye Owolewa worked to bring resources to the underserved by advising DC lawmakers based on continued community feedback.
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Oye Owolewa has served as a commissioner since 2018, his first elected office.
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In July 2022, Oye Owolewa joined a campaign to protest the Supreme Court's to limit the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate greenhouse gases and to call for more action on climate change.
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Since moving to DC, Dr Oye Owolewa spent his non-working time exposing DC elementary students to science through hands-on learning and advocated for strategies to reduce prescription drug abuse.
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Oye Owolewa's work led him to earn the Cardinal Health Generation Rx Champions Award by the Washington DC Pharmacy Association.
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Dr Oye Owolewa notably increased science enrichment in Southeast DC, improved traffic safety infrastructure, and formed a collaboration with Howard students participating in Councilman Trayon White's health fairs.