Representative Yusuf Hakeem

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Democrat
Chattanooga

District 28
Part of Hamilton County

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Contact Information

Nashville Address

425 Rep. John Lewis Way N.
Suite 524 Cordell Hull Bldg.
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: (615) 741-2702
Fax: (615) 253-0351

Staff Contacts

Makayla Martin

Personal Info
Committees
Community Involvement
Honors & Awards

- Born December 5, 1948
- Married, wife Baseemah
- Four children, Aaliyah, Sandra, Malika and Malik
- Four grandchildren, Malik, Ariel, Myles and Langston
- Three great-grandchildren, Addisyn, Bentley and Kambria
- Retired from General Electric Corporation
- Second Missionary Baptist Church
- Howard High School, 1966
- Attended Chattanooga State Technical Community College majoring in Electronics
- Graduate of Chattanooga State
- Attended the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga studying economics
- Second Missionary Baptist Church School of Evangelism, 2012
- Member, Education Instruction
- Member, Education Instruction of 1st Extraordinary Session
- Member, Government Operations Committee
- Member, Government Operations Committee of 1st Extraordinary Session
- Member, Health Committee
- Member, Health Committee of 1st Extraordinary Session
- Member, Ethics Committee
- Member, Education Instruction Subcommittee
- Member, Education Instruction Subcommittee of 1st Extraordinary Session
- Member, Joint Commerce, Labor, Transportation and Agriculture
- House member of the 111th through 113th General Assemblies
- Chattanooga City Councilman, 19 years
- Chattanooga City School Board, 10 years
- Tennessee Board of Parole and Probation, 7 years
- Second Missionary Baptist Church, Deacon
- Chairman, Bessie Smith Cultural Center, 2016 – current
- Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise (CNE)
- Chattanooga NAACP Life Member and Board Member
- Tennessee Human Rights Commission
- Chairman, Chattanooga-Hamilton County North Georgia Transportation Planning Organization
- Chattanooga Downtown Redevelopment Corporation (CDRC)
- Chattanooga/Hamilton County Railroad Authority
- Past Board Chairman of the Henry Branch YMCA
- Former Board member of the Challenger Space Center Chattanooga (NASA)
- Former Board member of the Moccasin Bend National Park
- Former Board member of the Scenic Land School
- Former Board member of the Kirby Day Care Center
- Former Board member of the Chattanooga Community Impact Fund
- Former Board member of the Senter School
- Former Board member of the Fortwood Center
- A founder of the Chattanooga Youth Council
- Breaking the Silence Honoree, 2018
- Second Missionary Baptist Church Spiritual Growth Service Award
- "Service Award" TN Human Rights Commission, 2009
- "Public Citizen of the Year" National Association of Social Workers, TN Chapter, 2007
- "Hope for Chattanooga" Community Development Award, 2004
- "Community Choice Award" CAACC, 2003
- "Service Award" Chattanooga Police Foundation, Inc., 2002
- Human Rights Award Presented by Church Women United, 2022
- Ten for Tennessee #2 (Banning Corporal Punishment on Students) Award for supporting students social-emotional and academic development, 2022
- Ten for Tennessee #7 (Promoting the Teaching of Truthful history) Award for increasing educator diversity and quality, 2022
- 2022 Hamilton County Schools Foundation Award: Alumni Hero Award
- NAACP Chattanooga/Hamilton County (ACT-SO Chapter Award for contributions and continues support), 2019

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