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She was thanked by President Obama and invited to the ceremony celebrating its being signed into law.\r\n\r\nIn 2012, she was also instrumental in organizing the \u201cNuns on the Bus\u201d tour of nine states to oppose the \u201cRyan Budget\u201d approved by the House of Representatives. This budget would have decimated programs meant to help people in need. \u201cNuns on the Bus\u201d received an avalanche of attention across the nation from religious communities, elected officials and the media.\r\n\r\nShe has led six cross-country \u201cNuns on the Bus\u201d trips, focused on economic justice, comprehensive immigration reform, and voter turnout.\r\n\r\nSimone has often been featured in the national and international media, including appearances on 60 Minutes, The Colbert Report, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.\r\n\r\nShe has received numerous awards, including a \u201cFranklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Award\u201d and the \u201cDefender of Democracy Award\u201d from the international Parliamentarians for Global Action. In addition, she has been the keynote or featured speaker at numerous large gatherings, including the 2012 Democratic National Convention.\r\n\r\nPrior to coming to NETWORK, Simone served as the Executive Director of JERICHO, the California interfaith public policy organization that works like NETWORK to protect the interests of people living in poverty. Simone also participated in a delegation of religious leaders to Iraq in December 2002, just prior to the war, and was later (while at NETWORK) part of a Catholic Relief Services delegation to Lebanon and Syria to study the Iraqi refugee situation there.\r\n\r\nBefore JERICHO, 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.\r\n\r\nIn 1978, Simone founded and served for 18 years as the lead attorney for the Community Law Center in Oakland, California. 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