Pamela Price was raised in Cincinnati, Ohio.  She joined the civil rights movement when she was 13 years old.  She is a survivor of the Ohio juvenile justice and foster care systems.  She graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in Political Science in 1978.  While at Yale, she spent her Junior Year Abroad in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, East Africa.  

In 1977, Price joined the landmark case of Alexander (Price) v. Yale, the first sexual harassment case brought under Title IX.  The Court dismissed the five other plaintiffs and Price was the only plaintiff to proceed to trial in January 1979.  (Alexander v. Yale, 459 F.Supp. 1 (D.Conn. 1979), 631 F.2d 178 (2nd Cir. 1980).)  The case established that sexual harassment in education is illegal and led to the establishment of grievance procedures at every level of education to comply with Title IX.  In June 2012, on Title IX’s 40th Anniversary, Price and her co-plaintiffs in Alexander v. Yale were honored as one of the Nine Most Influential Actors in Title IX History by the ACLU (www.aclu.org/other/title-ix-nine). 

After Yale, Price attended Berkeley School of Law where she received her J.D. and a Master’s degree in Jurisprudence & Social Policy in 1982.  In June 1991, she founded her own firm in Oakland. In 2002, Price’s Firm made legal history in Morgan v. Amtrak, 232 F.3d 1008 (9th Cir. 2000), 536 U.S. 101, 112 S.Ct. 1516 (2002), by winning the appeal of a defense verdict first in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal and then in the U.S. Supreme Court.  Price is one of a handful of African-American women who have ever argued a case in the United States Supreme Court.  For her groundbreaking efforts in Morgan, including her victory in the U.S. Supreme Court, Price was named the 2002 California Lawyer Attorney of the Year in Employment (CLAY Award). 

Every year since 2004, Price has been named one of the top 5% of Northern California “Super Lawyers” by San Francisco Magazine.  Price has received numerous awards including the African-American Policy Forum’s Pauli Murray Trailbrazer Award (2018), the National Bar Association’s Heman Marion Sweatt Award (2011), the National Lawyers Guild Bay Area Chapter Champion of Justice (2016) and the Clinton W. White Trial Advocacy Award (1993, 2001). In 2017, she was honored by Assemblymember Rob Bonta and the California Legislature as the Woman of the Year for Assembly District 18. 

Price is best described in 2020 terms as a bold progressive. She is an ardent supporter of Sen. Bernie Sanders for President, and knows that health care and housing are both human rights. She also knows that power concedes nothing without a struggle and that all progress depends upon "the unreasonable man." As an unapologetically proud Black woman, Price believes in the leadership of Black women to help America overcome its brutal history of racism toward Black, Brown and indigenous peoples. She believes that elected officials should be accountable to the voters and the community that they are elected to serve. 

Victor serves as on the City Council in San Leandro. He had previously held a seat on the School Board for San Leandro Unified School District. He moved to San Leandro in 2011 with his husband Dr. Nolan Quinabo. He is a Senior Account Executive at Veritext Legal Solutions and holds a BA in Political Science. He serves on the Board of the East Bay Stonewall Democratic Club and is President of the Floresta Neighborhood Association and the Lavender Seniors of the East Bay.

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Austin Tam, I have worked at Buena Vista  United Methodist Church as a a Disability Advocate since 2014 and help to envision Asian American Pacific Islander Disability Awareness Project, in order to help make "the Invisible, Visible."  Through the Asian Pacific Islander Disability Awareness, we have held Disability Summits in 2016 and 2017. What inspired me to become a Disability Advocate, was because of my own journey living with a Learning Disability, and how it has helped me to become more empathetic and compassioante towards others. I also serve as Community Developer Organizer alongside being a Disability Advocate, in which I am part of different social justice issues around the community, whether its for Tenants Rights Issues, Immigration, Disability Work, or when it comes to Human Rights Work around the world. I help to do outreach for people to attend different gatherings and to help mobilize people to attend. I also currently serve as On-Call Staff and Volunteer for Helping Hands East Bay, which is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization led by individuals and family members who have lived experience negotiating the challenges of developmental disabilities. A number of our board and staff members have successfully navigated multiple service systems such as Regional Center, special education, Department of Rehabilitation, specialized health care, and other helpful community resources to enable their loved ones with developmental disabilities to achieve their fullest potential and become contributing members of society. Helping Hands East Bay seeks to empower Asian immigrant families impacted by developmental disabilities to live dignified and satisfied lives by providing information, education, support and services. Our bilingual and bicultural staff and volunteers specialize in serving Asian immigrant families with limited English proficiency. Helping Hands East Bay Vision is for Asian immigrant families with limited English proficiency who are living with developmental disabilities will have easy and equal access to available resources in health/behavioral health care, education, employment, housing, social, recreational, and developmental services, as well as community and faith-based resources to enable them to live hopeful and joyful lives.

I am very progressive, and I will not be beholden to politicians, nor to the establishment. I speak the truth, even when it's not popular, and  to help be a voice for those without a voice, and I advocate on social justice issues, whenever there is injustice taking place. Lastly to help make the "Invisible, Visible."

Victoria Fierce is an organizer with the California Renters' Advocacy and Legal Protection Fund, which sues cities (mostly Silicon Valley suburbs) that fail to plan for affordable housing. She is a co-founder of East Bay for Everyone, a 2000-strong grassroots organization dedicated to housing and social justice. She is also active in the East Bay Young Democrats.

Tonya Love is a public health professional addressing health disparities and social justice.  She currently works as the District Director for State Assemblymember Rob Bonta representing Oakland, Alameda, and San Leandro. Previously, she worked several years with Healthy and Active Before 5, a pediatric obesity collaborative in Contra Costa County California creating healthy eating and active living environments for low-income families with young children. A proud resident of Oakland, Tonya is very active in local government and civic engagement. She currently serves as Co-Vice Chair of the Oakland Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax Community Advisory Board, ensuring equitable distribution of tax revenue designed to improve the health of all Oakland residents. She also serves as an elected delegate to the California Democratic Party and is running for a seat on Alameda County's Democratic Party Central Committee. Tonya graduated from University of California, Berkeley with a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health.

My name is Tonya D. Love. I’m running to increase the representation of young Black women from Oakland in the Alameda County Central Committee. There are not enough people of color on the Central Committee helping to make key decisions that affect all the residents of our county. I want to change that.

I am a 20-year resident of Oakland. Oakland is my home. I care about the residents who live here and want to make sure that all our voices, needs, and concerns are heard. Particularly the voices of low-income communities of color who aren’t typically in the room when decisions are made on their behalf.

I’ve worked for the California Assembly for 3 years as a legislative representative for AD 18. I also serve on the Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Community Advisory Board since August 2017 and am now Vice-Chair. I’ve advocated in Oakland for affordable housing, tenant protections, justice from police use of force, support fair and living wages for Oakland workers and increased civic participation.

I care about the lack of affordable housing for all incomes and tenant protections. I will fight for all residents’ right to live, work, and stay in Alameda County.

I care about the over-policing of Black and Brown bodies and will fight for the right for us to exist without fear.

I care about our environment and making sure that low-income communities get the benefit of clean air, fresh and uncontaminated water, clean energy, clean streets, and safe parks, which seems to be a privilege that only the wealthy can enjoy.

I care about students right to a great education, no matter their income or zip code.

I care about everyone having access to health care and reducing health disparities.

I care about justice for everyone in our community, no matter their race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation.

Finally, I care about community engagement and participation. I want to increase access to Democratic Party and support practices and policies in Alameda County that promote equity and justice.

I believe that everyone in the community has a right to be heard and included. Disenfranchised communities aren’t always at the table. We serve everyone when we prioritize the ones most in need. I will ensure that everyone will have the right to help shape decisions made on their behalf. Community will come first for me.

TDL for Alameda County Democratic Party Central Committee. #Love2020. Support Black Women, #BlackLivesMatter, #Community1stAD18

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Corina Lopez is seeking re-election to the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee representing AD18 which she has served on since 2012.  Lopez also serves on the Executive Board of the California Democratic Party.  Lopez has the distinction of being the first person from the Latinx community to be elected to the San Leandro City Council which she has served on since 2014. Previously, she served as a Trustee for the San Leandro Unified School District.  She serves on the Boards for the National League of Cities, the California League of Cities, Hispanic Local Elected Officials, and League of California Cities Latino Caucus.  She is a lifetime member of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials and a contributing member of the Latino Community Foundation. 

Lopez grew up as a daughter of migrant farmworkers, and her upbringing and family background is one of labor activism and social justice.  She attended the Head Start program and public schools through high school.  She is the first in her immediate family to go to college attending Princeton University.  In her 30s, she returned to school and received a Certificate in Finance awarded with distinction from the University of California, Berkeley.  Her distinctions also include receiving Assemblymember Rob Bonta’s Equity Champion Award in 2017 for her work spearheading San Leandro’s Sanctuary City Resolution as well as the City of San Leandro Proclamation of Corina Lopez Day in 2013.

Lopez is a partner and small business owner co-founding a San Leandro based IT Management Consulting firm in its 11^th year of business.  She has spoken at conferences and has lobbied before Congress in the field of technology as a leader in municipal broadband, Smart City solutions, and closing the digital divide.

I am an Oakland resident and currently serve as a Commissioner on the Alameda County Human Relations Commission where I am the Housing and Homelessness Subcommittee Chair, the City of Alameda Disaster Council, the Oakland- Violence Prevention Committee, and I am proud to serve on the Board of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Freedom Center. I was the first person in my family to graduate from college. I earned an MBA and a Doctor of Jurisprudence (JD) with a Specialization Certificate in Business Law. 

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Born and raised in Oakland, CA, Brendalynn's activist and social justice roots are anchored in the East Bay. 

Professionally, Brendalynn retired eight years ago as the City of Oakland's Aging & Adult Services Division Manager. Brendalynn oversaw five programs for seniors and adults with disabilities and provided services to 4,000 vulnerable older adults annually.  Brendalynn is an accomplished administrator and social worker with more than 30 years in the fields of mental health, aging, and workforce development. Brendalynn received a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and Master's Degree in Social Work from two Bay Area Institurions. 

Brendalynn is an out and proud 68 years old African American Lesbian who is passionate about social justice, civil rights and equality.  Recognized locally and nationally for her leadership skills, at the Creating Change Conference, she was presented the "Community Builders Award". In addition, Brendalynn was the 2018 Oakland Pride Legacy Grand Marshal.  

Serving as the immediate past President of East Bay Stonewall Democratic Club, she doubled the membership of Club and outreached to guarantee a more inclusive membership with greater participation. As Club President, Brendalynn led Stonewall in holding the first Oakland Pride Breakfast, honoring LGBTQ & Ally individuals and organizations for leadership and promoting equality. Brendalynn has been politically active in state, national, and local elections by phone banking, precinct walking, community organizing and fundraising. 

Brendalynn is currently the Board President of Health & Human Resource Education Center, Inc. (HHREC), a non-profit organization creating a healthy community by reducing the use of alcohol, tobacco, drugs and eliminating racism and violence.  She recently joined the Pacific Center for Human Growth Board of Directors. The Center offers peer support groups alongside mental health counseling for LGBTQ people from the community.

My entire life has been centered around giving back and building community engagement, and I am running for County Central Committee to bring new voices into the decisions that get made here in Alameda County about the future of the Party.  

Twenty-three years ago, I joined East Bay Stonewall Democratic Club because I saw no faces like mine on the board. In my time leading the Stonewall Club as Treasurer, Secretary, Vice-President, and President for six years, I doubled the membership and worked with the community to make our members more inclusive and more involved.

I am ready to take my advocacy and committed outreach to vulnerable communities to grow the Democratic Party here in Alameda County. As a lifelong Democrat, social worker, and former Aging & Adult Services Manager for the City of Oakland, I have been a strong voice on issues impacting elders, people of color, and LGBTQ individuals. As a Central Committee member, I will listen to your concerns and suggestions, and we will hold our elected officials accountable. 

I am running to have a vote and voice in the Alameda County Central Committee.  I have the community leadership, collaborative spirit and dedication to public service. 

As the daughter of immigrants I value equitable treatment of all immigrants, documented or not. My experience in working with communities spans decades–at the age of seventeen, I began translating documents for Spanish speaking farm workers in Salinas, California. What started as translation evolved into advocacy by educating them on their rights and being a voice when they were unable to speak up for themselves.

As a mother to a child with learning disability I value the importance of education and ensuring access to tuition free college and trade schools for all, but especially working class families. Education is a priority for our family and so we have taught our children that access to affordable education is not a privilege, but rather a right. The return on investment on quality education means substantial gains for our communities, for it is these communities that are built by young people armed with critical thinking skills earned from a good education.

Environmental protections are an essential priority to safeguard the future of generations beyond our own. I’ve always thought that a youth recycling program that combines art and creativity done by and with youth in our community can create jobs, foster innovation and reinforce the value of education. Create apprenticeships that can further the work and message of recycling.

I am dedicated and passionate about giving a voice to those unable to speak for themselves. I am not afraid of speaking up for what I believe is right especially when I know that the rights of people in my community are being compromised. While I am in independent thinker I also bring experience in working with others who hold different views and seek resolution and build bridges when I can. I am humbled by the opportunity to serve in this capacity and am committed to working hard to create positive change.

Linda Perry is a current member of the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee. Born in Oakland, she has lived in the East Bay her entire life. Linda is also a current delegate to the California State Democratic Party and has served on the Executive Board. 

Linda served 8 years on the San Leandro City Council and 12 years on the San Leandro School Board.She served as Vice Mayor and President of the School Board. Linda chaired the Alameda County School Boards Association; and delegate to CSBA (California School Boards Association) Assembly.  Serving on 29 different agencies, she chaired ABAG Regional Planning Committee; BCDC (Bay Conservation and Development); League of California Cities Public Works (Vice Chair) and Telecommunications (Chair) committees.

I am a member of the Community First 18th AD Democrats 2020.  Visit www.community firstad18.com

Howard is a long-time resident of East Oakland and member of the Oakland East Bay Democratic Club. He has served as President of the OEBDC for many years. Howard is a proud US Navy veteran with 50 years of federal service. He has spent decades representing SSA workers nationally as a American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) National Health and Safety Representative. Howard also works every day to provide assistance to veterans and returning citizens to receive benefits they need to survive in the Bay Area. He is currently serving his fourth term as the Secretary of the California Democratic Party Senior Caucus and was recently appointed to the CDP’s Affirmative Action Committee. Howard is a member of the Alameda County Central Labor Council Executive Board, an elected member of the Board of the Golden Age Senior Center and an associate member of the Alameda County Democratic Party Central Committee.

Councilmember Jim Oddie has a long history of working on behalf of residents of the 18th Assembly District as an Alameda City Councilmember and former District Director for Assemblymember Rob Bonta.  Jim currently serves on the Central Committee and has twice been elected the AD18 Vice Chair.  Supporting the East Bay's values of justice, inclusion, equity, and opportunity, Jim has been a leader in providing tenant protections, increasing the local minimum wage, protecting core services, and addressing homelessness and the housing shortage.

Woven through my life has been my interest and dedication to the Democratic Party based on the accomplishments and it's values. My passion with politics stem from my love of history along with my activisim in civil rights, women's equality (ERA) and other important movements that have both shaped me and our Party.

I grew up in a town that was run by the Republican Party for almost 40 years straight. At the age of 10, I worked on my father's campaign where he and others won all the elected seats turning the town from Republican to Democratic overnight. With this victory, the ideas and policies became more diverse and the outcomes more progressive. The change was impactful and created for me an understanding in how and what group of individuals working together can accomplish. 

This sense of committment to change lives for the better has stayed with me all these years. I have believed that the Democratic Party is the right vehicle to impact policy and advocate for social and economic equality. i believe that government regulation can be a positive in bringing change in people's lives and well-being. The Democratic Party is one of inclusion and diversity. We strive to elect leaders who fight for equality and opportunity for all.

I have spent over 20 years in working to get candidates elected who will shape policy that will be impactful for our communities within Alameda County. The satisfaction of producing change for the better and to help advance policies improving people's lives is what I seek for all my effort. My candidacy is a wish to continue working to create the change necessary to move our country forward --- and away from the policies of hate and fear championed by our current President.

I support the basic tenets of our Party such as: civil and voting rights, access to high-quality education for all, combat climate change, fight to secure universal health care for all, embrace immigration and work for comprehensive reform, and strive for full employment with living wages, particularly good union jobs. I hope that you will re-elect me so I can continue our work on behalf of the Democratic Party and our community.

I'm an Oakland native who graduated from Castlemont High School and went on to earn a Master’s degree in Public Administration. I attended the University of Tulsa for my BA in Political Science and is a former Division 1 college football athlete. For almost 20 years, I have worked to lift up community, including 9 years as a volunteer at the Ira Jenkins/Brookfield Recreational Center in East Oakland.

While working with Building Futures for Women and Children, I housed nearly 200 homeless families. I'm a certified domestic violence counselor and serves as a commissioner on the City of Oakland’s Budget Commission and was an Oakland Mayoral candidate in 2018. I currently work as an advocate for unhoused people in the SF/Marin County Food Bank’s Advocacy & Policy Division.
I'm number No. 27 on your Democratic ballot and the third person on the top roll!

Let's bring more compassion and professionalism to the Alameda County Democratic Party Central Committee and politics as a whole. In order to make this possible, we need to focus on equity, inclusion, diversity, opportunity, and resources. Without the tools and everything aforementioned, our political world won't reflect the society we live in. Real Change is needed today for a better future tomorrow! 

Jose Carlos is a lifelong resident of Alameda County; he graduated from Cal State East Bay with a degree in Political Science. He has been an active member of advocacy groups such as Students for Quality Education in college involved in awareness campaigns, rallies, and lobbying in the state capitol. Jose is currently actively involved in organizing tenants locally with Our Revolution San Leandro both for the formation of tenant unions as well as to pass a rent control initiative in San Leandro. 

I believe that we are responsible, all of us, for each others' well being. Society must be ordered in such a way that values people and our needs are solved as a community. It is wrong that our current society is structured around greed and personal interest over the common good. The problems we face seem difficult, but the solutions are simpler than they seem. We face a homeless crisis and a housing cost crisis, yet we have plenty of abandoned buildings and the cost of housing is artificial. We work long hours for little pay yet are more productive than ever. The problem is that those in power use their power for selfish ends which harm the vast majority of us. We need to promote both a culture of selflessness and community-wide teamwork as well as restructure our economy to serve we the people and not the wealthy few. We must be imaginative in our solutions and not imprisoned by the same few band aid "solutions" and uncritical rejection of new solutions. The needs of the community are first and foremost. No one has a right to ignore the suffering of others. We have the resources and the means to end material suffering, to truly prosper, we only lack the sufficient will; we can change that. 

The Democratic Party is supposed to be the party of the working class, of those who work hard to provide for their families and contribute to our communities, of those who are our communities and society itself. However, despite the Democratic dominance in government both at the state and local level, we continue to suffer multiple crisis, be it homelessness, rising housing costs, inadequate healthcare, living paycheck to paycheck, inadequate education and on and on. We face these problems not because they are difficult to solve, but because the Democratic party has refused to solve them. It has refused to even consider the necessary or potential solutions, it has failed to hold its members accountable. It has lost and continues to lose the trust of a very large portion of the public. For this I believe it must be renewed by an influx of new, willing, and selfless people from our communities rather than allow the same people who have failed us to govern. 

I believe the Democratic party must be strong, have a clear direction, and discipline its elected members so that they serve the common good, not themselves. As it currently stands the party is weak and is run by elected government officials rather than leading them. It has isolated itself to protect its self interests rather than engaging the public and organizing the public as full participants in improving our communities. The party must be systematic, comphrehensive, and measurable in its activities rather than the wasteful, ad-hoc, nebulous methods it currently employs. It must be led by ideals and not personalities. 

Things can and have become better, just as they have become worse, throughout all of history. It matters only how hard and how many fight for things to be better. The disillusionment of people with politics must be fought by earning their trust through persistent outreach and engagement, solutions that can meaningfully better their lives, unafraid to rebuild systems from the ground up, and proof that we mean what we say and that we are actually fighting hard for the common good. We must acknowledge the actual nature of society and government and not be restricted by the rules of a game that is rigged in favor of the corrupt few. We must engage not only in electoralism, but also in direct action, parallel organization, and starting with blank slates. 

Brandon Baranco, a lifelong Democrat, was born and raised in Oakland, California and is a product of Oakland Public schools. 

He most recently served as Deputy Chief of Staff to Oakland City Councilmember Sheng Thao. Brandon was tasked with managing the Councilmember’s legislative and policy agenda, budget priorities, and community relations. He previously served in Assemblymembers' Nancy Skinner and Tony Thurmond’s offices. Brandon was tasked with managing community and government relations in Alameda County, including the cities of Oakland, Berkeley, Albany, Emeryville, and Piedmont.

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He currently serves as an Associate to the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee and is serving his third term as Delegate to the California Democratic Party appointed by Congresswoman Barbara Lee. Brandon was the youngest member to serve on the City of Oakland Budget Advisory Commission.

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Brandon graduated with a B.A. in Political Science and a Minor in History from the University of California at Merced and holds a Masters in Public Policy from Mills College in the City of Oakland.