- Occupation: Educator, Business Owner
- Educator, Counselor at West County Children and Adolescent Services
- Small Business Owner in Event Planning field; San Pablo Ave Business Association Initiator
- Economic Development Commissioner, City of Richmond
- General Plan Development Advisor, City of Richmond
- Masters Degree in Business Administration, University of Phoenix
- Author "The Gary Family", at http://www.RichmondBlackHistory.org
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Top Priorities if Elected |
- Preventing crime and violence with jobs, youth programs, public safety
- Developing and diversifying our economy with new green technologies and more support for small business
- Better utilization of City funds, expanding services, and fixing the streets.
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- Mayor Gayle McLaughlin, Black Women Organized for Political Action ,
- The Sierra Club, MAPA, Mayor Rosemary Corbin, Rev.Phil Lawson,
- SEIU 1021, AFSCME Local 444, ASFCME Council 57,
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- Positive Progressive Change for Richmond
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We need change at the national level with Barack Obama, and we need change at our local levels as well. It is ultimately up to each and every one of us, in every city and in every neighborhood to produce the local change that we desperately need.
- The Gary Family of Richmond: A Story of A Local Successful Civil Rights Struggle (1952)
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The Gary family story is a proud moment of local African American affirmation, and it is a success achieved with an amazing formula:
Standing up for your rights and sticking it out, defending the principles and seeeking and receiving the support of decent people of all races and income levels. This story provides us with some good ideas on how to address the many challenges we face in Richmond and elsewhere,
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