Endorsements
As a federal government employee, I am not able to accept partisan endorsements. However, while I have declined accepting their endorsements, I value the role that such groups play and have spoken to their members as an exercise in speech to educate voters on my campaign positions.
American Federation of Teachers
American Federation of Government Employees Latinos Unidos
de Berkeley
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Jesse Arreguin, Berkeley Mayor Sophie Hahn, Berkeley Vice Mayor and Councilmember
Judy Appel, Berkeley School Board President Beatriz Leyva-Cutler
Berkeley School Board Director
Rebecca Levenson, BUSD parent of 4, Former Senior Policy Analyst FUTURES Without Violence, Adult Advisor to Berkeley High School Stop Harassing a grassroots student-led organization, and Member of the BUSD Sexual Harassment Advisory Committee for 6 years
Berkeley High Jacket reporter Adam Wilan, read his article here!
Dvora Klein Pitheau, 3rd grade teacher at BUSD’s Berkeley Arts Magnet School
Lara Collins, Middle school math teacher in BUSD
Susan Wengraf, Berkeley Councilmember
Mary Charlesworth, BUSD teacher, Assistant Coordinator Restorative Justice Program, King Middle School
Susannah Bell, Education Specialist, BUSD
Jonas LaMattery-Brownell, Herrick Hospital Teacher, BUSD
Adam Weis, BUSD teacher of 13 years at Berkeley Arts Magnet
Joel Chala, Former Berkeley Arts Magnet and MLK, Jr. middle school PTA President, BUSD parent
Becky Gross, English teacher, BUSD independent study
Juana Rodriguez, Ethnic Studies Professor, BUSD parent
Kitty Calavita, Chair, Berkeley Police Review Commission
Julie Leftwich, Commissioner, Berkeley Police Review Commission
Ismail Ramsey, Commissioner, Berkeley Police Review Commission
Jennifer Sowerwine, BUSD parent of two kids for thirteen years
Thomas J. Carlson, BUSD parent with two kids in school BAM, MLK, BHS
Suzanne Alberga, Chief Development Officer
Terry Taplin, Poet, Vice-Chair of Berkeley's Transportation Commission and a California Assembly District 15 associate member of the Alameda County Democratic Party Central Committee, City Council Candidate
Igor Trigab, Berkeley Rent Board Commissioner; former member, BUSD Facility Safety Management and Oversight Committee
Michael Omi, Ethnic Sudies and Asian American Studies Professor
Khatharya Um, Ethnic Studies and Asian American Studies Professor
Harvey Dong, Ethnic Studies and Asian American Studies Lecturer
Chaghig Walker, BUSD parent for 12 years and counting with 3 kids @ BAM, Willard, BHS
Anna Bretan, BUSD parent of 4, King Middle School cross-country and track and field coach, nurse, and competitive athlete
Monica Salvador, Special Education teacher at Berkeley High School for 12 years and a former BUSD elementary school parent
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