Candice Yamaguchi, Application for Coordinating Committee

Name - Candice Yamaguchi
City - Los Angeles
County - Los Angeles
Contact - candice363@yahoo.com

1) Please list any prior or current positions, related experience, and/or personal and professional skills within of the Green Party that you have, that apply to this position.
 
• Helped organize Green Party of California state Gathering/Campaign School, Santa Monica, April 6-7, 2013
 
• Registered Green in 2012 because I felt the Republicans and Democrats were essentially one party; and the Green Party's positions on the environment, human rights, and animal rights lined up with my values and my goals in my career and as an activist
 
2) Please list any prior or current positions, related experience, and/or personal and professional skills outside of the Green Party that you have, that apply to this position.
 
• Founded the Eco-Advocates Club at Los Angeles Valley College, 2009
 
• Was part of the student movement at Santa Monica College opposing two-tier education, with a focus on outreach and organizing; and participated in the protests where students were pepper sprayed, April 2012

• Primary commissioner to the Associated Students President, Santa Monica College, 2012-2013

• Co-organized lobbying trip by Santa Monica College students to the March in March in Sacramento against AB955, the two-tier education bill, March 2013

• Provided composting bins (and associated educational materials) for U.S. National Committee for UN Women conference, Santa Monica, October 2012