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.

I’m running for re-election as an Alternate Delegate to the GPUS. I’ve served two terms (four years) and have voted in the online elections as needed, and attended the Annual National Meetings in Tulsa (2005, as an observer), Tucson (2006), Reading (2007), Chicago (2008). I am planning to attend the 2010 Annual National Meeting which looks like it will be in Detroit in June. While I have not served on any committees at the GPUS level, I am on the Alameda County Council and also active at the Oakland level.


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.

I've been active in the movements for peace and social justice since my college days in the early 1960's. I started checking out the Bay Area's Green activities in the late 1980's--I attended "Greening the West" (in October 1988) and was superficially involved with the East Bay Greens in 1989-1992. I switched registration (from Peace and Freedom to Green) during the petition drive around 1992. In the 1990's I was also part of a class series for people from the social justice movement who were learning about environmental issues ("From Lenin to the Lorax") which became an ongoing learning circle throughout the 1990's, reading many books and articles on issues of the environment and globalization--looking at environmental issues through the lens of race, class, and gender. I also participated in anti-toxics work with the Toxic Links Coalition and its constituent groups, and helped to shut down the medical waste incinerator on High Street (Oakland), in 2001. Meanwhile I was supportive of the Green Party's campaigns; Nader 1996, Dan Hamburg for Governor 1998, Audie Bock for State Assembly 1999, and then with great enthusiasm, Nader 2000 and Rebecca Kaplan's run for City Council in the same election.

Since 2000 I've taken more responsibility, tabling in Oakland, supporting Peter Camejo's campaigns for Governor in 2002, 2003, and 2006, running for County Council in 2004 (I've been on the Council since May 2004). In my County, I work on outreach, the Voter Guide, and other tasks as needed. I have attended nearly all the GPCA Plenaries since 2004. I worked on planning the 2005 Green Gathering in Oakland, on Aimee Allison’s campaigns for City Council in 2005-2006 and on the Oak to Ninth referendum in 2006. I'm currently involved in Don Macleay's Green campaign for Mayor of Oakland.

3) Please describe your vision for serving as GPUS Delegate including addressing the job description for GPUS Delegate.

Since becoming an Alternate, I have been voting as needed, which means over 100 times, voting on the majority of the decisions before the GPUS National Committee.