“OEA is excited to endorse Rachel Latta for Oakland School Board in District 1. She brings the perspective of a parent who cares deeply about public education. Rachel is committed to working with teachers to make equity in every classroom a reality, giving every student a chance at pursuing their dreams." 

✓ Sara Holdenfield

Chabot teacher and OEA leader

 

“Rachel Latta is a breath of fresh air for OUSD. She works hard
to find common ground and would bring an urgently needed
parents’ perspective to the Board.”

 

✓ Sam Davis

District 1 OUSD Board Member and Board President

 

 

Organizations

  • Oakland Education Association (OEA)
  • Service Employees International Union - SEIU 1021
  • Alameda County Democratic Party
  • Alameda Labor Council
  • Building Trades Council of Alameda County
  • Sheet Metal Workers' Local Union #104
  • SEIU 1021
  • IBEW Local 595
  • Iron Workers Local 378
  • LiUNA Laborers Local 304
  • Professional Finishers District Council 16 IUPAT
  • Plasterers' and Cement Masons' Local Union No. 300
  • Bay Rising Action
  • Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club
  • California Working Families Party
  • Oakland Rising Action
  • Educators for Democratic Schools
  • East Bay Young Democrats
  • Latine Young Democrats of the East Bay
  • Asian Pacific American Democratic Caucus
  • Metropolitan Greater Oakland Democratic Club
  • East Bay Stonewall Democratic Club
  • Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment
  • Planned Parenthood Advocates Mar Monte

OUSD Leaders

  • Sam Davis - District 1 Board Member and Board President
  • Jennifer Brouhard - District 2 Board Member 
  • VanCedric Williams - District 3 Board Member
  • Jorge Lerma - District 5 Board Member
  • Valarie Bachelor - District 6 Board Member

State Leaders

  • Nancy Skinner - Senator 9th District California
  • Buffy Wicks - Assemblymember 14th District California

Oakland Leaders

  • Zac Unger - District 1 Council Candidate
  • Dan Kalb - District 1 Council Member
  • Nikki Fortunato Bas - District 2 Council Member
  • Carroll Fife - District 3 Council Member
  • Kevin Jenkins - District 6 Council Member 
  • Stephanie Dominguez Walton - Commissioner, Port of Oakland*

County Education Leaders

  • Angela Normand - Trustee, Alameda County Office of Education
  • Aisha Knowles - Trustee, Alameda County Office of Education
  • Sheila Jordan - Superintendent of Schools, Alameda County Office of Education

County Leaders

  • Phong La - Alameda County Assessor

Community Leaders 

  • John Bliss
  • Pam Drake - Wellstone *
  • David Kakishiba - Former OUSD School Board President; Executive Director, EBAYC*
  • Garrett Bucks - The Barnraisers Project*
  • Rick Eichmann - Soccer Without Borders, Advisory Board member
  • Gary Yee - Former OUSD School Board Director, Board Member Linked Learning Alliance*
  • Martel Price - Principal*, Oakland Tech
  • Alexis Gray-Lawson - Community School Manager,*, Oakland Tech
  • Alicia Simba - Transitional Kindergarten Teacher*, Prescott Elementary
  • Jessica Gray - Art Teacher*, Allendale Elementary; Oakland Tech PTSA *, Chair (2021-2023)
  • Bobbi Lopez - AC Dem Central Committee*; Sankofa and Claremont parent
  • Kim Davis 
  • Caitlin Khurshid - LCAP Parent and Student Advisory Committee, District 1 Representative*; Chabot parent
  • Zazzi Cribbs - LCAP Parent and Student Advisory Committee, District 3 Representative*; Prescott parent
  • Edward Frank - Emerson PTA Vice President*
  • Julia Landau - Emerson PTA President*
  • Courtney Martin - Emerson parent
  • Sarah Wheeler - Emerson parent
  • Jana Luft - Sankofa parent; Integrated Schools, Board Member
  • Lizzy Vlasses - Sankofa and Claremont parent
  • Julia Rosof - Emerson parent
  • Marie-Christine Fox - Librarian, Thornhill Elementary*; Equity Allies for OUSD, member; OUSD parent
  • Zachary Chan - Chabot and Claremont parent, Claremont PTA Executive Board, member*; Equity Allies for OUSD member
  • Jay Castle - Sankofa parent
  • Victoria Gambrell - Sankofa PTA Vice President*
  • Syreeta Mussante - Peralta parent and Equity Chair*
  • Nidya Baez - Principal*, Fremont High
  • Wanda Stewart - Common Vision*, Executive Director
  • Jennifer Viale - Bella Vita, owner
  • Connie Cobb-Zunino - Teacher*, West Oakland Middle School
  • Sara Holderfield - Teacher* and OEA Leader, Chabot Elementary
  • Shona Armstrong - Oakland Tech PTSA President*
  • Kilian Betlach - Executive Director of Enrollment*, OUSD
  • Jonah Gottlieb - Chief of Staff*, Berkeley City Council, former Student Organizer, UC Berkeley (graduated 2024)

*Organization listed for identification only

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