GET INVOLVED
If you have...
5 MINUTES
HALF AN HOUR
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Send an email to your fellow parents and community, and urge them to sign the petition and join our movement.
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When you receive an email about an important meeting or event where we are asking for parent engagement, take a moment to email or call.
AN HOUR OR TWO
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Join one of our actions! And show up for our kids and community on this issue.
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Stencil or Flyer in your neighborhood, parks, or at your child's school
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Join a meeting with an elected official
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Write emails to the school board, send postcards to the Governor, and reach out where you can in your network to spread the message: delaying school reopening is harming our children. (Contact info for BUSD leadership and our elected officials is below)
FIRED UP & READY TO LEAD?
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Contact us about joining our leadership team
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Lead an action at your school
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Share your ideas on what you’d like to do!
We need all of our voices heard to make a difference on this issue.
Tell your school principal, teachers, and elected officials to stand up for our kids' education and mental health!
BUSD SUPERINTENDENT BRENT STEPHENS
BERKELEY SCHOOL BOARD
Ty Alper
Julie Sinai
Kadijah Brown
Miles Miller (student board member)
milesmiller@students.berkeley.net
Laura Babitt
Ana Vasudeo
BERKELEY FEDERATION OF TEACHERS (TEACHERS' UNION)
Matt Meyer, President
MAYOR JESSE ARREQUIN
CITY OF BERKELEY
BUSD SPECIAL OFFICES
Ann Marie Callegari - Family Engagement & Equity
Natasha Beery Director of Berkeley Schools Excellence Program (BSEP) & Community Relations
Michelle Sinclair: Director of State and Federal Programs and Special Projects
CITY COUNCIL
District 1
Rashi Kesarwani
rkesarwani@CityofBerkeley.info
(510) 981-7110
District 2
Terry Taplin
(510) 981-7120
District 3
Ben Bartlett
(510) 981-7130
District 4
Kate Harrison
(510) 981-7140
District 5
Sophie Hahn
(510) 981-7150
District 6
Susan Wengraf
ALAMEDA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
Joaquín Rivera
Trustee Area 1 (includes Berkeley)
Board President; Chair, Policy and Legislation Committee, Statewide Associations Advisor
CA STATE ASSEMBLY
Buffy Wicks
hello@buffywicks.com
CA STATE SENATOR
Nancy Skinner
Capitol Chief of Staff’s email: Jessica.Bartholow@sen.ca.gov
District Chief of Staff: Margaret.Hanlon-Gradie@sen.ca.gov
District Office
1515 Clay Street, Suite 2202
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: (510) 286-1333
Fax: (510) 286-3885
US STATE REPRESENTATIVE
Barbara Lee
1301 Clay Street, Ste. 1000-N
Oakland, CA 94612 P: (510) 763-0370
F: (510) 763 - 6538 M–F: 9 am – 5 pm (PST)
GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM
To email go to: https://govapps.gov.ca.gov/gov40mail/
Mailing address:
Governor Gavin Newsom
1303 10th Street, Suite 1173.
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 445-2841