Antonio Medrano Candidate Statement

I am a retired community college/high school teacher. 40 years in the classroom. A long time community activist in human rights, immigrant rights, solidarity activist. Numerous fact finding missions to Central America (Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala and southern Mexico).

Active in Contra Costa County with Immigrant Task Force, Chair of the Citizen Bond Oversight Committee for the West County School District, Co-Chair of the Concilio Latino, Educator's Network of Amnesty International (served on the national board for 5 years).

In Jan of 2007 was part of the "Comision Civil Internacional por Los Derechos Humanos en Oaxaca, Mexico". This international commissiion looked into the abuses that occured in Oaxaca during the final months of 2006. One of only two U.S. reps (the other was Renee Saucedo of the Centro Legal de La Raza. S.F.).

Did workshops in Mexico ( for five years)on Human Rights and Education at three sites (Queretaro, Mexico City and Puebla). At Puebla was the only U.S. presenter at the "Coloquio Internacional de Educacion en Derechos Humanos". .

I also do workshops on Human Rights and Education for teachers and students in the S.F. Bay Area and often out of the state. I am presently doing tenant organizing for Faith Works, Social Justice center in Richmond, Ca,

I'm running as part of a slate dedicated to strengthening and expanding KPFA, and bring civility to its board meetings. Read more about us at concernedlisteners.org

Endorsed by: Mike Casey, President of HERE, Local 2; Tim Paulsen, Executive Sect. Treas. SF CLC; Sharon Comu, Executive Sect. Treas. Alameda CLC; Tho Thi Do, Organizing Director, No. Cal.,UNITE-HERE; Peter Olney, Organizing Director, ILWU International; Cecilia Jarequi, CCISCO organizer; Scott Brown, Public Employees Union, Local 1; Ramon Cardona, Centro Latino Cuzcatlan; Juan Reardon, Richmond Greens; Orlando Ramos, Educator; Sandra Gutierrez, community Activist; Maria Alegria, Mayor, Pinole, Pres. League of Calif. Cities, Latino Caucus; Genoveva Garcia Calloway, Concilio Latino, member San Pablo City Council; Leonard Mc Neil: Director, West County Heal Project, member San Pablo City Council; Betty Brown, East Bay Peace Action; Carolina Garcia, Youth organizar, CCISCO; Wendy Gonzales, Teacher (UTR), community activist; Maria Rivera, Immigrant Task Force, Attorney; Renee Saucedo, Attorney, Centro Legal de La Raza, S.F.; John Marquez: Member Richmond City Council, Concilio Latino; Andres Soto, Alameda County, Violence Prevention Coordinator

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a2sfan: It's easy, vote the [b]AARON FAN[]ballot!

Aaron Fan endorses only one Concerned Listeners candidate, ANTONIO MEDRANO. Why? Because most of the Concerned Listeners slate has not bothered to learn much about KPFA. Try listening to the archived on-air forums, and it's obvious. Also Aaron Fan does not recommend most incumbents. Sherry Gendelman is the only one on the Concerned Listener slate who knows much about KPFA, but she's been doing KPFA governance into to the previous millennium. And where has she taken us?

Aaron Fan endorses Medrano with reservations, because his cited credentials are exclusively based on activist experience, not governance experience. But Aaron Fan sees that Medrano is retired and can devote time to learn the job; his activism proves he has the energy. Aaron Fan ranks Medrano as the only worthy Concerned Listener, but still does not rank him too highly.