Dr. Margaretta Wan-Ling Lin
HOUSING JUSTICE CONVERSATION
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28
Dr. Margaretta Wan-Ling Lin
7:00 PM on ZOOM
RSVP president@srvdems.org
The San Ramon Valley Democratic Club is happy to welcome Dr. Margaretta Wan-Ling Lin to speak on her amazing accomplishments in promoting social justice, especially in housing on Thursday, October 28, 2021. Dr. Lin is a lecturer at UC Berkeley, but she also is has her law degree, and has been a Deputy City Administrator to the City of Oakland. Margaretta’s work has resulted in the passage of policies and laws including fair chance housing, foreclosure prevention and mitigation, anti-displacement, bilingual education, special education, economic justice, youth violence prevention, and environmental justice. She currently serves as the Founding Director of Just Cities, a policy justice organization.
At the City of Oakland, Margaretta led federal stimulus efforts during the Great Recession, coordinating multi-agency efforts of over $300 million for green energy projects, jobs and other vital public services; created new racial justice policies and institutions; and launched initiatives to prioritize historically neglected neighborhoods including the development of the East Oakland Black Cultural Zone Collaborative with EastSide Arts Alliance.
Margaretta has a JD and Masters in Asian Studies from UC Berkeley and BA from the University of Virginia. After law school, she clerked for Judge Hugh Bownes with the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit where, together, they challenged the racially disparate treatment of crack versus cocaine convictions in federal sentencing cases.
Joining the discussion are Laura Foote of Yes In My Back Yard and Grover Wehman-Brown of EBOH
Laura Foote, Executive Director of YIMBY
Laura Foote, YIMBY Executive Director
Laura Foote has grown YIMBY into a thriving grassroots political organization of thousands of volunteers. Now, YIMBY Action has over 3000 supporters nationwide and is made up of nearly 20 chapters in cities across the country. She holds a B.A. in Economics from Hamilton College.
Grover Wehman-Brown, Communications, EBHO
Grover Wehman-Brown, East Bay Housing Organization
As the Communications Manager at East Bay Housing Organization, Grover Wehman-Brown will tell us about local efforts to get low income and affordable housing in our Bay area. Grover earned an MA & PhD in Communications from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research on ending homelessness in the U.S
Dr. Margaretta Wan-Ling Lin
Joining the discussion are Laura Foote of Yes In My Back Yard and Grover Wehman-Brown of EBOH
Laura Foote, Executive Director of YIMBY
Laura Foote has grown YIMBY into a thriving grassroots political organization of thousands of volunteers. Now, YIMBY Action has over 3000 supporters nationwide and is made up of nearly 20 chapters in cities across the country. She holds a B.A. in Economics from Hamilton College.
Grover Wehman-Brown, Communications, EBHO
As the Communications Manager at East Bay Housing Organization, Grover Wehman-Brown will tell us about local efforts to get low income and affordable housing in our Bay area. Grover earned an MA & PhD in Communications from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research on ending homelessness in the U.S