Candidate for
Trustee; Peralta Community College District; Area 7

Alona Clifton, 2539 8th Avenue, Oakland, CA 94606 510-268-1436 / alona3649@hotmail.com

Alona has 30 years of activism and engagement in political, social and economic grassroots efforts. Her activism centers on providing better access, opportunity, and equity to African Americans in particular and to the greater community as a whole. Her desire to be involved and to be an active participant in social justice was shaped in the movements of the 1960's during her teenage years.

She has spent the last 10 years employed in areas that have allowed her activism to continue to flourish. Most recently Vanguard Public Foundation employed Alona as the Director of the Grants Program. Prior to that position She was Chief of Staff to Alameda County Supervisor Carson for over seven years. Currently She serves as an elected member on the Peralta Community College Board of Trustees. She is completing her first four-year term. And is seeking re-election.

·Born and reared in Berkeley, California ·Berkeley High graduate - 1966 ·Armstrong College of Law # one year ·Golden Gate University graduate - B.A. in Pre-Legal Studies ·Merritt College graduate - AA in Administration of Justice ·Special Training:

Real Estate Sales
Real Estate Appraising

Travel # international: West Africa, Egypt, Europe, Mexico, Caribbean, Haiti, China, & Southeast Asia
Books # non-fiction and sci-fi / fantasy
Music # Jazz, Latin, Afro-Cuban and African
Cinema and Theater

Elected Position Peralta Community College Board Trustee 1998 - present

President of Board 2001 - 2002

Boards and Commissions Ø Peralta # Affirmative Action Committee Chair Ø Peralta # Policy Committee Member Ø Peralta - Labor Studies Advisory Committee Member

Ø California Community College Trustees Member Ø American Community College Trustees Member

Ø American Association of University Women Member Ø League of Women Voters Member

Ø Black Elected Officials of the East Bay Member Ø John George Democratic club Chair Ø Oakland East Bay Democratic Club Member Ø BWOPA (Black Women Organized for Political Action) Chair # Political Action Committee Ø NWPC (National Women's Political Caucus) Member Ø Niagara Movement Democratic Club Member Ø Jack London Aquatic Center President of Board Ø Black Social Workers Member Ø Alliance for West Oakland Development Board member Ø California Coalition for H.R. 40 Member Ø 7th Street McClymonds Corridor Initiative Member Advisory Committee