Candidates
Vote Perry Bellow-Handelman for OEA Secretary
- 5th year teacher – Coliseum College Prep Academy Social Justice Pathway Director, Ethnic Studies and Leadership teacher; Founded CCPA’s internship and early college start program
- Worked as an immigrant rights organizer and youth organizer before becoming a teacher
- OEA Site Rep, Active in OEA Crisis Action Team, Founding member of Classroom Struggle
- Loves google drive, crafting action alert emails & writing chant sheets!
Vote Deirdre Snyder for OEA Executive Board Seat 3
- OEA Site Rep for Oakland Tech for over ten years
- Started Green Academy at Oakland Tech- wrote first year curriculum
- Over twenty years in the District – Spanish teacher with project based learning focus
- Elections Committee chair, long time elections committee member
Vote Michael Shane for OEA Executive Board Seat 4
- OEA Site Rep for Sojourner Truth and Rudsdale
- 15 years of teaching experience
- Three years of substitute experience in OUSD
- Founding member of Classroom Struggle
Vote Ismael Armendariz for OEA Executive Board Seat 5
- OEA Site Rep for Edna Brewer Middle School
- Active member of the OEA Special Education caucus/SPED Hard Caps Campaign
- 5+ years social justice & youth organizing experience
- Founded the Latino Male Empowerment After School Club at Brewer
Vote Natalia Cooper for for OEA Executive Board Seat 6
- 5 years experience teaching in OUSD at Oakland Tech and McClymonds
- Special Day Class Science teacher and Special Education case manager
- OEA Site Rep for Oakland Tech, OEA Special Education caucus, OEA Crisis Action Team
- Reigning Iron Science Teacher from the 2014 Exploratorium Teacher Institute. Known for hatching trout eggs in her classroom.
