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draketalkoakland
Oakland, California
Pamela Drake has been an Oakland resident and community activist since 1973. She was one of the first women train operators at BART, the chief of staff to two East Oakland council members, and the Director of the Grand Lake Neighborhood Center where she lobbied for public power and advocated for community involvement in city planning. As a former small businesswoman, she presently works with merchants at the Lakeshore Business Improvement District and taught Government in Adult Education until the State cancelled the funding for this 160-year-old program. She is the single mother of Jennifer and Graham, both of whom graduated from Oakland Schools before attending and graduating from colleges in the Atlanta University System. You can read blog posts from Pamela in the former grandlakeguardian and in OaklandLocal.com
