CITY OF OAKLAND
CITY HALL • 1 FRANK H. OGAWA PLAZA, 3rd FLOOR
Office of the Mayor
Honorable Libby Schaaf
Mayor
February 24, 2022
The Honorable City Council
One Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Second Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
Letter of Appointment
Dear President Bas and members of the City Council:
• OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA 94612
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Pursuant to City Charter Section 601, the Mayor has reappointed the following persons as members of the following board or commission, subject to City Council confirmation:
COMMUNITY POLICING ADVISORY BOARD
Jennifer Zilliac to the Community Policing Advisory Board to serve a three-year term, as the District 4 Representative, that began March 25, 2021 and ends March 24, 2024, filling the seat previously held by Ravinder Singh.
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Please tell us how your qualifications and participation will relate to the requested board and/or commission's mission.
My passion is building supportive community, and my experience spans decades. Examples: In 1997 I envisioned and organized a neighborhood sign language class to support a family in our community who had learned that their daughter is deaf. Wrote a successful grant proposal to fund a teacher for the class.
We offered the class for two years and had good participation. For more than ten years, beginning in 2007, I volunteered for nonprofit African Cradle in a variety of capacities, including helping to organize and implement an annual Ethiopian Heritage Camp for families touched by adoption. My daughter, now a young adult, has spoken at length about how important it was to her to have the camp community. From 2015 to 2019, I was an active member of Neighbors for Racial Justice, an Oakland Dimond based neighborhood focused on creating racial equity and justice in our neighborhoods and city. I worked in a variety of capacities, including maintaining the Vigil for Black Lives every Saturday. I am still actively involved in maintaining the vigil and enjoy strong ties with the current members. I took the initiative to organize our block on Arden Place in Oakland two years ago. We have had several block parties since then and we enjoy excellent participation. Beginning in early 2020, I joined the Steering Committee of the Oakland 22x Neighborhood Council. During that time I have served as either Chair or Co-Chair. I am most proud of my efforts to organize a Cooperative Neighborhood Gathering (CoNee G) in August of this year.
This is an idea I hope to expand through the Neighborhood Council program in Oakland. I served as an Advisory Board Member for the Reimagining Public Safety Task Force. I hope to help strengthen the Neighborhood Council and Block Organizing programs in Oakland if selected to serve on the Board.
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Jennifer Zilliac
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My passion is bringing people and ideas together to build strong and supportive community structures that embrace, value and respect every member of the community.
* Innovative *Free-thinking *Receptive
*Productive *Humanitarian *Collaborative
Leadership Technology Grant Writing
Development Social Media Expository Writing
BA in Psychology & Behavioral Science, San Jose State University Masters Coursework in Clinical Psychology, Palo Alto University Parenting by Connection Teacher Training, Hand in Hand Parenting Anti-Racist Coursework & Training, East Bay Meditation Center and other non-profits plus independent studies, including UCB Course.
Oakland 22x Neighborhood Council, Steering Committee Co-chair Advisory Board Member, Oakland's Reimagining Public Safety Task Force
Board Member, The Learning Center, Palo Alto
Member, Neighbors for Racial Justice, Oakland
Fundraiser for organizations like Ethiopia Reads and Children of Ethiopia Education Fund
Web Designer for organizations like Neighbors for Racial Justice, African Cradle, and World Family
Software Technical Writer, 20-plus years in Bay Area high tech Loving Nanny, 5-plus years for East Bay families with children aged from newborn to twelve
Available upon request
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY ,..,,., ~
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. C.M.S.
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INTRODUCED BY MAYOR LIBBY SCHAAF
RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT OF
JENNIFER ZILLIAC AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY POLICING
ADVISORY BOARD
WHEREAS, Section 601 of the City Charter provides that members of City boards and commissions shall be appointed by the Mayor subject to confirmation by the affirmative vote of five members of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 72727 C.M.S., adopted June 11, 1996 and amended by Resolution No. 73916 C.M.S., adopted November 4, 1997, which changed the body's status from a Task Force to a Board, establishes that the Community Policing Advisory Board shall oversee, monitor and report at least twice yearly and provide recommendations on community policing to the Mayor, City Council, City Manager, and director of Police Services; and WHEREAS, the Community Policing Advisory Board consists of fifteen (15) members, all Oakland residents, serving three-year terms, three appointed by the Mayor, one by each Councilmember, one by the Oakland Housing Authority, one by the Oakland Unified School District Board, and two by the Home Alert Steering Committee; and WHEREAS, the Honorable Mayor Libby Schaaf has appointed Jennifer Zilliac to serve a three-year term, subject to confirmation by the City Council; now therefore be it RESOLVED: That pursuant to City Charter section 601, the City Council hereby confirms the Mayor's appointment of:
CPAB Resolution - Zilliac
Jennifer Zilliac to the Community Policing Advisory Board to serve a three-year term, as the District 4 Representative, that began March 25, 2021 and ends March 24, 2024, filling the seat previously held by Ravinder Singh, and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That this Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage.
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES - FIFE, GALLO, KALB, KAPLAN, REID, TAYLOR, THAO AND PRESIDENT
FORTUNATO BAS
NOES
ABSENT -
ABSTENTION -
ATTEST: _______________ _
2 ASHA REED
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Oakland, California