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IN MEMORIAM: Oakland Mourns the Passing of Gladys Green, 98

Gladys Green married her high school sweetheart George Green when he returned from World War II. The couple moved to Oakland in 1946 to escape the Jim Crow South and shortly thereafter her parents, brothers and cousins followed her. The couple had four children: Joy, Charles, Glenn and Beverly. She had nine grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.

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Gladys Green
Gladys Green

Gladys Green transitioned from this world in her home quietly surrounded by her loving family, on March 28. She was widely known as someone who lived life on her terms — a bright light in the community and in the lives of her family and friends. She was 98.

For more than 40 years, she served in leadership for her community, as a neighborhood activist and community champion for low-income and underserved residents and as a driving force in successful efforts to curb gun violence and advance businesses and social programs to address needs in the District 7 community and throughout the City of Oakland and Alameda County.

Active in the community in many ways, Mrs. Green was chair of the Alameda County-Oakland Community Action Partnership (AC-CAP) Board for the last 25 years and a member for approximately 28 years. On the board, she worked to eliminate poverty and blunt its impacts, improve the community by creating pathways that lead to economic empowerment and prosperity.

Among her many awards and recognitions, she was inducted in 2015 into the Alameda County Women’s Hall of Fame for her outstanding community service. In 20013, she received the City of Oakland’s MLK Citizens Humanitarian Award, nominated by the Department of Human Services.

Summing up her life in her own words, she said, “I have had a very good life with no regrets, I’ve been blessed.”

She was born Dec. 20, 1923 in Mississippi to Myrtis and Clarence Lewis, Sr. The family moved to New Orleans, Louisiana when Gladys was six months old. She was active in her father’s church, teaching and working.

She married her high school sweetheart George Green when he returned from World War II. The couple moved to Oakland in 1946 to escape the Jim Crow South and shortly thereafter her parents, brothers and cousins followed her.

The couple had four children: Joy, Charles, Glenn and Beverly. She had nine grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.

Mrs. Green and her husband were members of the Amigos De Porres social club. Members of the club were former New Orleanians who moved to the Bay Area, holding black tie formals, Sunday afternoon teas, luncheons and cocktail parties. Their friendships spanned more than 50 years.

She loved to cook and to be surrounded by family and friends.

During the holidays, she hosted dinners for family and friends. No one left the house without plates of food and a gift.

Her love for the Golden State Warriors was remarkable. She never missed a game and would go over play by play yelling at the TV if the referee called a foul against the Warriors.

Mrs. Green enjoyed traveling. She visited Mexico, Caribbean, Puerto Rico, Italy, France, Spain, Colombia, and traveled throughout the United States including Alaska, and Hawaii.

In 1962, she and her husband became parishioners of Saint Benedict’s Catholic Church. She was active for 60 years in the church, where she served as Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion, was an electoral and Eucharistic Minister, St Vincent DePaul Representative for St. Benedict, Peter Claver, Ladies Auxiliary, with the Cartagena Award.

She was preceded in death by her husband George, her son Glenn, both parents and three brothers.

She leaves to mourn her passing, Joy Green-Armstrong, Charles Green, Beverly Green and many nieces, nephews, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and numerous dear friends.

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Oakland Post: Week of March 13 – 19, 2024

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Who are the Alameda County District 4 Supervisor Candidates’ Top Campaign Contributors?

Below, we’ve listed each candidate’s 10 highest campaign contributors. For Miley, two of his top campaign donors also bought their own advertisements to support him and/or oppose Esteen through independent expenditures. Such expenditures, though separate from campaign donations, are also public record, and we listed them. Additionally, the National Organization of Realtors has spent about $70,500 on their own independent expenditures to support Miley.

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Jennifer Esteen. (Campaign photo) and Supervisor Nate Miley. (Official photo).
Jennifer Esteen. (Campaign photo) and Supervisor Nate Miley. (Official photo).

By Zack Haber

Nate Miley, who has served on Alameda County’s Board of Supervisors since 2000, is running for reelection to the District 4 supervisor seat.

Jennifer Esteen, a nurse and activist, is seeking to unseat him and become one of the five members of the powerful board that sets the county’s budget, governs its unincorporated areas, and oversees the sheriff, Alameda Health System, and mental health system.

District 4 includes most of East Oakland’s hills and flatlands beyond Fruitvale, part of Pleasanton and unincorporated areas south of San Leandro like Ashland and Castro Valley.

Voting is open and will remain open until March 5.

In California, campaign donations of $100 or more are public record. The records show that Miley has received about $550,000 in total campaign donations since he won the previous District 4 election in March 2020. Esteen has raised about $255,000 in total campaign donations since she started collecting them last July. All figures are accurate through Feb. 20.

While Miley has raised more money, Esteen has received donations from more sources. Miley received donations of $100 or more from 439 different sources. Esteen received such donations from 507 different sources.

Below, we’ve listed each candidate’s 10 highest campaign contributors. For Miley, two of his top campaign donors also bought their own advertisements to support him and/or oppose Esteen through independent expenditures. Such expenditures, though separate from campaign donations, are also public record, and we listed them. Additionally, the National Organization of Realtors has spent about $70,500 on their own independent expenditures to support Miley.

Nate Miley’s top campaign contributors:

The California Apartment Association, a trade group representing landlords and investors in California’s rental housing business, has spent about $129,500 supporting Miley’s election bid through about $59,500 in ads against Esteen$55,000 in ads supporting Miley, and $15,000 in campaign donations.

The independent expenditure committee Preserve Agriculture in Alameda County has spent about $46,025 supporting Miley through about $27,200 in their own ads, and $18,825 in donations to his campaign. Preserve Agriculture has supported reelection efforts for former Alameda County DA Nancy O’Malley, and Sheriff Greg Ahern, a republican. It’s received funding from ChevronPG&E, and a the California Apartment Association.

Organizations associated with the Laborers’ International Union of North America, or LiUNA, have donated about $35,000 in total. Construction and General Laborers Local 304, a local chapter of the union representing which represents over 4,000 workers, donated $20,000.

Laborers Pacific Southwest Regional Organizing Coalition, which represents 70,000 LiUNA members in Arizona, California, Hawaii and New Mexico, donated $15,000.

William ‘Bill’ Crotinger and the East Oakland-based company Argent Materials have donated $26,000. Crotinger is the president and founder of Argent, a concrete and asphalt recycling yard. Argent’s website says it is an eco-friendly company that diverts materials from landfills. In 2018, Argent paid the EPA $27,000 under a settlement for committing Clean Water Act violations.

Michael Morgan of Hayward, owner of We Are Hemp, a marijuana dispensary in Ashland, has donated $21,500.

Alameda County District 1 Supervisor David Haubert has donated $21,250 from his 2024 reelection campaign. He’s running unopposed for the District 1 seat.

SEIU 1021which represents over 60,000 workers in local governments, non-profit agencies, healthcare programs, and schools in Northern California, has donated $20,000.

UA Local 342, which represents around 4,000 pipe trades industry workers in Contra Costa and Alameda counties, donated $20,000.

The union representing the county’s deputy sheriffs, Deputy Sheriff’s Association of Alameda County, has donated $17,000.

Becton Healthcare Resources and its managers have donated $14,625. Becton’s mission statement says it provides “behavioral health management services to organizations and groups that serve the serious and persistent mentally ill population.”

Jennifer Esteen’s top campaign contributors:

Mary Quinn Delaney of Piedmont, founder of Akonadi Foundation, has donated $20,000. Akonadi Foundation gives grants to nonprofit organizations, especially focusing on racial justice organizing,

Bridget Galli of Castro Valley has donated $7,000. Galli is a yoga instructor and a co-owner of Castro Valley Yoga.

Rachel Gelman of Oakland has donated $5,000. Gelman is an activist who has vowed to redistribute her inherited wealth to working class, Indigenous and Black communities.

California Worker Families Party has donated $5,000. The organization’s website describes itself as a “grassroots party for the multiracial working class.”

David Stern of Albany has donated $5,000. Stern is a retired UC Berkeley Professor of Education.

Oakland Rising Committee—a collaborative of racial, economic, and environmental justice organizations—has donated about $3,050.

Fredeke Von Bothmer-Goodyear, an unemployed resident of San Francisco, has donated $2,600.

Robert Britton of Castro Valley has donated $2,500. Britton is retired and worked in the labor movement for decades.

Progressive Era PAC has donated about $2,400. Its mission statement says it “exists to elect governing majorities of leaders in California committed to building a progressive era for people of color.”

East Bay Stonewall Democrats Club has donated $2,250. The club was founded in 1982 to give voice to the East Bay LGBTQIA+ communities.

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