Candidate for
Community College Board; County of San Francisco

• Academic Top Rating by every state / college accrediting educational agency
  - Sponsored resolution to dialogue with the S.F. Unified School District on issues of student retention, pre-college academic reinforcement and motivational classes.
  - High Transfer Rates to U.C. system and State Colleges
  - Led effort to build a new City College Mission District Campus.
  - Led effort to build a new City College Chinatown / North Beach Campus.
  - Resolution rotating City College board meetings to neighborhoods.
  - Resolution honoring the 15th Anniversary of the Holocaust Oral History Project.
  - Arranged for the Sugihara Photo Exhibit (WWII Japanese diplomat who risked his life to save 6,000 Jews from the Nazis) to be displayed at City College.
  - Co-sponsored a resolution directing City College to work with the city of San Francisco in developing welfare reform programs / welfare-to-work programs.
  - Co-sponsored a resolution to identify needs of educational needs of welfare recipients.
  - Co-sponsored a resolution directing City College to work closely with the Bayview Hunters Point community in its economic revitalization and to increase enrollment at our Southeast and Evans St. Campuses.
  - Sponsored resolution establishing a City College Alumni Association.
  - Led effort to create study-abroad scholarships for low-income students. HEALTH
  - Fought the city for the restoration of funding in the city budget for HIV Education and Testing at City College.

Proposition 187.

DISABILITY RIGHTS
- Sponsored resolution stating a policy of nondiscrimination against the disabled and

to mandate employee sensitivity workshops on disability issues.
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Re-elect Lawrence Wong for College Board

CIVIL RIGHTS
- Led the effort to create a City College MBE/WBE/LBE policy.
- Led the effort in mandating historic sensitivity workshops for employees addressing
issues of racial discrimination.
- Led the effort in reviewing the City College Hiring Document to address diversity in

hiring.

the historically black colleges and universities.

and Transgender community.

domestic partnership benefits in its policy manual.

BUSINESS
- Supported the expansion of our Contract Education program to build a stronger

relationship between City College and the corporate community.

WORKERS RIGHTS
- Supported the expansion of the City College Labor Studies Program.
- Supported open dialogue between administration and employees' representatives.
- Led the effort to resolve disputes between the administration and the classified staff.
- Support equity / health benefits for part-time instructors.

WOMEN ISSUES
- Co-sponsored resolution mandating employee sensitivity workshops on sexual

harassment.

for students with children.

ENVIRONMENT
- Sponsored resolution to study the environmental needs of City College and the hiring

of a recycling program coordinator.

OTHER
- Arranged with the Clinton Administration the historic visit of U.S. Secretary of

Education Richard Riley to San Francisco for a townhall meeting.