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LWV League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
Alameda County, CA November 2, 2004 Election
Smart Voter Full Biography for James E. Peterson

Candidate for
Trustee; Peralta Community College District; Trustee Area 4

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  • University of California Berkeley - BA Philosophy

  • Antioch University - MA Urban Studies and Planning

  • Booker T. Washington Business College - Business Administration (Accouting)

  • Studied Statistics at Laney College

  • Studied History of China and The Political Community at Merritt College

  • University Associate Professor - Managerial Accounting and Budgeting Lincoln University

  • Chief Financial Aid Director - U.S. Department of Education Student Financial Aid (SFA) Lincoln University

  • Certification from U.S. Department of Education, Title IV Information for Financial Aid Professionals (IFAP), budgeting, verification, student eligibility, origination fund disbursement

  • Designated School Official (DSO) Student Exchange Information System (SEVIS) Office of Homeland Security

  • Obtained Lincoln University's degree-granting accreditation approval from State of California Bureau of Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education (BPPVE)

  • Senior Advisor to late Civil Rights Leader Rev. Dr. Ralph David Abernathy
  • Congressional Assistant to former Congressman Ronald V. Dellums
  • Advisor in Civil Rights Movement to former Ambassador Andrew Young
  • Student Organizer Civil Rights Movement, Birmingham, Alabama
  • Member Atlanta, Georgia Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
  • Testified before Congress on Voting Rights Act
  • Former Member Alameda County Democratic Central Committee
  • Former Member City-UC Berkeley Community Affairs Committee
  • Former Commissioner Berkeley Zoning Adjustment Board Liaison Berkeley Design Review
  • Participated in White House Advisory Sessions with three US Presidents relative to proposed federal minority procurement policies
  • Participant Washington, D.C. Civil Rights' Poor People's Campaign
  • Executive Vice President/Director Foundation for Economic Enterprises Development (FEED)
  • Consultant East Bay Small Business Development Center + U.S. Small Business Administration, California Trade and Commerce and Peralta Community College District funded
  • I have lived in Berkeley, California for 36 years.

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