Candidate for
Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of San Diego; Assembly District 78

Pat Washington, Phd for Democratic Central Committee, 78th Assembly District

Since moving to San Diego in 1996, Dr. Pat Washington has held a number of organizational leadership positions and participated in a broad range of activities, including serving as the Education Chair for the San Diego Branch NAACP, Board member for the Lambda Letters Project, Co-Chair of the People of Color Organizing Institute of the NGLTF Creating Change Conference, chair of the Women of Color Caucus of the National Women's Studies Association, Vice-Chair of the Intergroup Relations Project of the San Diego Foundation, volunteer for the American Red Cross (serving Hurricane Katrina evacuees in SD), and member of the Board of Directors of Diversionary Theater. She is currently President of the San Diego Democratic Women's Club, Chair of the Lambda Letters Project, Executive Committee member and Chair of Women in the NAACP for the California NAACP, Co-Chair of We Advocate Gender Equity (WAGE), Chair of Ways & Means Committee of Filipino American Community Empowerment (FACE), member, Martin Luther King, Jr. Democratic Club, Secretary of the National Women's Studies Association, Co-Chair of the Women of Color Caucus of the National Women's Studies Association, 78th Assembly District Delegate to the San Diego Democratic Central Committee.

Dr. Washington worked in voter outreach and voter registration efforts for the San Diego "No on 54" Campaign and she also worked with We the People Democratic Club, San Diego Demcractic Club, the San Diego Branch NAACP and other organizations to increase voter registration and voter turnout for elections.

From 1996-2003, Dr. Washington taught classes for San Diego State University's Women's Studies Department where she successfully coordinated student participation in community-based service learning projects, including many involving student participation in local and state campaigns for political office.

Dr. Washington is a member of the San Diego Democratic Club, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Democratic Club, and serves as President of the San Diego Democratic Women's Club. She served as a delegate to the State Democratic Convention in 2004 and 2005, and she also served as a delegate to the 2004 Democratic National Convention. Washington is currently filling a vacancy on the San Diego Democratic Central Committee caused by the departure of friend and mentor, Ms. Verna King. Washington is seeking election to this seat June 6, 2006.

More details information about Dr. Washington's professional and volunteer record can be found at :http://patwashington.org.