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Jean Quan

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Jean Quan (Chinese: 關麗珍; pinyin: Guān Lìzhēn; born October 21, 1949, Birth Name: Lai Jean Quan) was the 49th mayor of Oakland, California. [1]

44 relations: African-American Vernacular English, African-American Vernacular English and education, Alameda, California, Allendale, Oakland, California, Anthony Batts, California, Chabot Space and Science Center, Chairman, Dan Siegel (attorney), Democratic Party (United States), Dimond District, Oakland, California, Don Perata, Howard Jordan (police officer), Instant-runoff voting, John A. Russo (politician), Laurel, Oakland, California, Libby Schaaf, List of mayors of Oakland, California, Livermore, California, Maxwell Park, Oakland, California, Melrose, Oakland, California, Montclair, Oakland, California, Oakland City Council, Oakland Police Department, Oakland Unified School District, Oakland, California, Pinyin, Polystyrene, Port of Oakland, Presidency of Bill Clinton, Ranked voting, Rebecca Kaplan, Redwood Heights, Oakland, California, Restorative justice, Ron Dellums, Safeway Inc., San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Police Department, Shooting of Oscar Grant, Stun grenade, SurveyUSA, United States, University of California, Berkeley, William Bratton.

African-American Vernacular English

African-American Vernacular English (AAVE), known less precisely as Black Vernacular, Black English Vernacular (BEV), Black Vernacular English (BVE), or colloquially Ebonics (a controversial term), is the variety (dialect, ethnolect and sociolect) of English natively spoken by most working- and middle-class African Americans and some Black Canadians, particularly in urban communities.

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African-American Vernacular English and education

African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) has been the center of controversy about the education of African-American youths, the role AAVE should play in public schools and education, and its place in broader society.

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Alameda, California

Alameda (Spanish) is a city in Alameda County, California, United States.

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Allendale, Oakland, California

Allendale is a former settlement in Alameda County, California now annexed to Oakland.

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Anthony Batts

Anthony W. Batts (born 1960) is the former Police Commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department, the eighth largest municipal police department in the United States.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Chabot Space and Science Center

Chabot Space and Science Center, located in Oakland, California, is a hands-on center featuring interactive exhibits, a digital planetarium, a large screen theater, hands-on activities and three powerful telescopes.

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Chairman

The chairman (also chairperson, chairwoman or chair) is the highest officer of an organized group such as a board, a committee, or a deliberative assembly.

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Dan Siegel (attorney)

Daniel Mark "Dan" Siegel is a civil-rights attorney at the Oakland-based law firm, Siegel & Yee, former legal adviser to Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, and candidate in the 2014 Oakland mayoral race.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

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Dimond District, Oakland, California

The Dimond District (pronounced like "diamond") is a neighborhood centered on the intersection of MacArthur Boulevard and Fruitvale Avenue in East Oakland, Oakland, California, in the United States.

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Don Perata

Don Richard Perata (born April 30, 1945) is a California Democratic politician, who was President pro tempore of the California State Senate from 2004 to 2008.

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Howard Jordan (police officer)

Howard Jordan is the former Chief of the Oakland Police Department.

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Instant-runoff voting

Instant-runoff voting (IRV) is a voting method used in single-seat elections with more than two candidates.

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John A. Russo (politician)

John A. Russo (born February 6, 1959) is an American politician and former city manager of two cities in the state of California.

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Laurel, Oakland, California

The Laurel District is one of the many culturally diverse neighborhoods in Oakland, California.

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Libby Schaaf

Elizabeth Beckman "Libby" Schaaf (born November 12, 1965) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party.

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List of mayors of Oakland, California

This is the list of mayors of the city of Oakland, California, which was founded in 1852.

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Livermore, California

Livermore (formerly Livermores, Livermore Ranch, and Nottingham) is a city in Alameda County, California, in the United States.

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Maxwell Park, Oakland, California

Maxwell Park is a neighborhood in Oakland, California located in the foothills of the city.

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Melrose, Oakland, California

Melrose is a neighborhood in Oakland in Alameda County, California.

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Montclair, Oakland, California

Montclair (also known as the Montclair District or Montclair Village) is a neighborhood in Oakland, California, United States.

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Oakland City Council

The Oakland City Council is an elected governing body representing the City of Oakland, California.

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Oakland Police Department

The Oakland Police Department (OPD) is a law enforcement agency responsible for policing the city of Oakland, California, United States.

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Oakland Unified School District

Oakland Unified School District is a public education school district that operates about 86 elementary schools (K-5), middle schools (6-8), and high schools (9-12) and 32 district-authorized charter schools in Oakland, California, United States serving 49,000 students.

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Oakland, California

Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States.

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Pinyin

Hanyu Pinyin Romanization, often abbreviated to pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Chinese in mainland China and to some extent in Taiwan.

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Polystyrene

Polystyrene (PS) is a synthetic aromatic hydrocarbon polymer made from the monomer styrene.

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Port of Oakland

The Port of Oakland is a major container ship facility located in Oakland, California, in the San Francisco Bay.

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Presidency of Bill Clinton

The presidency of Bill Clinton began at noon EST on January 20, 1993, when Bill Clinton was inaugurated as 42nd President of the United States, and ended on January 20, 2001.

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Ranked voting

Ranked voting describes certain voting systems in which voters rank outcomes in a hierarchy on the ordinal scale (ordinal voting systems).

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Rebecca Kaplan

Rebecca Dawn Kaplan (born September 17, 1970) is an American politician and a member of the Democratic Party.

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Redwood Heights, Oakland, California

Redwood Heights is a mostly middle-class and highly diverse residential neighborhood in the hills of Oakland, California.

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Restorative justice

Restorative justice is an approach to justice in which the response to a crime is to organize a mediation between the victim and the offender, and sometimes with representatives of a wider community as well.

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Ron Dellums

Ronald Vernie Dellums (born November 24, 1935) is an American politician who served as Oakland's forty-eighth (and third African-American) mayor.

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Safeway Inc.

Safeway, Inc., is an American supermarket chain founded in 1915.

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San Francisco Chronicle

The San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California.

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San Jose Police Department

The San Jose Police Department (SJPD) is the police agency for San Jose, California.

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Shooting of Oscar Grant

Oscar Grant III was a 22-year-old African-American man who was fatally shot in the early morning hours of New Year's Day in 2009 by BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland, California. Responding to reports of a fight on a crowded Bay Area Rapid Transit train returning from San Francisco, BART Police officers detained Grant and several other passengers on the platform at the Fruitvale BART Station.

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Stun grenade

A stun grenade, also known as a flash grenade, flashbang, thunderflash or sound bomb, is a non-lethal explosive device used to temporarily disorient an enemy's senses.

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SurveyUSA

SurveyUSA is a polling firm in the United States.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public research university in Berkeley, California.

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William Bratton

William Joseph Bratton CBE (born October 6, 1947) is an American law enforcement officer and businessman who served two terms as the New York City Police Commissioner (1994–1996 and 2014-2016).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Quan

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