Janani Ramachandran Interview: Welcoming The Hon Janani Ramachandran Oakland City Council District 4 - Oaknews
Janani Ramachandran Interview: Welcoming The Hon Janani Ramachandran Oakland City Council District 4 Janani Ramachandran Interview: Welcoming The Hon Janani Ramachandran Oakland City Council District 4 Janani Ramachandran will join me to talk about the performing arts center, the controversy surrounding it, and the recent call for economic development ideas, and just plain catching up. Janani Ramachandran is a public interest attorney who has dedicated her life to empowering communities and fighting for responsive government institutions. Born and raised in the East Bay, Janani is the daughter of immigrants from small South Indian villages. She identifies as LGBTQ. Janani’s passion for justice was born at an early age. At 16, Janani founded a nonprofit that built libraries in under-resourced schools in her local community. She attended Stanford University, where she studied systems of democratic governance and economic development. Later, Janani worked as a home-visiting case manager...