Sushawn Robb

Sushawn Robb

Sushawn Robb is an East Bay Regional Park District Park Ranger · 1998 to present. Her partner is Lee Jenkins.

Education

University of Washington School year 1977 · History and philosophy

Line of March leadership

In 1989 the six-member Line of March national executive committee was Linda Burnham, Max Elbaum, Sushawn Robb, Ann Schwartz, Bob Wing and Ethan Young.

The new national board consisted of representatives to be elected by the chapters over the next two months, as well as eight at-large members elected by the conference. These were Cyrus Edwards, Loretta Harris, Ellen Kaiser, Marla Kamiya, Rachelle Kivanoski, Gerald Lenoir, Eileen Raphael and Irwin Silber..

Line of March

In the 1980s Sushawn Robb was activein the Bay Area Line of March.

LOM Gay and Lesbian Conference

The invitation list for a mid '80s Line of March gay and lesbian conference included these names;

• Sushawn Robb - San Francisco.

AAWO

Frontline, October 10, 1988

In 1988 Sushawn Robb was active in the Alliance Against Women's Oppression.

CoC National Conference endorser

In 1992, Sushawn Robb, Women's Building, San Francisco endorsed the Committees of Correspondence national conference Conference on Perspectives for Democracy and Socialism in the 90s held at Berkeley California July 17-19.

Conference on Perspectives for Democracy and Socialism in the 90s

The Conference on Perspectives for Democracy and Socialism in the 90s was the Committees of Correspondence's first national conference held in Berkeley, California July 17-19, 1992.

Workshops that were held at the conference on Saturday, July 18 included:

Gay/Lesbian Movement Building the left in the gay/lesbian movement and strengthening alliances in all the people's movements

• Tom Boot, Black gay socialist activist, No CA
• Harry Hay, Radical Faerie Political Network
• Pat Norman, exec. director, California AIDS Intervention Center
• Dr. Maggie Rubenstein, bisexual activist
• Sushawn Robb, Harvey Milk Lesbian Gay Democratic Club
• Pam David, lesbian/gay activist, SF

Committees of Correspondence

In the mid 1990s Sushawn Robb was a co-chairof the Committees of Correspondence and a writer for CrossRoads. She was active in the women's movement and the lesbian-gay men's movement.

In 1997 Sushawn Robb served on the National Co-Ordinating Committee of the Committees of Correspondence.

Forward Motion

Sushawn Robb, contributed an article to Freedom Road Socialist Organization's Forward Motion, March/April issue 1993 "Report from a Queer Nation."

Institute for Social and Economic Studies/CrossRoads

In the mid 1990s waswas Executive Director of Oakland based Institute for Social and Economic Studies- sponsor of CrossRoads magazine, which sought to promote dialogue and building new alliances among progressives and leftists... and to bring diverse Marxist and socialist traditions to bear while exploring new strategies and directions for the progressive political movements.

Progressive Alliance of Alameda County

In the early 1990’s, Peter Camejo formedthe Progressive Alliance of Alameda County to which he donated twenty thousand dollars of his own money and hired Sushawn Robb as his director. However, within a year the project failed.

Founding convention

The Progressive Alliance of Alameda County held its founding conference June 1 and 2,1996, Federal Building Auditorium, Oakland California.

Individuals came from the New Party, Peace and Freedom Party, Green Party and the left wing of the Democratic Party.

Supporting individuals included;

• Russell Bass
• Peter Camejo
• Hank Chapot
• Marsha Feinland
• Mark Friedman
• Joe Gross
• Greg Jan
• Barbara Lubin
• Carlos Munoz, Jr.
• Gus Newport
• Michael Parenti
• Wilson Riles, Jr.
• Sushawn Robb
• Stephanie Ruby
• Peggy Saika
• Margaret Shellada
• Larry Shoup
• Dona Spring

War Times Staff

In 2009 voluntary War Times staffincluded:

Jan Adams, Karolo Aparicio, Mariana Bustamante, Ruth Warner Carrillo, Jung Hee Choi, Max Elbaum, Arnoldo Garcia, Rebecca Gordon, Felicia Gustin, Hany Khalil, Rachel Kahn, Lynn Koh, Gerald Lenoir, Burton Li, Betita Martinez, Samuel Orozco, Ricardo Ortega, Sushawn Robb, Kerry Taylor and Bob Wing.