Jackie Goldberg

Overview

Jackie Goldberg born Los Angeles, CA November 18, 1944. Student peace activist, teacher, and politician. Founded Campus Women for Peace at UC Berkeley, 1962. Protested atomic bomb shelters; arrested for sit-in for San Francisco hotel employee desegregation, 1963; arrested as leader in Free Speech movement; arrested in support of striking janitors, 2000. Sponsored teach-in on Vietnam War. President, Los Angeles School Board. Member of California State Assembly, 2001-06.

Quotations

“I have been the eternal optimist—I have seen too much change in my life not to believe that there's more to go. I have infinite faith that those things which I consider to be progressive are going to ultimately win.” (interview, National Security Archive; photo socialuplift.org)