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| Affiliation | Nonpartisan |
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| Name | Valerie Tulier |
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San Francisco, California , United States |
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Unknown
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| Contributor | Jake |
| Last Modifed | Jake
Jan 03, 2005 02:12am |
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Hispanic - Native American -
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| Info | Valerie Tulier is a Mission District success story, a homegirl and foster mom who went to law school. She conducts anti-racism workshops for People's Institute for Survival and Beyond, a nonprofit.
Tulier, whose last name is French, is one-half Puerto Rican, one-quarter Mexican and one-quarter Apache Indian. Originally from Houston, she came to the Mission District from at age 13. She attended Mission High School before attending SF State and New College of California Law School.
Tulier says that her experiences as a person of low-income gives her an understanding that would help her represent the Mission District. "I've lived six years in the projects," she said. "I've been a Lowrider. I've been poor; I'm still poor. I've been on Medical, foodstamps, the whole cha-cha-cha."
Although Tulier was raised as a Lutheran, she turned to Native American spiritual practices while in college. Her campaign staff, whom she calls her "circle of women," burns sage before their events. "We ask for guidance and good thoughts and protection," she said. "It's a way of grounding our mission, our thoughts, our actions, our work."
Tulier says her legal background would help her, as a supervisor, draft legislation. "I wanted to be a better advocate ... because laws are what dictate our lives," she said. Although she finished law school, she does not work as an attorney. "I don't practice law because I hate the adversarial relationship," she said Tulier sees herself as a collaborative person who believes different factions within the community, such as landowners and tenants, can put aside differences to find common ground.
Regarding the displacement, she points out that historically, Latinos and indigenous people often have had their land and homes taken away. She advocates "zero population loss" and "maintaining the cultural ambiente of the Mission." She also believes the Presidio should be given back to the Ohlone Indians.
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