Celeste Christie

Office and Systems Manager, Root Division (she/her/hers)

Celeste Christie is an artist and arts administrator currently living in Oakland. As co-founder of Art for a Democratic Society, her work is socially-oriented and deals with topics of political activism, urban planning, faux bureaucracies, and class war, and is realized in the form of social practice projects, participatory public performances, and publications. In 2011, she was the designer and contributed content towards the Occupied Oakland Tribune. She has a BA in Theater from UCLA and a BFA in Jewelry/Metal Arts from CCA. She recently welcomed her son Malcolm.

City Voting District: City of Oakland, D5

State Representatives: State Assembly (District 18) Assembly Member Rob Bonta-DEM, State Senate (District 9)Senator Nancy Skinner-DEM

House of Representatives: 13th Congressional district of California, Congresswoman Barbara Lee