The People's Procession, kicking off @carroll_fife's City Council District 3 campaign, is now sharing Fife's statement on 7/18: "I'm Carroll Fife. I'm a community organizer, a director, a mother and a freedom fighter. Recently I became a candidate for Oakland City Council...(1/5)

in District 3 because people I organize with have asked me to run in these transformative times. I'm running to enact a collective vision borne out of community, a vision of an Oakland where housing is a human right and guaranteed for all, an Oakland free from police...(2/5)

and environmental terrorism, where we can all breathe freely, an Oakland where we make it fair and frontline and essential workers are supported through resources funded by a tax on the wealthiest corporations in our city. Are you tired of waiting for progressive action...(3/5)

from City Council in the most radical city in America? So am I. Are you sick of begging your elected leaders to house those without shelter, end police violence and protect working class families from gentrification and displacement? So am I. (4/5)

Let's take power in the city we call home. Let's build a movement so powerful that we can topple the political machine holding back progress in Oakland. Will you join us?" (5/5)

Fife made a speech in front of 2928 Magnolia Ave. in West Oakland, where the @moms4housing movement began to shelter a group of unhoused mothers and their children: "A lot of y'all know me from Mom's House, right? I started being in the news because...(1/13)

women that I knew, two of which worked for me and were working [and] in school, were homeless, in spite of having multiple jobs and college educations. There is something intrinsically wrong with a system that allows people to live on the street...(2/13)

in one of the most wealthiest countries in the world. I am running because, not just the incumbent, but this entire system is rotten from the core. Understand that I don't think that I'm some miracle worker that's going to change the system...(3/13)

But what I do know is that we were able to create a movement based on the pain that people are feeling and wanting to do something about it. I understand that elected office is not a cure-all...(4/13)

and in fact, I don't believe it's the way that we're going to receive what we are due for being just human beings on this planet. But it is a tool. I implore everyone in the sound of my voice to use that tool on November 3rd, to help us, not me, because I'm a vessel,...(5/13)

to help this energy that has bubbled up into just a beautiful explosion of people power during COVID, in the aftermath of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd. There is an energy that is changing the world right now, and we can take advantage of it and ride that...(6/13)

in to this office and create what we need to create. I, again, do not think that this is how we're going to change the world, but is where we start right here in Oakland, right? There is one progressive council member [Bas] is consistently standing alone to fight for...(7/13)

issues that we all care about. I also want to make it clear that all skin is not kin, but you will not see me fight a Black woman [McElhaney] in this race. I will not do it. What I will do is I will tell the truth about records, about votes, about history, about funders,...(8/13)

about donations and about the practices of this system that corrupt even the most well-intended. We will talk about this. This will be a lesson. Y'all didn't know me for before Mom's House... (9/13)

I was a teacher. I taught little girls. I got my K-8 credentials through Holy Names University, but I have been active in the streets of Oakland for over two decades. So for people who don't think that I'm equipped for this position, maybe you don't know...(10/13)

that I'm an appointed committee member for the Measure KK infrastructure bond for the City of Oakland. Maybe you don't know that I'm a two-time delegate to the Democratic National Convention, or that I'm drafting the platform. Maybe you don't know that I'm a thesis away...(11/13)

from my master's degree in urban education. Maybe you don't know all of the things that I've done for two decades, all the committees that I've sat on, all the positions that I've held, all the accolades that I've received from elected officials....(12/13)

Maybe you don't know, but what you will want to know, what you will want to get on board with is this energy right now. This is our time and we can change things. I hope that you all will stand with me on November 3rd. I love you Oakland." (13/13)

Fife said she has received endorsements from Oakland Firefighters Local 55, Alameda County Labor Council and SEIU 1021.