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A community celebration is being held tomorrow in honor of Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan, who died after being struck and killed by a vehicle in Alameda last month.
The free event will be at 2 p.m. on Wednesday (Dec. 8) in the Oakland Museum of California garden at 1000 Oak St. in Oakland.
Chan died in a collision on the morning of Nov. 3 after decades of public service. In 1994, she was the first Asian-American to be elected to the county Board of Supervisors, then served in the State Assembly from 2000 to 2006, including a stint as Assembly majority leader, before being re-elected to the Board of Supervisors in 2010.
Family members, friends and colleagues will speak at tomorrow's event and there will be a performance by the Oakland Youth Chorus. People are asked to RSVP ahead of time at http://tinyurl.com/ChanLegacyEventRSVP if they plan to attend in-person, where masks are required. The event will also be streamed online at https://district3.acgov.org/.
Supervisor Dave Brown, Chan's former chief of staff who was appointed to her supervisor seat following the untimely death, said in a statement that she "dedicated her life to public service, and in doing so left a remarkable legacy for current and future generations. We warmly invite members of the community to join us in remembering and honoring Wilma and the lasting impact of her work."
