East Palo Alto Community Archive, Pete McCloskey, Tom Fletcher, Carmaleit Oakes, Warren Hayman, Sharifa Wilson, East Palo Alto Citizens Committee for Incorporation (EPACCI), SMC Local Agency Formation Commision (LAFCo), Floating Crap Game, Hewlett Foundation Neighborhood Improvement Initiative, Barbara Mouton, Frank J. Omowale Satterwhite, Bob Hoover, Brad Stamper, Hugh Burroughs
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Interview of Frank J. Omowale Satterwhite by Meda Okelo. Topics include: volunteering in EPA in 1967 through the Stanford Black Student Union; first impressions of EPA; helping to create Nairobi College with Bob Hoover and others; getting involved in government to push for incorporation; experience on the Municipal Council; Bob Hoover and Floating Crap Game; Warren Hayman; other notable people; leading the East Palo Alto Citizens Committee for Incorporation (EPACCI); detailing of the process for incorporation; why there was opposition; challenges faced by first City Council; lack of economic development and rise in crime; Mayor Sharifa Wilson and Council’s plan to solve crime; his role in the Hewlett Foundation’s Neighborhood Improvement Initiative in EPA in 2000; growing racial tensions from 2015-2025; Bloomhouse starting EPACA; his thoughts on the future of EPA; final thoughts on incorporation; and other topics.