12 Facts About Cat Brooks

Cat Brooks is an American activist, playwright, poet and theater artist.

Cat Brooks was a mayoral candidate in Oakland's 2018 election.

In 2002, Brooks joined the nonprofit organization Community Coalition, where she focused on issues of education and racial justice.

Cat Brooks co-founded the Anti Police-Terror Project and served as the executive director for the Bay Area National Lawyers Guild.

Cat Brooks became an organizer for the Black Lives Matter movement.

In 2015, Cat Brooks was arrested protesting Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf's ban on night-time marches on public roadways.

In 2018, Cat Brooks was a candidate for mayor of Oakland, running against the incumbent, Libby Schaaf.

Cat Brooks's campaign involved collaborative assembly meetings intended to gather public feedback on local policies.

Cat Brooks's one-woman show Tasha is loosely based on Natasha McKenna, who was tasered to death in police custody.

Cat Brooks was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, to a black father and a white mother.

Cat Brooks's mother was an anti-nuclear activist who took her to protests as a child.

Cat Brooks and Rasheed Shabazz were lead plaintiffs in a landmark Privacy violation and restoration Class-action lawsuit against Thompson-Reuters, 3:21-cv-01418-EMC-KAW.