| 词条 | Aja Brown |
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| name = Aja Brown | image = Aja Brown 0021.jpg | alt = Aja Brown | caption = | office = 18th Mayor of Compton, California | term_start = July 2, 2013 | term_end = | predecessor = Eric J. Perrodin | successor = | party = Democratic | birth_name = Aja Lena Clinkscale | nationality = American | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|04|17|mf=y}} | birth_place = Altadena, California U.S. | occupation = Community Development Professional | residence = Compton, California U.S. | alma_mater = University of Southern California | religion = Baptist | spouse = Van Brown (m. 2003) | website = {{URL|comptoncity.org/}} }}Aja Lena Brown (born April 17, 1982)[1] is an American politician who currently serves as Mayor of Compton, California. She won the election, defeating both incumbent mayor Eric J. Perrodin and former mayor Omar Bradley.[2][3] In 2018, she announced a run for the United States House of Representatives in California's 44th congressional district.[4] Early lifeBrown was born Aja Lena Clinkscale in Altadena, California, to mother Brenda Jackson, who worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and raised the family as a single mother.[1] Brown's parents divorced when she was young.[3] She has a fraternal twin brother named Jonathan Clinkscale, who played football at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[5][6] Brown's mother grew up in East Compton.[2][7] In 2000, Brown graduated from John Muir High School in Pasadena, where she was senior class president and played varsity volleyball.[3][5] In 2004, Brown graduated from University of Southern California, where she received a full academic scholarship, with a bachelor's degree in Policy, Planning & Development that included public policy, urban planning and development. In 2005, she earned a master's degree in Master of Planning & Development, which included urban planning with a concentration in economic development.[8] The subject of her master's thesis was an analysis of the 2004 failed development of a Walmart supercenter in Inglewood.[3] CareerIn 2004, while attending USC, Brown began working for the City of Gardena, California as an Economic Development Analyst. Brown graduated in 2004 with a bachelor's degree in public policy, urban planning and development. A year later in 2005, she earned a master's degree in urban planning with a concentration in economic development.[8] In 2006, Brown began working for the City of Inglewood, California as an Urban Planner. In 2007, she served a term as a Planning Commissioner for the City of Pasadena, then resigned in 2009 to join Compton's Redevelopment Agency as a Redevelopment Project Manager, focusing her efforts on revitalizing the emergent City of Compton. She was responsible for creating community benefits legislation, initiating community-led downtown revitalization action committees, overseeing the Agency’s urban planning and economic development initiatives. Brown also created and implemented Compton’s Apprentice Program designed to create jobs for local residents on city-funded or assisted capital improvement projects.[9] In 2011, Brown co-founded the Urban Vision Community Development Corporation, a non-profit organization in Compton dedicated to community economic and youth development. Brown has also developed several re-branding programs that have achieved success in various cities, and she was awarded the "Best 2012 Communicator Design Award" for her "Yes!" campaign for the City of Compton. She has been instrumental in marketing Compton's buyer's program for first-time home buyers, as well as programs to attract expertise in land use and transportation.[2][10] 2013-present: Compton Mayor2012 mayoral electionHaving worked as a city employee for Compton, Brown decided in October 2012 to introduce what she called her "New Vision for Compton". A newcomer to politics, she defeated 12 candidates, including former mayor Omar Bradley and the incumbent mayor Eric J. Perrodin, to become the youngest mayor of Compton at age 31.[2][10] 12-point strategy planMayor Brown has launched a "12-Point Plan" designed to strategically advance the city of Compton. During Brown’s tenure as a city employee, she recognized that the essential components needed to foster a healthy, thriving city were either outdated or non-existent. Addressing existing problems on multiple fronts, including youth development, infrastructure, working with educational coalitions and economic development, she says she has made her "12-Point Plan" accessible for the residents to follow along with the progress of the city.[11] Decrease in violence and crimeIn 2014, Brown began reaching out to Compton Bloods and Crips gang leaders through former members to negotiate peace. She uses conflict mitigation instead of heavy policing. Since the gangs started regular meetings, violent activity and crime was reduced by about 65 percent compared to the all-time high some 25 years ago.[12][13] Personal lifeBrown is married to Van Brown, a Petrochemical Safety Manager, whom she met and began dating in high school. Van Brown is a former University of Southern California football player.[14] Brown and her husband moved to Compton in 2009.[2] She and her husband are members of Faith Inspirational Missionary Baptist Church, where they work in community outreach programs.[9] In 1973, nine years before Brown's birth, her maternal grandmother, Lena Young, a nurse, was raped and murdered in a home invasion in Compton that is an unsolved homicide to this day.[2][3] Brown's first name comes from the Steely Dan song, "Aja," the title track of the 1977 record, Aja, because it was a favorite of Brown's mother.[6] References1. ^1 {{cite web|title=Aja Lena Clinkscale - California Birth Index|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VL7F-DQQ|website=FamilySearch|accessdate=15 August 2016|date=17 April 1982}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite news|last1=Aleksander|first1=Irina|title=The Unsinkable Aja Brown: Aja Brown Wants to Turn Compton Into the "New Brooklyn"|url=http://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a26180/the-unsinkable-aja-brown/|accessdate=15 August 2016|work=Elle|date=23 January 2015}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news|last1=McDonald|first1=Patrick Range|title=Can Aja Brown, Compton's Hip, Refreshing Reform Mayor, Turn This Woeful City Around?|url=http://www.laweekly.com/news/can-aja-brown-comptons-hip-refreshing-reform-mayor-turn-this-woeful-city-around-2614492|accessdate=15 August 2016|work=LA Weekly|date=18 July 2013}} 4. ^{{cite news|last1=O'Connor|first1=Lydia|title=Compton Mayor Aja Brown Announces Run For Congress|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/compton-mayor-aja-brown-congress-race_us_5aa16539e4b0e9381c167a5e|accessdate=8 March 2018|work=Huffington Post|date=8 March 2018}} 5. ^1 {{cite web|title=Football: Jonathan Clinkscale, Defensive Line Coach|url=http://www.oxyathletics.com/sports/fball/2010-11/coaches/jonathanclinkscale?view=bio|website=Oxy Athletics|publisher=Occidental College|accessdate=15 August 2016}} 6. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Ephron|first1=Amy|title=You Can Call Her Mayor Brown: How Aja Brown Is Transforming the City of Compton|url=http://www.vogue.com/872905/you-can-call-her-mayor-brown-how-aja-brown-is-transforming-the-city-of-compton/#1|accessdate=15 August 2016|work=Vogue|date=9 September 2015}} 7. ^{{cite news|last1=Jennings|first1=Angel|last2=Sewell|first2=Abby|title=Compton's mayoral choice: old guard or new blood?|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jun/01/local/la-me-compton-election-20130602|accessdate=15 August 2016|work=Los Angeles Times|date=1 June 2013}} 8. ^1 {{cite web|title=Elected Officials: Aja Brown, Mayor|url=http://www.comptoncity.org/officials/mayor/default.asp|website=City of Compton|accessdate=15 August 2016}} 9. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Carroll|first1=Rory|title=Aja Brown, Compton's new mayor: 'I see it as a new Brooklyn'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/15/aja-brown-compton-new-mayor-sees-brooklyn|accessdate=15 August 2016|work=The Guardian|date=15 October 2013}} 10. ^1 {{cite news|title=Mayor Aja Brown delivers ‘State of the City’ address, Friday|url=http://comptonherald.com/mayor-aja-brown-delivers-state-of-the-city-address-friday/|accessdate=15 August 2016|work=Compton Herald|date=5 July 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706080420/http://comptonherald.com/mayor-aja-brown-delivers-state-of-the-city-address-friday/|archivedate=6 July 2015}} 11. ^{{cite news|last1=Hicks|first1=Jonathan|title=Aja Brown: A History-Making Mayor in Compton|url=http://www.bet.com/news/national/2014/03/18/aja-brown-a-history-making-mayor-in-compton.html|accessdate=15 August 2016|work=BET|date=18 March 2014}} 12. ^{{cite news|last1=Allen|first1=Nick|title=Straight into Compton: house prices soar as murderous gangs reach truce|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11313948/Straight-into-Compton-house-prices-soar-as-murderous-gangs-reach-truce.html|accessdate=15 August 2016|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=26 December 2014}} 13. ^{{cite news|last1=Fellows, Jr.|first1=Jarrette|title=Mayor Aja Brown unfurls some surprises at Compton city address|url=http://comptonherald.com/mayor-aja-brown-unfurls-some-surprises-at-compton-city-address/|accessdate=15 August 2016|work=Compton Herald|date=15 July 2015}} 14. ^{{cite web|title=Football: Van Brown Bio|url=http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/brown_van00.html|website=USC Trojans|publisher=University of Southern California|accessdate=15 August 2016}} External links
before = Eric J. Perrodin | title = Mayor of Compton, California | years = 2013-present| after = Incumbent }}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Aja}} 14 : Mayors of Compton, California|African-American mayors|African-American women in politics|African-American people in California politics|American urban planners|Women urban planners|California Democrats|Women mayors of places in California|USC Sol Price School of Public Policy alumni|Twin people from the United States|21st-century American politicians|21st-century American women politicians|1982 births|Living people |
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