Welcome to Innovation Tri-Valley's Housing for All podcast's second episode.

In our second episode, host Tim Sbranti, talks with Livermore City Council Member Brittni Kiick* about her history in the Bay Area, the challenges of raising a family, living and working in the area she has experienced first-hand, and how these experiences have influenced and translated into her actions and initiatives to help the Tri-Valley community, and the city of Livermore, tackle the issue of affordable housing.

* Please note, this episode was recorded when Brittni was serving as Vice Mayor of Livermore.

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Brittni Kiick, Livermore City Council Member
Brittni Kiick was elected to Livermore’s City Council in 2020, representing District 3. Before joining the Council, she worked in community service and non-profit organizations, managing collaboration between diverse groups of people. Bringing together diverse communities, finding a common goal, and helping chart a path forward are skills she has practiced in all her community organizing efforts and hopes to put to good use on the Council.

Brittni and her partner, Will, have two children, Cora, age 9, and Max, age 7. In 2015, shortly after Cora was born, Brittni and her young family moved to Livermore, drawn to its beautiful open spaces and vibrant downtown. They’ve been happy to call Livermore their chosen home ever since. In 2016 Brittni started her own photography business in Livermore, which now focuses on brand management for small businesses and nonprofits. In 2017, while 9 months pregnant with her son Max, she was the lead organizer for the Livermore March for Science. Concerned she would go into labor before the event, she mentored a young leader who could step in to take charge of the event. Brittni ended up giving birth just 11 hours before the march and missed it, but it still went off without a hitch under her mentee’s leadership. In 2019, she helped to create the first-ever LGBTQ+ celebration in Livermore. What started as an idea for a small picnic expanded to a 2500+ person event and the formation of the first-ever LGBTQ-focused non-profit in the Tri-Valley.

Prior to moving to Livermore, Brittni served 3 years in AmeriCorps. In 2011, as the AmeriCorps VIP Fellow for the Cal Poly LGBTQ Pride Center, she led educational programs and a peer counseling team and created a volunteer program focused on developing opportunities for mentorship and community growth. From 2012 to 2014, Brittni served as an AmeriCorps Teaching Fellow for Citizen Schools in East Palo Alto. In addition to leading a classroom of 6th through 8th-grade students, her primary role was to act as a liaison between local business professionals and the non-profit. She recruited and trained tech employees, artists, and lawyers to become “Citizen Teachers” who would then mentor middle school students in after-school elective courses. Brittni grew up in Rohnert Park, CA, and earned a B.S. in Psychology from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. When not in Council meetings you can usually find Brittni at one of Livermore’s fantastic parks or libraries with her little ones.