Seneca Scott is an organizer, advocate, and Oakland community leader who has spent over 20 years fighting for working families, neighborhood resilience, and government accountability. After moving to Oakland in 2012 as East Bay Director for SEIU Local 1021, he quickly fell in love with the city's independent spirit and took action to bring its people together.
Through initiatives like Bottoms Up Community Gardens and Oakhella, Seneca has championed grassroots solutions that empower local residents. His Neighbors Together Oakland (NTO) movement has grown into a citywide force, demanding real action on crime, homelessness, and government transparency—issues that drove his 2022 mayoral run, which gained national attention for its no-nonsense, pragmatic approach to fixing Oakland’s biggest challenges.
A Cornell-educated labor leader, farmer, cook, and chess enthusiast, Seneca believes in bottom-up change, not top-down politics. His focus remains on building safe, thriving communities by organizing around the issues that matter most.
