I’m writing to endorse Briana Spencer for Pendleton School Board Position 7.

Briana is an amazing individual with an obvious deep love for her community. She’s demonstrated strong leadership in her work and community outreach, bringing people together across our unique region of Eastern Oregon and Washington. Her dedication to equity and representation of everyone in the Pendleton community is inspirational.

I know that if she were living in my community, I would want to see her as a leader on my children’s school board, because I could trust Briana to do what is right to support students and education that is respectful to everyone.

Elizabeth “Liz” Vann-Clark

Richland, Washington

The East Oregonian does not run endorsements of more than 400 words.

The East Oregonian will institute a deadline for letters to the editor, so we can be fair with all the letters we receive and allow for responses before Election Day, if necessary.

We run local letters of endorsement on a first-come, first-served basis. Please submit your endorsement letters to the editor by 5 p.m. on Friday, May 7. You can email them to editor@eastoregonian.com, or mail them to East Oregonian, c/o Andrew Cutler, 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton, OR 97801.

We will publish our last letters on Saturday, May 15. Any letters received after the deadline will not run. Election Day is May 18.