Renee Price

FULL NAME was born in Rochester, New York, and lives in North Carolina. Price earned a B.A. in urban studies from Tufts University and a master's in regional planning from Cornell University. Her career experience includes co-founding Free Spirit Freedom, a cultural arts initiative. Price also served as the chair of the Orange County Board of County Commissioners in Orange County, North Carolina, and as the president of the North Carolina Association of Black County Officials. Price also became a board member of the North Carolina Black Alliance.[1][2]

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Born in Rochester, NY, I was raised in a family and environment that valued education, the arts, equality, civil rights, and justice. My mother was a businesswoman with her own salon, and my father was the first African American police officer in the city. I attended both public and private schools; as my father said, “knowledge is the one thing they can’t take away from you.”

After high school, I earned a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from Tufts University majoring in urban affairs, and a Master of Regional Planning from Cornell University with concentrations in city development planning, and environmental planning and design. I also studied at Colgate-Rochester Divinity School in the Master of Arts program.

Whether in NY, NC and AL, I have focused on urban and rural life. My employment has included: housing director for an inner-city neighborhood, assistant project manager for an office of environmental impact, grant writer for a pro bono law firm on Black land loss, conservation council coordinator, director of a forestry program for Black landowners, and manager of government relations for a mentoring program.

In 2012, I was elected to the Orange County Board of County Commissioners, re-elected in 2016, and in 2020. During my tenure,I have supported community members in closing a landfill, paving an access road, building affordable housing, improving school facilities, and preserving farms and agriculture. Currently, I am in my second year as Chair.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

The Right to Vote and the Right to Representation. Our foremothers and forefathers fought, bled, and died in the valiant effort to claim the right to vote for themselves and for us. In no way can we let their efforts be in vain. As the District 50 Representative in the NC House, I will rise up, speak out, and, as the late John Lewis said, “get in good trouble” to protect and assure our right to the ballot and our right for representation.A Sound Basic Education from Pre-K to Community College. I believe our state legislature has a responsibility to help fulfill the promise of a sound, basic education by investing in our students, school facilities, early childhood education, public school teachers and staff, and community colleges.Infrastructure for a Robust Economy--broadband, workforce housing, and transportation I will seek to open doors so that the people of Orange and Caswell Counties have access to career- oriented jobs, opportunities for rural economic development, and inclusion in the economic wealth of this state.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Criminal justice reform.

Healthcare for all, including mental, physical and behavioral health.

Human rights, Civil rights and Women's rights, including a woman's right to choose..

Climate change mitigation and Environmental justice.

Tax reform.