David Price serves as Director of Race & Equity for the Civil + Human Rights and Equity Department (LA Civil Rights). In this role, he leads the Empowerment and Equity team which leads the City’s first Participatory Budgeting process (known as L.A. REPAIR), Peace & Healing Centers, Reparations Advisory Commission as well as employs a policy equity analysis across City programs and policies. David is also an Outreach & Teaching Pastor at Oasis Church LA, in Koreatown.
Prior to joining LA Civil Rights, David served as Senior Area Representative / Southwest Area Representative for Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. He oversaw the Mayor’s Interfaith Collective and Mayor’s Youth Council, as well as organized and delivered City resources to hard-to-reach communities.
David is a native of South Central Los Angeles and earned a bachelor’s degree in Government with minors in African American Studies and Theology from Georgetown University; as well as a Master of Divinity, with a concentration in Religion, Ethics, and Politics, from Harvard University.