Independent candidate Gabrielle Sharp runs for ASUC Senate Gabrielle Sharp, a UC Berkeley sophomore, is running independently for ASUC Senate on a platform focused on reinvesting in the community, bridging the divide between campus and city residents and serving the queer and transgender people of color community. Sharp has been strongly involved in various campus organizations related to her platform, including the Black Student Union and the Black Recruitment and Retention Center. A passionate community organizer, Sharp hopes to uplift students’ progressive voices if elected. “I believe that running for ASUC senate* gives a students a platform,” Sharp said in an email. “I want to use that platform to uplift not only the student communities I belong to as a queer Black woman, but also to uplift the greater community in berkeley.”