<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Students, </div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>We are less than two weeks away from the 2025 Labor Summer Fellowship application deadline! The message includes new information on our <u><b>upcoming virtual informational sessions</b></u>: </div><div><ul><li>Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2:00-3:00 PM</li><li>Thursday, Jan. 30, 2:00-3:00 PM</li><li>Tuesday, Feb. 4, 12:00-1:00 PM</li></ul></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div dir="ltr"><div>Zoom info (same for all sessions):</div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div><a href="https://ucr.zoom.us/j/96660298119?pwd=XG3pvME7IhHZNGj5rVvt0cNbw2l28A.1" target="_blank">https://ucr.zoom.us/j/96660298119?pwd=XG3pvME7IhHZNGj5rVvt0cNbw2l28A.1 </a></div></div><div><div>Meeting ID: 966 6029 8119</div></div><div><div>Passcode: 458158</div></div></blockquote><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div>Chuy Flores</div><div><br></div><div>**** </div><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-right:4.5pt;text-align:center;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:624px;height:208px"><img src="https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXeXJ0w9xD5ILULufveJ_X5PjUBtZNv00AqoaDJS6QgfGPSgEHzWz8m_znnkmtrd1ZiGMEP8xKeDEhriMxiVHrVsroAaEU-TasCwm_bJqy4UwAXx6LKHygXJpENKRdY7-a9JnpanR9sZn4LTH7ysvDM?key=bRF0mtlQTfR7JE3sQfj9xpLn" width="624" height="208" style="outline:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px"></span></span></p><br><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The Inland Empire <span>Labor</span> & Community Center at UCR is now accepting applications for the 2025 <span>Labor Summer</span> Fellowship. </span><a href="https://ielcc.ucr.edu/labor-summer/prospective-fellows" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">APPLY NOW</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> to become a fellow for the 2025 <span>Labor Summer</span> fellowship!</span></h2><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt"><br></span></h2><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt">What is <span>Labor Summer</span>?</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-right:3pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Founded in 2022 and hosted by the </span><a href="https://ielcc.ucr.edu/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Inland Empire <span>Labor</span> and Community Center</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> at UCR, the <span>Labor Summer</span> Fellowship is an annual program that brings together emerging leaders and community organizations who share a vision for worker justice and <span>labor</span> rights. Student participants are matched with a host organization for an 8-week, full-time fellowship to complete projects that strengthen the intersection between the organization’s social justice mission and <span>labor</span> issues. </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Throughout the summer, students will learn the basics of community and <span>labor</span> organizing and get hands-on experience building power with workers and Inland Empire residents. Several <span>Labor Summer</span> alumni have been offered full-time positions after the program and are at the forefront of the <span>labor</span> movement in the Inland Empire and beyond. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-right:4.5pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">UCR students are awarded $7,360 in recognition of their participation in the program. Additionally, students receive leadership and professional development training, a certificate of completion, and access to a UC statewide <span>labor summer</span> network.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-right:4.5pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt"><b>Are you interested in becoming a <span>Labor Summer</span> 2025 fellow?</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-right:4.5pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:12.7pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span>Labor Summer</span> 2025 is open to all UCR upper-division standing undergraduate students regardless of their immigration status. </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Applicants must be current UCR undergraduates in upper-division standing (including seniors graduating at the end of Spring quarter 2025) to qualify for the fellowship. Students in any major interested in worker justice, <span>labor</span> and immigrants rights, and other social justice issues are encouraged to apply! </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We welcome various types of leadership styles and value the diversity of roles that make social justice movements possible.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-right:4.5pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:12.7pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">If you are an organizer, artist, event planner, grant writer, graphic designer, researcher, photographer, social media strategist, public speaker, writer, data analyst, web developer, workshop facilitator, language interpreter or translator, or have any other skills that you would like to utilize to advance a social justice movement, this program is for you. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-right:4.5pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:12.7pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt"><b>When is the deadline to apply?</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-right:4.5pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:12.7pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">The deadline for prospective fellows to apply is </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"><b><font color="#cc0000">February 7th, 2025 at 11:59 PM PDT</font></b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-right:4.5pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:12.7pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt"><b>Will <span>Labor Summer</span> 2025 be in-person, virtual, or hybrid?</b></span></p><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400;vertical-align:baseline"><span>Labor Summer</span> 2025 is set to be an in-person experience. Please review our </span><a href="https://ielcc.ucr.edu/labor-summer" style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal;text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline"><span>Labor Summer</span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400;vertical-align:baseline"> and </span><a href="https://ielcc.ucr.edu/labor-summer/faqs" style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal;text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">FAQ</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400;vertical-align:baseline"> web pages for more information. </span></h2><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Where can you learn more about <span>Labor Summer</span> 2025 and apply?</span></h2><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:decimal;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">To learn more and apply, visit our website </span><a href="https://ielcc.ucr.edu/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Inland Empire <span>Labor</span> & Community Center</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:decimal;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Review the </span><a href="https://ielcc.ucr.edu/document/ucr-labor-summer-student-fellow-application-guide-2025" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Application Guide</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> and </span><a href="https://ielcc.ucr.edu/labor-summer/faqs" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">FAQ</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> page</span></p></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:decimal;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b><font color="#cc0000">*NEW* </font></b><font color="#000000"><b>Join one of our upcoming virtual info sessions:</b>
- Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2:00-3:00 PM<br>- Thursday, Jan. 30, 2:00-3:00 PM<br>- Tuesday, Feb. 4, 12:00-1:00 PM<br></font></span></p><blockquote style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Zoom info (same for all sessions):<br></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://ucr.zoom.us/j/96660298119?pwd=XG3pvME7IhHZNGj5rVvt0cNbw2l28A.1" target="_blank">https://ucr.zoom.us/j/96660298119?pwd=XG3pvME7IhHZNGj5rVvt0cNbw2l28A.1 </a><br></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Meeting ID: 966 6029 8119<br></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Passcode: 458158</span></blockquote><p></p></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:decimal;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:10.5pt;vertical-align:baseline">Contact </span><a href="mailto:ielcc@ucr.edu" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">ielcc@ucr.edu</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:10.5pt;vertical-align:baseline"> with the subject line “<span>Labor Summer</span> 2025” if you have any questions</span></p></li></ol></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><b>Inland Empire Labor & Community Center Team </b><div>University of California, Riverside | 1218 Olmsted </div><div><a href="https://ielcc.ucr.edu/" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">IELCC Website</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> | </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/ielaborandcommunity/" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">IELCC Instagram</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> | </span><a href="https://laborstudies.ucr.edu/" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Labor Studies</span></a></div><div><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4ychi3sIzjVL5QwWQNTm2bcR5CRdnQJmMPc1uCk1_syVUDck6c_Jqzk_2zDlM7n0vdZT_x93dKIM-m9" width="279" height="60" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin-right:0px"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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