<div dir="ltr">Hi Everyone, <div><br></div><div>I know many of you may have seen this email already, but I wanted to make sure everyone in the department got it. As many of you know, I joined UCR's new <a href="https://ielcc.ucr.edu/" target="_blank">Inland Empire Labor and Community Center</a> last year (where Marissa serves as one of our faculty co-directors). </div><div><br></div><div>We have recently launched both our <a href="https://ielcc.ucr.edu/labor-summer" target="_blank">Labor Summer paid fellowship</a> program and our <a href="https://ielcc.ucr.edu/bill-perez-scholarship" target="_blank">Bill Perez Labor Scholarship</a> applications that will both be due on Monday April 8th. If you could share the information below with your students we would appreciate it. I am also available if you have any questions about these opportunities. </div><div><br></div><div>Best, </div><div>Greg<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">IE Labor & Community Center</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:ielcc@ucr.edu" target="_blank">ielcc@ucr.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Mar 1, 2024 at 11:32 AM<br>Subject: Please Share these opportunities with your students: UCR 2024 Labor Summer and Bill Perez Labor Scholarship Applications Now Open!<br>To: <br></div><br><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_3990933854436058678gmail-docs-internal-guid-f1eafbd1-7fff-cccc-15ac-6ccf93b70f06"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-right:3pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,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">Dear Campus Community, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-right:3pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,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">The Inland Empire Labor and Community Center (IELCC) has two opportunities that we were hoping you could share with your students: Both our </span><a href="http://ielcc.ucr.edu/labor-summer" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Labor Summer</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,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"> program and </span><a href="https://ielcc.ucr.edu/bill-perez-scholarship" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Bill Perez Scholarship</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,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"> are currently accepting applications. Please see the information below to pass along to your undergraduate students who you are either teaching or advising. Additionally, if you are teaching a course this quarter, it is possible our team will be reaching out for a classroom announcement. Please keep an eye out for that email. Both of these opportunities have application deadlines set for April 8, which is the Monday of week 2 of spring quarter. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-right:3pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Labor Summer:</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-right:3pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria,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’s Labor Summer program is a part of the UC Labor Summer program that was launched last year. UCR undergraduate student participants are matched with host organizations primarily based in the Inland Empire for an 8-week, full-time internship in which students work on projects that sit at the intersection of social justice and labor issues. UCR undergraduates who participate in Labor Summer will be awarded $6,400 fellowships in recognition of their participation, which amounts to ~$20/hr. Any UCR undergraduate, including those graduating in Spring 2024, is eligible to apply. Please refer to our website for more details: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria,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"><br></span><a href="https://ielcc.ucr.edu/labor-summer" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://ielcc.ucr.edu/labor-summer</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria,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></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-right:3pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Bill Perez Labor Scholarship</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria,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></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-right:3pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria,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’s Inland Empire Labor and Community Center (IELCC) is proud to partner with the Inland Empire Labor Council to launch the Bill Perez Labor Scholarship. The scholarship is open to any CHASS undergraduate and/or any undergraduate with a Labor Studies Minor. All potential applicants must have a minimum 2.5 GPA. For more information about the scholarship, including information about its namesake, please visit our website: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria,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"><br></span><a href="https://ielcc.ucr.edu/bill-perez-scholarship" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://ielcc.ucr.edu/bill-perez-scholarship</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria,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></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-right:3pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria,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">Thank you for sharing these opportunities with your students. Please see attached flyers that you are welcome to share. Additionally, please forward this to your colleagues who may be able to help us market these opportunities to students.  </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-right:3pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,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">Respectfully,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-right:3pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,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">Cheylynda Barnard </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vert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