[Sehefac] Congratulations Ellen!

[Chikako Takeshita]

Hi SEHE colleagues,

Kim and I witnessed last night the amazing accomplishments of the IE Labor
and Community Center that Ellen Reese and Marrisa Brookes Co-Faculty-Direct
at its celebration party at the Union of Domestic Workers auditorium.
I missed the first hour, but the second hour was very exciting!
About a dozen UCR students who interned with various EJ and Labor
organizations this summer received their certificates. Three UCR students
received the Bill Perez scholarship. California State Representative Eloise
Gómez Reyes took the podium and expressed appreciation for the students and
UCR IELCC's work on nurturing young leaders in our community.
Congressperson Mark Takano was equally enthusiastic, especially about the
importance of labor for the country. Andrea Viduarre, the 2024 Goldman
Environmental Prize
<https://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/andrea-vidaurre/> winner for her
grassroots organizing work on passing groundbreaking regulations that would
shift diesel-powered trucks and railroads to zero-emission fleets, gave an
inspiring keynote speech. The room was packed with the students' families
and community organizers and members. It was a very powerful event!

I was so impressed that I am at a loss for words!  So I will just say,
congratulations Ellen and thank you for all the work you do!!

Chikako

Chikako Takeshita (she/her)
Associate Professor
Department of Society, Environment, and Health Equity
University of California, Riverside
The Global Biopolitics of the IUD (MIT Press)
<https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/global-biopolitics-iud>
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