[Sehefac] Congratulations Ellen!

[Juliann Allison]

Thank you for sharing your experience. Nice work, Ellen and Marissa! Wish I
could have been there.

~ Juliann
*Juliann Emmons Allison *
*(she/her/hers)*
*Professor, ​Society, Environment & Health Equity*
*Director, Global Studies Program*
*Faculty Chair, Campus Sustainability Committee*
*Most Recent Publications: *
*​Unsustainable: Amazon, Warehousing, & the Politics of
Exploitation, co-authored with Ellen Reese. University of California
Press.​**"What Happens when Amazon Comes to Town: Environmental Impacts,
Local Economies, and Resistance in Inland Southern California." The Cost of
Free Shipping: Amazon in the Global Economy, pp. 176-193.** Ed. by Jake
Alimahomed-Wilson and Ellen Reese Pluto Press, 2020. **"The Energy Politics
of the United States." Handbook of Energy Politics​, co-edited
with​ Kathleen J. Hancock. Oxford University Press, 2020.*


On Sat, Aug 17, 2024 at 4:11 PM Chikako Takeshita via Sehefac <
sehefac at lists.ucr.edu> wrote:

> 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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