<div dir="ltr">Just sharing this information about the upcoming PODER fundraising banquet. <br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Emmanuel Aguilar-Ampudia</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:emmanuel.aguilarampudia@email.ucr.edu">emmanuel.aguilarampudia@email.ucr.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, May 14, 2024 at 11:48 AM<br>Subject: Invitation to PODER Fundraising Banquet 5/17<br>To: <br>Cc: PODER At UCR <<a href="mailto:poderatucr@gmail.com">poderatucr@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="times new roman, serif">Dear esteemed UCR faculty member,</font></div><div><br></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif">I wanted to reach out to you and extend my most formal invitation to attend our <span style="text-align:justify;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">Providing Opportunities, Dreams, and Education in Riverside (PODER) at the University of California, Riverside's 11th annual fundraising event, </span><span style="text-align:justify;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline">“Keeping Dreams Alive”: Investing in the Dream </span><span style="text-align:justify;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">Banquet on <b>Friday</b></span><span style="text-align:justify;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><b>,</b></span><span style="text-align:justify;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline"> May 17</span><span style="text-align:justify;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="vertical-align:super">th</span></span><span style="text-align:justify;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">, 2024. </span><span style="text-align:justify;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">The event is scheduled to take place in the Highlander Union Building Banquet Room (355) from 7:00 pm-10:00 pm, with tickets priced at $30.00 each. </span></font></div><div><span id="m_-5638124515121607286m_-6480523131006786161m_4381349834951013123m_-320548245016943501gmail-docs-internal-guid-200c9ac0-7fff-b042-6d56-0a692faaa47a"><font face="times new roman, serif"><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">PODER is a student-led organization dedicated to disseminating information, developing resources, and providing a support network for undocumented students pursuing higher education. Throughout the years we have committed ourselves to providing information and resources to the Riverside community and UCR campus. This year has been monumental including major accomplishments like the Dreaming of a Higher Education Conference for high school students in the Fall, Immigrant Awareness week with record number engagement as well as monumental advocating for the Opportunities 4 All Campaign. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="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></p><p style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="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 cannot attend, we would greatly appreciate you sharing the donation link with your network to help us fundraise for undocumented student scholarships.</span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://givebutter.com/PODER24" style="background-color:transparent" target="_blank">https://givebutt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</div><br clear="all"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Ellen Reese<div>Professor and Acting Vice Chair, Department of Society, Environment, and Health Equity (<a href="https://sehe.ucr.edu/" target="_blank">https://sehe.ucr.edu/</a>)</div><div>Chair of Labor Studies (<a href="http://laborstudies.ucr.edu/" target="_blank">laborstudies.ucr.edu</a>)<br></div><div>Faculty Co-Director of the Inland Empire Labor & Community Center (<a href="http://ielcc.ucr.edu" target="_blank">ielcc.ucr.edu</a>)</div><div>UC-Riverside</div></div><div><br></div><div><b>Most recent books </b></div><div><div><i>Unsustainable: Amazon, Warehousing, and the Politics of Exploitation</i> (with Juliann Emmons Allison, UC Press, 2023)</div><div><div><a href="https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520388383/unsustainable" target="_blank">https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520388383/unsustainable</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><i>The Cost of Free Shipping: Amazon in the Global Economy</i>, co-edited with Jake Alimahomed-Wilson (Pluto Press, 2020; Winner of UALE's <span style="color:black;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt">Best Book Related to Labor Education Award, 2020-2021)</span></div><div><div><a href="https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745341484/the-cost-of-free-shipping/" target="_blank">https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745341484/the-cost-of-free-shipping/</a><b><br></b></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div></div></div></div></div>