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Maria Elena Durazo-Chair

Vice President for Immigration, Civil Rights & Diversity, UNITE-HERE

Maria Elena Durazo is the Vice President for Immigration, Civil Rights & Diversity for UNITE-HERE. She was elected to serve as Executive Secretary-Treasurer …read more.

Rusty Hicks

Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor

Rusty Hicks is the Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO (Federation). His election to the post …read more.

Kent Wong – Secretary

Director, UCLA Center for Labor Research & Education

Kent Wong is the director of the UCLA Labor Center, where he teaches courses in labor studies and Asian American studies. He …read more.

Sonya Clark

Community Health Education Advocate, The Children’s Clinic in Long Beach

Sonya Clark is a Community Health Education Advocate with The Children’s Clinic in Long Beach and served as a community organizer with …read more.

Peter Dreier

Professor of Politics, Director of Urban & Environmental Policy Program, Occidental College

Peter Dreier is the Dr. E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics, and director of the Urban and Environmental Policy Department, at Occidental …read more.

Cindy Ensworth

Regional Organizer for the California Teachers Association

Cindy Ensworth is a Regional Organizer for the California Teachers Association and has been a union activist for nearly forty years. Cindy …read more.

John Grant

Secretary-Treasurer UFCW Local 770

John Grant is Secretary-Treasurer of UFCW Local 770. He has been an active 770 union member since 1976. John worked as a …read more.

Eddie Iny

Assistant Director, Organization United for Respect at Walmart (OUR Walmart)

Eddie is the Assistant Director for OUR Walmart. Previously, he served as the Assistant Director of the Making Change at Walmart …read more.

Marvin Kropke

Business Manager, IBEW Local 11

Manuel Pastor

Professor of Geography, USC

Dr. Manuel Pastor is Professor of American Studies & Ethnicity at the University of Southern California where he also serves as Director …read more.

David Pettit

Senior Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council

David Pettit is director of NRDC's Southern California air program in Santa Monica and an experienced trial and appellate lawyer. Since joining …read more.

Angelica Salas

Executive Director, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles

Angelica Salas is the Director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA). Since becoming CHIRLA's Director in 1999, …read more.

Sabrina Smith

Deputy Director, California Calls

Danny Tabor

Former City Councilmember and Mayor of Inglewood

Manny Valenzuela

Western Region Organizing Director
International Brotherhood of Teamsters

Thomas Walsh

President, UNITE HERE! Local 11

Thomas Walsh worked in the hotel and food service industry as a banquet server, bartender and front desk clerk. He first became …read more.

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