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Promotes Labor 

Education

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Goals• To assist faculty by providing educational resources and helping integrate Labor Studies into the curricula and activities of the nine colleges of LACCD 

• To create and sustain a community of labor educators within LACCD to fulfill DHLI’s vision

• To develop strategic partnerships with Los Angeles communities and the Labor Movement to secure resources to enhance Labor Studies across LACCD

LaborCourses

Measure TotalLabor Courses 31Faculty Involved 13Students Enrolled in Labor Courses 1211

Titles of Some Labor CoursesHistory 81: A History of Working People in the United States 1

Labor Studies 4: Labor in America

Sociology 35: Sociology of Labor

L‐StEPInitiativeLaborStudentsEducatingPeers(ClassProjects)

L‐StEPin2012‐2013Measure Total

L‐StEP Events 13

Faculty involved in L‐StEP 20

Community organizations, labor unions, and educational institutions involved with L‐StEP

16

Students reached as audience through L‐StEP events

1336

L‐StEP:“APIAHeritage&LaborHistoryMonth”Organizedon5/15/13byInst. GraceChee@WLACJohn Chiang ‐ California State ControllerMike Eng – LACCD Board of TrusteesKuniko Nakamura‐Consulate General of Japan in LA

L‐StEP:WalmartWorkersTownhallOrganizedon11/20/12byProf.ZackKnorr@LAVC

• Members of the Our Walmart workers campaign share their stories and struggles with students at LAVC

L‐StEP:PoliticalAwareness:Proposition32Debate

Organizedon10/10/12by

Inst.JoseLopez,Profs.BillLoiterman&EllenJoiner@LAHCRick Marshall – California Republican Assembly

Derek Simpson – National Association of Letter Carriers

L‐StEP:Privatization,PublicEnemy#1Organizedon3/20/13byProf..KristineWright@LASC

• Cheri Honkala ‐Green Party Vice Presidential candidate in 2012

• Daniel Lee – Move to Amend

Voices&Images

Voices&Imagesin2012‐2013

Measure Total

V&I Events 73

Faculty involved in V&I 28

Community organizations, labor unions, and educational institutions involved with V&I

43

Students reached as audience through V&I events

2561

V&I‐March5CityElectionVoterEducation

Organizedon2/26/13byProf.JohnMorales@LAMC

• Rhianon Anderson –League of Women Voters Los Angeles

V&ILaborStudiesGuestSpeakers(Series)OrganizedbyInst.LouSiegel@LATTC

Union leaders discuss their work, careers and unions to aspiring students

Highlights:• Bruce Doering ‐ Executive 

Director, IA600, Fall 2011• Jane Templin – IBEW 11• Tommy Cole  ‐ IATSE 706

V&IEqualPayDayOrganizedon4/10/13by Prof.MonikadelBosque@LAPC

• 9to5: National Organization of Working Women –Educates students on the gender pay gap: 

CollectiveBargainingEducationalProjectin2012‐2013Measure TotalWorkshops 25Faculty involved in V&I 12Students reached through workshops 728

CollectiveBargainingEducationalProject:NLRBUnionElectionSimulation

Organizedon3/4/2013byProf.JoeMeyer@LACC• Linda Tubach ‐ Director, Collective Bargaining Educational Project• In this simulation workshop, students play the roles of hospital workers voting on whether or not to join a union

LaborMonthOrganizedinMay2013@ELAC

byNatalinaMonteiro,KarenRapp,EvelynEscatiola,EileenIe,ArmidaOrnelas,&DHLIStaff

LaborMonth:100YearsofLaborExhibitOrganizedbyKarenRappMay2013@theVincentPriceArtMuseuminELAC

ExhibitprovidedbytheCaliforniaLaborFederation

LaborMonth:Labor,Immigration&EducationOrganizedon5/9/13@ELACbyNatalinaMonteiro,EvelynEscatiola,ArmidaOrnelas

• Kent Wong – Director of the Center for Labor Research & Education, UCLA

• Jose Calderon – Emeritus Professor, Pitzer College

• Michel Felix – ELAC student

LaborMonth:StudentLaborVideoExhibitOrganizedon5/23/13@theVincentPriceArtMuseuminELACby Prof.EileenIe&KarenRapp

SummaryofDHLIAchievementsin2012‐2013

Measure Result

Total Number of  Faculty in Collaboration With 49Total Number of Organizations in Collaboration With 61Total Number of Labor Courses Taught 31Total Number of Events Coordinated 111Total Number of Students Reached 5836*

*This number does not include students reached through transitive audiences of labor educational poster board displays & museum visitors

KentWongDirector,CenterforLaborResearchandEducationUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles

“The Dolores Huerta Labor Institute is continuing to play a vital role within the LA Community College District in strengthening labor education and building relationships between unions and the Community Colleges of Los Angeles.  This is an important part of workforce preparation for our students.    The LACCD has a large number of undocumented immigrant students, and the UCLA Labor Center has been working with the DHLI to outreach to this population of students with educational events, conferences, and informational resources to serve immigrant students and their communities.”   

“The DHLI has been invaluable in providing tools, opportunities and resources for teaching labor to my students. Many of my students felt that the labor panels, projects and video presentations were the highlights of the class. They learned the history and many different contributions of labor from each other. The L‐StEPprogram is an innovative program that truly exemplifies active learning. I want to incorporate this method into other portions of my curriculum. Thanks DHLI.”

Dr. James McKeever,Professor, Sociology

Pierce College

"I learned a great amount of leadership from this specific L‐StEPevent because I had to organize around 50 students. I noticed after I took the lead many students felt empowered to step into different roles they would normally not have. This event not only gave me experience, it gave me contacts with other students that are willing to get involved."

CarlosCortez‐ Student,LAMC

MariaElenaDurazo Secretary‐TreasurerLACountyFederationofLabor

"I felt proud and privileged to play a role in the education of LACCD's remarkable students. Through its L‐StEP initiative, DHLI has devised an impressive and dynamic form of collaboration between students, faculty and the Los Angeles labor community.  I would like to commend DHLI and LACCD for having the initiative, creativity and vision to educate the future of Los Angeles about our labor movement and its long history of struggle for prosperity and justice."