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Announcements, Strategic Research Chris Zepeda-Millán is the Strategic Research Lab's faculty director. Zepeda-Míllan has been leading all aspects of this new area of focus at UCLA's IRLE. / Mary Braswell UCLA’s new Strategic Research Lab will train researchers for the common good November 12, 2024	Labor Studies Robin D.G. Kelley, March 2019. Edited graphic by UCLA Labor Studies, original photo by Madelene Cronjé. Robin D.G. Kelley to teach UCLA Labor Studies’ nonviolence and social movements class November 4, 2024	Announcements, Institute News, Staff Spotlight UCLA IRLE staff picks– fall 2024 November 1, 2024
Labor Studies Elizbeth Espinoza, Jollene Levid and Chris Zepeda-Millan (left to right) at the Filipinos that Strike event held at UTLA headquarters. / Labor Studies “Filipinos that Strike”: Inside the UCLA labor studies oral history project event October 28, 2024	Announcements, Labor Studies UCLA labor studies announces t-shirt contest October 11, 2024	Labor Studies The annual event allows students to meet labor studies faculty and staff and student groups in a dynamic, welcoming setting. Photo by: UCLA Labor Studies UCLA Labor Studies welcomes students to new academic year at annual open house event October 11, 2024
Announcements, Institute News, Staff Spotlight Meet UCLA IRLE’s 2024 Visiting Scholars cohort October 9, 2024	Labor Studies The new scholars will bring new research and courses that expand upon the program's current areas of expertise. UCLA Labor Studies welcomes new scholars September 27, 2024	Labor Studies Remembering the legacy of Reverend James Lawson Jr. September 20, 2024
Labor Studies UCLA Labor Summer Research Program 2024 Cohort. Photo by: UCLA Labor Studies UCLA Labor Summer Research Program 2024 Unveils Insights on Balancing Work and Education August 28, 2024	Labor Studies Students of LS136M “Working Families and Educational Inequalities in Urban Schools” taught know-your-worker-rights lessons to middle and high school students. / Jazmin Rivera Labor Studies Undergraduate Students Become Leaders in the Classroom August 20, 2024	Labor Studies Saba Waheed, Kate Bronfenbrenner, May Kyi Laura Blum-Smith and Roxana Tynan (left to right) spoke on "The Future of Strategic Labor Research" panel. / Reed Hutchinson UCLA Strategic Labor Research Conference unites a diverse coalition of researchers and activists August 9, 2024
Labor Studies Students presented an array of research at the SOHA conference held from May 31 to June 3. /Photo by Virginia Espino Labor Studies students bring ‘memory, resistance, and radical futures’ research to oral history conference July 29, 2024	Labor Studies UCLA Labor Summer Research Program 2022 Team. Photo by: UCLA Labor Studies “Remapping Realities: Balancing School, Work, Financial Pressures, and Well-Being” July 8, 2024	Labor Studies UTLA President Cecily Myart-Cruz delivered the keynote address at UCLA’s Covel Commons. UTLA’s Cecily Myart-Cruz to labor studies class of 2024: ‘The movement is now placed at your feet’ June 24, 2024
Labor Studies Aragon is one of two selected Labor Studies Commencement speakers and will address the class of 2024 next Saturday, June 15. / Photo provided by Micaela Aragon Labor Studies Commencement Speaker Spotlight: Micaela Aragon June 7, 2024	Labor Studies Students presented an array of labor studies research at the Labor@UCLA Research Showcase held on May 24. The event formed part of UCLA's Undergraduate Research Week. /Composite by Marcos Ruiz Rojas Labor@UCLA Research Showcase 2024 May 30, 2024	Labor Studies Labor studies graduates reflect on their undergraduate experience and hopes for the future May 30, 2024
Labor Studies Project Director for Labor and Community Partnerships Kent Wong speaking at the community rally held at UCLA’s Ackerman Union on April 24. Photo by: UCLA Labor Studies UCLA Labor Studies co-hosts UFW labor rally for farmworkers May 17, 2024	Director Messages, Statements Message from IRLE Director and Labor Studies Chair on the recent shocking, deeply unsettling events May 2, 2024	Black Workers, Interview, Racial Equity Freedom Fellow Cade Johnson Community Advocacy and Learning: Cade Johnson’s Journey with the Freedom Fellowship April 29, 2024

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Announcements, Strategic Research Chris Zepeda-Millán is the Strategic Research Lab's faculty director. Zepeda-Míllan has been leading all aspects of this new area of focus at UCLA's IRLE. / Mary Braswell UCLA’s new Strategic Research Lab will train researchers for the common good November 12, 2024	Labor Studies Robin D.G. Kelley, March 2019. Edited graphic by UCLA Labor Studies, original photo by Madelene Cronjé. Robin D.G. Kelley to teach UCLA Labor Studies’ nonviolence and social movements class November 4, 2024
Announcements, Institute News, Staff Spotlight UCLA IRLE staff picks– fall 2024 November 1, 2024	Labor Studies Elizbeth Espinoza, Jollene Levid and Chris Zepeda-Millan (left to right) at the Filipinos that Strike event held at UTLA headquarters. / Labor Studies “Filipinos that Strike”: Inside the UCLA labor studies oral history project event October 28, 2024
Announcements, Labor Studies UCLA labor studies announces t-shirt contest October 11, 2024	Labor Studies The annual event allows students to meet labor studies faculty and staff and student groups in a dynamic, welcoming setting. Photo by: UCLA Labor Studies UCLA Labor Studies welcomes students to new academic year at annual open house event October 11, 2024
Announcements, Institute News, Staff Spotlight Meet UCLA IRLE’s 2024 Visiting Scholars cohort October 9, 2024	Labor Studies The new scholars will bring new research and courses that expand upon the program's current areas of expertise. UCLA Labor Studies welcomes new scholars September 27, 2024
Labor Studies Remembering the legacy of Reverend James Lawson Jr. September 20, 2024	Labor Studies UCLA Labor Summer Research Program 2024 Cohort. Photo by: UCLA Labor Studies UCLA Labor Summer Research Program 2024 Unveils Insights on Balancing Work and Education August 28, 2024
Labor Studies Students of LS136M “Working Families and Educational Inequalities in Urban Schools” taught know-your-worker-rights lessons to middle and high school students. / Jazmin Rivera Labor Studies Undergraduate Students Become Leaders in the Classroom August 20, 2024	Labor Studies Saba Waheed, Kate Bronfenbrenner, May Kyi Laura Blum-Smith and Roxana Tynan (left to right) spoke on "The Future of Strategic Labor Research" panel. / Reed Hutchinson UCLA Strategic Labor Research Conference unites a diverse coalition of researchers and activists August 9, 2024
Labor Studies Students presented an array of research at the SOHA conference held from May 31 to June 3. /Photo by Virginia Espino Labor Studies students bring ‘memory, resistance, and radical futures’ research to oral history conference July 29, 2024	Labor Studies UCLA Labor Summer Research Program 2022 Team. Photo by: UCLA Labor Studies “Remapping Realities: Balancing School, Work, Financial Pressures, and Well-Being” July 8, 2024
Labor Studies UTLA President Cecily Myart-Cruz delivered the keynote address at UCLA’s Covel Commons. UTLA’s Cecily Myart-Cruz to labor studies class of 2024: ‘The movement is now placed at your feet’ June 24, 2024	Labor Studies Aragon is one of two selected Labor Studies Commencement speakers and will address the class of 2024 next Saturday, June 15. / Photo provided by Micaela Aragon Labor Studies Commencement Speaker Spotlight: Micaela Aragon June 7, 2024
Labor Studies Students presented an array of labor studies research at the Labor@UCLA Research Showcase held on May 24. The event formed part of UCLA's Undergraduate Research Week. /Composite by Marcos Ruiz Rojas Labor@UCLA Research Showcase 2024 May 30, 2024	Labor Studies Labor studies graduates reflect on their undergraduate experience and hopes for the future May 30, 2024
Labor Studies Project Director for Labor and Community Partnerships Kent Wong speaking at the community rally held at UCLA’s Ackerman Union on April 24. Photo by: UCLA Labor Studies UCLA Labor Studies co-hosts UFW labor rally for farmworkers May 17, 2024	Director Messages, Statements Message from IRLE Director and Labor Studies Chair on the recent shocking, deeply unsettling events May 2, 2024