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Speakers at the "Celebrating the Hollywood Diversity Report 2026" panel: (L to R) Darnell Hunt, UCLA Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost; Ana-Christina Ramón, Director, UCLA Entertainment and Media Research Initiative (EMRI); Dean Celine Parreñas Shimizu, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT); Steven Canals, writer, co-creator and executive producer of Pose; and Professor Sanjay Sood, UCLA Anderson School of Management / UCLA TFT
Ana Christina Ramón, director of the UCLA Entertainment and Media Research Initiative (EMRI) at the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE)
Left Photo: Damian Dovarganes / AP; Right Photo: Underwood Archives / Getty Images
Activists from across the state support the UFW as they conduct outreach to workers about DALE in Bakersfield, CA. / Photo courtesy of Alejandra Quintero
Workers, unions and allies march at a rally in 2024. / Toby Higbie
Group photo of conference attendees, organizers and facilitators at the 2025 UCLA Strategic Labor Research Conference
Group photo after keynote panel at 2025 Thinking Gender conference. L to R: Saba Waheed, Yesenia DeCasaus, Lorena Lopez Masoumi, Adriana Paz Ramírez, Jennifer Chun, Da In Choi and Katherine Marino