MEDIA ADVISORY: Oct. 2, 2026
CONTACT: Emily Jo Wharry, UCLA Labor Center, emilyjowharry@g.ucla.edu, (310) 617-5609
Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026 from 1:00-6:00 PM (RSVP)
UCLA Labor Center to host arts and culture community event celebrating 15th anniversary of immigrant youth fellowship
The event, “Con Amor a Los Angeles,” will feature immigrant and labor rights activists, Latino musical artists, and small business vendors.
MACARTHUR PARK, LOS ANGELES — On Oct. 10, the UCLA Labor Center will host a community event celebrating the 15th anniversary of the UCLA Dream Summer fellowship, a national program that empowers immigrant youth as agents of change through a transformative leadership development space that centers social, economic, and racial justice. Dream Summer has served more than 1,000 alumni—awarding more than $6 million to fellows and partnering with over 265 social justice organizations nationwide. Donations from the event will fund one Dream Summer fellow in the 2027 cohort.
WHAT: Arts and culture community event feat. immigrant rights activists
WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026 from 1:00-6:00 PM
WHERE: UCLA Labor Center, 675 S Park View St, Los Angeles, CA 90057. Click here to RSVP.
WHO:
Featured speakers:
- Pedro Trujillo — Director of Organizing, CHIRLA
- Hugo Romero — Political Director, SEIU 2015; Dream Summer alumnus
- Victor Narro — Project Director, UCLA Labor Center
- Saba Waheed — Director, UCLA Labor Center
- Nancy Meza — Founder of Dream Summer fellowship, immigrant rights activist
- Youth immigrant rights activist, Dream Summer alumnus, and co-founder of Immigrant Justice In Action (IJAC)
Musical artists include:
Nonprofit organizations:
- ACCESS Reproductive Justice, Immigrant Defenders Law Center, Immigrants Rising, immigoLA, LA County Office of Immigrant Affairs
Local vendors:
- Handmade crafts, baked goods, vintage and handmade jewelry, clothing, coffee, art prints
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About the UCLA Labor Center:
Established in 1964, the UCLA Labor Center believes that a public university belongs to the people and advances cutting-edge research, education, and service guided by our core values: economic equity, racial and immigrant justice, and worker power and solidarity. Through our signature approaches and methodology that employ research justice, narrative storytelling, student and leader-to-movement pathways, and culturally and racially responsive evaluation, we partner with workers, unions, worker centers, students, and impacted communities to advance economic justice across California, the nation and globally. Learn more: https://labor.ucla.edu/
