About Labor Summer
Founded in 2022 and hosted by the UCLA Dream Resource Center, the Labor Summer Fellowship is an annual program that brings together young leaders and community organizations that share a vision for worker justice and labor rights. Student participants are matched with a host organization for an 8-week, full-time fellowship to complete projects that strengthen the intersection between the organization’s social justice mission and labor issues.
Throughout the summer, fellows engage with efforts to align labor rights issues with parallel fights for equity, including but not limited to those impacting queer and transgender communities, Asian and Pacific Islander communities, Black immigrant communities, the ongoing mass incarceration and criminalization of people of color, and health care access for all.
UCLA students are awarded $7,000 in recognition of their participation in the program. Additionally, students receive leadership and professional development training, a certificate of completion, and access to a UC statewide labor summer network.
Labor Summer 2024
Labor Summer opening and closing retreats for 2024 are set to take place in person. Host organizations will have their respective COVID-19 protocols in place and plans for working remotely, hybrid, or in-person. If any changes happen during the course of the fellowship, staff will notify participants immediately to ensure the safety of everyone.
We will do our best to pair fellows with an organization that meets their preference of working remotely, in-person, or hybrid; however, we cannot guarantee accommodations for fellows. Given the developing changes of COVID-19, we expect host organizations to accommodate the safety of our fellows. We will notify participants immediately of any changes.
Labor Summer Dates:
June 20 – June 22, 2024: In-Person Opening Retreat in Los Angeles, CA
June 24 – August 14, 2024: Placement
August 14, 2024: Last Day of Fellows at Host organization
August 15 – 16, 2024: TBA, In-Person Closing Retreat
Host Organization Application
Application Opens: December 18, 2023
Application Deadline: February 16, 2024 at 5:00 PM PT
For Labor Summer 2024, the UCLA Dream Resource Center is seeking to partner with organizations whose mission and work advance worker justice and labor rights. Selected partner organizations should center and uplift the experiences of, but not limited to, undocumented youth, Asian Pacific Islander, Black, Latine, Native American, and LGBTQ communities. UCLA Labor Summer will prioritize host organizations located in the Los Angeles area and Southern California.
The deadline for Labor Summer 2024 has passed; however, if you are interested in becoming a Labor Summer host organization in the future, please contact Labor Summer Coordinator Marisabel Perez at uclalaborsummer@gmail.com.
Fellow Application
Application Opens: January 26, 2024
Application Deadline: February 23, 2024 at 5:00 PM PT
The fellowship is open to all UCLA students, regardless of immigration status (undocumented youth, youth with DACA or TPS, etc., are all welcome to apply). Applicants must be current undergraduate or graduate students at UCLA or graduated from UCLA in 2022 or 2023 to qualify for the fellowship.
UCLA students are awarded $7,000 in recognition of their participation in the program. Additionally, students receive leadership and professional development training, a certificate of completion, and access to a UC statewide labor summer network.
The deadline for Labor Summer 2024 has passed; however, if you are interested in becoming a Labor Summer fellow in the future, please contact Labor Summer Coordinator Marisabel Perez at uclalaborsummer@gmail.com.
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