Policy and Campaigns
This campaign is one of the ongoing campaigns to get ________ Black workers city-based, stable employment
What is 1000 Strong?
This California State Senator is a co-founder of the LA Black Workers Center
Who is Lola Smallwood-Cuevas
The LA Black Worker Center is in the __________ district for the city, whose city council member is __________
What is the 8th district, and who is Marqueece Harris-Dawson
These two wonderful people serve as the co-executive directors for the LA BWC, both starting in 2019
Who are LaTonya and Janel?
This campaign helped to ensure that there will be Black participation in publically funded construction projects
What is the Community Compliance Monitoring Project?
The LA Black worker's center fiscally sponsors this entity that brings Black workers from the Inland Empire, San Diego, and Los Angeles together to build power
What is the Southern California Black Worker Hub
The #LocalEnforcementNow Campaign, co-led by the LA BWC and the Institute of Popular Education in Southern California, led to the development of this department in the City of Los Angeles in 2019
What is the The Civil + Human Rights and Equity Department?
Even though the LABWC is an organizing, power-building group, this program was created to support Black community members who are seeking employment
What is Ready 2 Work?
This campaign, co-sponsored by the LABWC and at the time Senator Holly Mitchell, passed state policy to ensure Black people couldn't be discriminated against for certain hair styles
What is the Crown Act?
One of the first Black worker centers was Black workers for justice, which was founded in ______ year in the state of _________
What is 1981 in the state of North Carolina
The LA BWC is a member of this Los Angeles based coalition that fights issues of wage-theft, immigration discrimination, employment discrimination, and fights for improved workplace safety
What is the Los Angeles Worker Center Network?
The LA BWC has ______ total full time staff members
The LABWC has 36 staff members