UCSB Community Labor Center News
Local Coverage of 2025 UCSB Labor Summer Cohort
August 13, 2025
The Santa Barbara Independent published a piece on the 2025 Labor Summer cohort and the amazing work that students participated in and cultivated. Read their article here.
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Energy and Equity for All: J. Mijin Cha Campus Visit
February 20, 2025
This spring, the UCSB Community Labor Center hosted an important, of the moment conversation on climate justice and labor with Professor J Mijin Cha, author of A Just Transition for All: Workers and Communities for a Carbon-Free Future. The event, Energy and Equity for All, was moderated by Dr.
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Labor Center Executive Director Addresses SB County Supervisors in Farmworker Meeting
November 12, 2024
This past Tuesday, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors’ held a Farmworker Conditions Community Meeting addressing growing concerns about the livelihoods of farmworkers and their families on the Central Coast in the face of growing costs of living.
Various community members spoke, including the UCSB Labor Community Center’s very own Executive Director, Carmen Rhodes. Read what she said below:
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