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Activists Join the Board
New Faces. New Ideas.
Since the Foundation was started in 1998, we have been guided through the leadership of Diane Middleton, Justine Arian, Dee Petty, Dave Arian, Patricia Aguirre, and Monet Wade.
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Like any organization, the composition of our Board is an indication of where we want to go. We are really proud of the fact that the majority of our Board Members belong to labor unions. Our Board has many “veteranos” who have over 40 years of activity in the struggle for social and economic justice but we also have board members in their 30’s who bring an entirely different perspective to our decision making process.
Joining the folks who have guided us to this point are the following outstanding leaders:
Shannon Donato is the President of the Harry Bridges Institute and Executive Director of the Harry Bridges Community Labor Center. The HBI is committed to putting into action the principles that ILWU Founder Harry Bridges stood for: international solidarity, social justice and equality, union democracy, and the right of workers to organize in free trade unions. The HBI founded the Friends of Labor Program which organizes the families of union members and other community members to support labor struggles everywhere.
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Lewis
Wright worked as a longshoreman for 35 years. He recently retired
and divides his time between San Pedro and a family home in Baja California.
Lewis is a 1972 Coro Graduate in Public Affairs and has a history of
work with the United Farmworkers as a community boycott coordinator.
He is currently chairman of the board of the 8,000 member ILWU Credit
Union and is a delegate to the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor
(AFL-CIO).
Tim
Sandoval is a recent college graduate and really dedicated
to Bright Prospect, a scholarship and mentorship program based in Pomona.
What sets this organization apart from others is that its goal is to
assist students from low-income families into achieving success at the
top private liberal art colleges throughout the country. Bright Prospect
students are currently attending Swarthmore, Wesleyan, Pomona, Oberland,
Bucknell, Skidmore, and Harvey Mudd.
Mike
Ponce is a longshoreman and member of ILWU Local 13. He is
the founder of the ILWU Community Outreach Program “Yes We Can!”.
This group has introduced to the ILWU (which currently has over 7,000
members) the concept of community outreach through support for youth
groups, local social service organizations, and the homeless and hungry.
Chairman of the LA COunty Federation of Labor Harbor Area COPE.
Goetz
Wolff is a UCLA Urban Planning Professor (union local AFT-1990)
and union researcher, and heads the Center for Regional Employment Strategies.
His teaching and research focuses on logistics, the southern California
economy, industry sectors and labor markets, young workers, and economic
development strategies.