About the Awards
Each year UEPI honors the important movements and victories of the past year, as well as the people in the Occidental, local and regional communities whose work and dedication fit closely with the mission of UEPI. Awards include:
- The Community Action Award, given to one or more Occidental College seniors who, by action and leadership, have contributed to promoting the mission of UEPI
- The UEPI Community Building Award, awarded to an Occidental College faculty or staff member who, through his or her actions has contributed to both the missions of UEPI and Occidental College
- Alumni Community Action Award, given to an Occidental College Alumni for outstanding community service.
- Northeast Los Angeles Social Justice Award
- Los Angeles Regional Social Justice Award
To see past receipients, please click on the links to our past Building Communities From the Ground Up events on the left.
Nomination Forms
5th Annual Event
Building Communities From the Ground Up
Awards Ceremony 2004
Key Note Speaker
Antonio Villaraigosa
Councilmember, 14th District
2004 Award Recipients
Student Community Action Award
Yeun-Wen Lee '04
Maria-Isabella P. Prack '04
Alumni Community Action Award
Catalina Mendiola '94
L.A. Metro (IAF)
Community Building Award
Jamie Angell
Theater Department
Victor G. Chico
Postal Operations Center
NELA Social Justice Award
Scott Wilson
North East Trees
LA Regional Social Justice Award
Tracie Thomas
Compton Unified School District
Rodney K. Taylor
Riverside Unified School District
Honoring Important Moments for Social Change in our Community
ArroyoFest and Creating Change in the Arroyo Seco
Marcus Renner
Education & Outreach Coordinator, UEPI
Building Community Labor Alliances:
Supermarket Strike and Struggles to Come
Amanda Shaffer
Director of Communications, UEPI
Pollution Prevention in Eagle Rock:
Sunny Brite makes the Switch
Peter Sinsheimer
Director, Pollution Prevention Education and Research Center, UEPI
More pictures from the event
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