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
7th Annual Event
Building Communities From the Ground Up
Awards Ceremony 2006
Welcome
Peter Dreier
Director, Urban & Environmental
Policy Program and Dr. E.P. Clapp
Distinguished Professor of Politics at
Occidental College
Keynote Address
Torie Osborn
Special Advisor to Mayor Antonio
Villaraigosa and Former Executive
Director of the Liberty Hill Foundation
2006 Award Recipients
Staff/Faculty Community Building Award
Anne Wolf
Occidental Bookstore Manager
Student Community Action Awards
Leslie Mahley '06
Jenna Lippe-Klein '06
Christina Wong '06
Penny Saephan '06
Genevieve Hansen '06
Leticia Dominguez '06
Alumni Community Action Award, given to an Occidental College Alumni for outstanding community service.
Joe Linton
Class of 1985
L.A. River advocate and author
Northeast Los Angeles Social Justice Award
East Los Angeles
Community Corporation
Los Angeles Regional Social Justice Award
South Central Farmers
Dan Stormer,
Patrick Dunlevy, and
Cornelia Dai of
Hadsell & Stormer, Inc.
More pictures from the event
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