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UCLA Daily Bruin: Labor Center Celebrates Lola Smallwood-Cuevas Election to State Senate
The UCLA Labor Center hosted a homecoming celebration Friday afternoon to commemorate former project director and current state Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas’ recent election to the California state Senate and honor her legacy.
Around 70 people gathered in the James West Alumni Center to celebrate Smallwood-Cuevas, who was elected to represent California’s 28th state Senate District in November. The district includes neighborhoods such as Century City and Ladera Heights and extends into downtown Los Angeles. In her time as a project director at the Labor Center, Smallwood-Cuevas co-founded the LA Black Worker Center – the first Black worker center in California – and led the Center for the Advancement of Racial Equity at Work.