The UCR Labor Summer Fellowship is an annual program that brings together emerging leaders and community organizations who share a vision for worker justice and labor rights. Hosted by the UCR Inland Empire Labor & Community Center, student participants are matched with a host organization for an 8-week paid internship to engage in local campaigns that advance worker, racial, immigrant, and other social justice initiatives. In this internship, students will learn the basics of community and labor organizing and get hands-on experience building power with workers and residents.

UCR upper-division standing undergraduate students receive $7,360 in recognition of their participation in the program. The program also provides students with leadership and professional development training, a certificate of completion, and access to a UC statewide labor summer network.

Labor Summer 2025 is open to all UCR upper-division standing undergraduate students regardless of their immigration status. Current UCR undergraduate seniors graduating in Spring 2024 are welcome to apply along with continuing undergraduate students. We welcome various types of leadership styles and value the diversity of roles that make social justice movements possible.

If you aspire to be an organizer, policy advocate, lawyer, artist, grant writer, researcher, photographer, communications strategist, public speaker, or writer, or have any other skills that you would like to utilize to advance a social justice movement, this program is for you.

Revisit this webpage in mid-December 2024 to view the 2025 Fellowship Application form and complementary FAQ document. If you wish to receive a direct email notification of when the application opens, or for questions or concerns, please contact the IELCC team at ielcc@ucr.edu

The application period for student fellows will be open from December 16, 2024 to February 7, 2025. Although the application is not due until 11:59 PM PST on February 7, 2025, submitting earlier is highly encouraged.