James Lawson UCLA Medal
Reed Hutchinson/UCLA
Abel Valenzuela, professor of Chicano studies and urban planning and director of UCLA’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment; Mark Ridley-Thomas, Los Angeles County supervisor; Kent Wong, director of the UCLA Labor Center; the Rev. James Lawson; California State Sen. Maria Elena Durazo; UCLA Chancellor Gene Block; Darnell Hunt, dean of the divisionn of social sciences in the UCLA College.