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Waheed at the historic Trust Building, the site of her office in the new UCLA Downtown campus. She sees the Labor Center as “connective tissue between the university and the community, especially the working-class community of Los Angeles.” Y ou might say that amplifying the voices of marginalized communities has been Saba Waheed’s life’s work. The Los Angeles native’s journey into labor advocacy, specifically, was not just a professional pursuit but also a profoundly personal one, rooted in both her upbringing and a commitment to storytelling and representation. From childhood, she was driven by a desire to ensure that unheard voices are, well, heard. Through her volunteer work with advocacy organizations in New York City, Waheed achieved unprecedented victories for both working-class communities and taxi drivers, successes that were the driving force behind her leaving the Ph.D. program at Columbia University to fully dedicate herself to labor advocacy. Upon joining the UCLA Labor Ce

Waheed at the historic Trust Building, the site of her office in the new UCLA Downtown campus. She sees the Labor Center as “connective tissue between the university and the community, especially the working-class community of Los Angeles.” By Queen Muse | Photos by Martha Galvan June 18, 2024 Share Copy Link Facebook X LinkedIn Y ou might say that amplifying the voices of marginalized communities has been Saba Waheed's life's work. The Los Angeles native's journey into labor advocacy, specifically, was not just a professional pursuit but also a profoundly personal one, rooted in both her upbr

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