Social Impact Leader Spotlight: Flor Rodriguez

Title:
Executive Director, CLEAN Car Wash Worker Center

Focus Area:
Los Angeles, California

Causes:
Carwash Worker Rights

Community Work:
-CLEAN’s vision is for Los Angeles to be a place where car wash workers can work with dignity, have a voice in the industry, and be a movement for political, social, and economic change.

Fellowships & Awards:
-2021 Weingart Fellow: The John W. Mack Movement Building Fellows -Program.

-2021 Fellow at the Fund For New Leadership

Community Involvement:

-Workers’ rights advocate who brings over 12 years of experience in coalition building, organizing, and leadership development.

-Worked at the Institute of Popular Education of Southern California (IDEPSCA), conducting community outreach to businesses around the day laborer movement.

-Program Manager for IDEPSCA’s six (6) Day Laborer Centers.

Featured:
-Fast Company Article: After experiencing wage theft, L.A. car washers started their own worker-owned business: The co-op, incubated by the Clean Car Wash Worker Center, wants to reshape the car wash industry in Los Angeles.

Imagine a world where young people grow up with Impact Leaders like Flor as their heroes along with the athletes, actors, artists, musicians, and social media stars that get most of the world’s attention. Flor is doing real on-the-ground work to make this world a better place. Let’s create a new world where we elevate the voices of Impact Leaders — together!

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