Fall

2015 Board Elections

PELA, the Partnership for an Equitable Los Angeles, believes progressive planning and policy have the
power to promote social justice and help empower often marginalized community groups and that the
Price community needs a space for students to explore this perspective while in school. Our mission is
to connect with ongoing community-led work that uses planning and policy as a social justice tool, in
order to expand our learning environment beyond the classroom and learn from community members.
To achieve this mission, the organization will be guided by the following goals:

1. Building meaningful partnerships with community stakeholders.

2. Positioning PELA as a social justice pipeline for students, faculty, and staff on campus.
3. Actively reaching out to potential admits, new students, and alumni to grow and sustain the
social justice-oriented community at Price.
4. Working within the school to institutionalize social justice learning opportunities.


Revised Board positions have been created to support the pursuit of goals 1-4, established by members
during the 2013-2014 school year. These changes enabled us to have more board member
involvement and resulted in more programming and activities than in the year before. We hope that
you enjoyed our trainings, tours, and discussions and will consider running for a board position for the
2015-2016 school year.

All currently enrolled Price graduate and undergraduate students are eligible to be voting members,
and to run for Board Positions. We will accept nominations (self-nominations accepted too!) from
Monday, August 31st, through Sunday, September 6th for all of the following positions:


Finance Chair- maintains records and report on the financial transactions of PELA. The Finance Chairs
primary responsibility is to work with PELA event coordinators to secure funding from ASPD, GSG, USC,
Price, and/or outside organizations. The Finance Chair will create the PELA annual budget.
Community Relations Chair will act as the liaison between the USC student body and local community
organizations, non-profit organizations, and community development corporations (Goal 1).
Price Outreach & Recruitment Chair will actively reach out to potential admits, new students, and
alumni to grow and sustain the social justice-oriented community at Price (Goal 3).
Undergraduate Ambassador is responsible for meeting and interacting with other undergraduate
students and organizations on campus, helping support Goal 3.
First-Year Representatives (3) will communicate with First-Year Price students about PELAs mission and
goals. They will actively reach out to engage new students in PELA programming, supporting Goal 3.

Nominations are open from August 31st September 6th and elections will be held
from September 7th 11th.

Contact uscpela@gmail.com if you would like the full set of board position descriptions, to nominate yourself or
another student for a position, or for any questions on board positions and duties.