The document details the achievements and contributions of Maria Elena Durazo and Damien Goodmon, who are recognized for their leadership in labor rights and community empowerment in Los Angeles. It also highlights Rev. Eric P. Lee's initiatives in advocating for the African American working class and his involvement in various organizations aimed at improving social and economic justice. Additionally, it outlines the program for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference event honoring these community leaders and celebrating Dr. King's legacy.

2. ROSA PARKS AWARD
Maria Elena Durazo
Secretary Treasurer of LA County
Federation of Labor AFL-CIO
DRUM MAJOR AWARD
Damien Goodmon Maria Elena Durazo was elected to
Exec. Director Crenshaw Subway Coalition serve as Executive Secretary-Treasurer of
the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor,
Damien Goodmon is the Executive Direc- AFL-CIO in 2006 & was re-elected to her
tor of the nonprofit Crenshaw Subway Coalition second term with overwhelming delegate
and Chair of United Community Associations. support in 2010. Through more than 300
Both organizations seek to empower stake- local unions, the L.A. County Federation of
holder groups in the area of Baldwin Hills- Labor represents over 800,000 workers in
Crenshaw-Hyde Park and highlight the issues every key industry. Before leading the L.A.
of rail safety and equitable transportation plan- County Federation, Maria Elena was elected
ning in the pursuit of racial and economic jus- as President and built the hotel workers un-
tice for South Los Angeles. ion UNITE-HERE, Local 11, into one of the
Mr. Goodmon has served on National most active unions in Los Angeles County.
Campaigns including Wesley Clark for Presi- She became the first Latina elected to the
dent and StopJohnRoberts.com. Executive Board of HERE International Union
Mr. Goodmon currently lives in Leimert in 1996, and in 2004, became Executive Vice
Park, where he is the immediate past Co-Chair President of UNITE-HERE International.
of the community's neighborhood council. He is Maria Elena has served on several com-
a recipient of the 2008 LAUSD Trailblazer missions including the L.A. City Commission
Award for “championing the rights of the on Airports, Parks and Recreation & the Cali-
masses of all American children,” and the 2012 fornia State Coastal Commission.
New Frontier Democratic Club Community Ser- Maria Elena served as Vice Chair to the
vice Award. He was honored in 2009 by LA 2008 Democratic National Convention Com-
Weekly, and was recognized as the Issues mittee and as a National Co-Chair for Presi-
Advocate of the Year in 2010 by the Urban dent Barack Obama’s Campaigns in 2008
Issues Forum. and 2012.
For his many local and national pursuits for In 2010, Maria Elena was named the
social change, Mr. Goodmon has been profiled third most influential non-elected California
in local and national media outlets, including official by the Capitol Weekly in its Top 100
CNN, NBC and the Los Angeles Times. He has List.
authored opinion editorials for the L.A. Daily Maria Elena is a graduate of St. Mary’s
News, L.A. Business Journal, Los Angeles College in Moraga and earned a law degree
Wave, Our Weekly and numerous others. from the People’s College of Law in 1985.

3. PRESIDENT’S AWARD SOCIAL JUSTICE
Rev. Eric P. Lee ORGANIZATIONAL AWARD
Immediate Past President of Black Worker Center &
SCLC of Greater L.A. Lola Smallwood Cuevas, Director
Rev. Eric P. Lee was recently appointed The Los Angeles Black Worker Center is a
President of the Black Community, Clergy & dynamic table of workers, organized labor,
Labor Alliance (BCCLA). BCCLA is an independ- community-based organizations, clergy,
ent and social activist organization dedicated to students, and scholars working collectively
representing, promoting and protecting the eco- to improve the position of the African-
nomic interests and well-being of the Black com- American working class, facilitate co-
munity and Black workers and to working with empowerment of workers and potential
labor unions on issues of shared interests and workers, and strengthen the voice of LA’s
mutual benefit in the joint struggle for social and social and economic justice community.
economic justice. We have two locations, one in the Paul
Rev. Lee is immediate past President/CEO Robeson Community Center in South LA
of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the other at the UCLA Downtown La-
-Los Angeles. bor Center in MacArthur Park.
Rev. Eric P. Lee is a founding member of The Los Angeles Black Worker
the Stand For Security Coalition, organizing Afri- Center (BWC) project grew out of a combi-
can American Security Officers into a union; nation of seven years of experience in low-
Diversity Task Force member, reintegrating Afri- wage worker organizing in South Los An-
can Americans into the hotel industry; founding geles, developing leadership of Black un-
member of the Alliance for Equal Opportunity in ionists in the African American Union
Education, a collaboration that forced UCLA to Leadership School (AAULS), a popular
create a more inclusive admissions policy; found- education program at the UCLA Labor
ing member of Coalition for Black Student Equity, Center, and the challenge to sustain pro-
purposed to improve the quality of education for gressive labor-community-university coali-
Black students; member, LAUSD Teacher Effec- tions over the long term.
tiveness Task Force; and co-convener of Black The Labor Center is a vital re-
Community, Clergy & Labor Alliance. source for training workers and students
Rev. Lee is an outspoken advocate for edu- and influencing government policy to cre-
cation reform, immigration reform, LGBT equality ate jobs that are good for workers and
and racial and economic equality. Rev. Lee their communities, to improve the quality of
has B.S. from U.C. Berkeley, a Masters from existing jobs in the low-wage economy,
Azusa Pacific University, and a Masters of Divin- and to strengthen the process of immigrant
ity from Bible Believers Christian College and integration, especially among youth and
Seminary. students.

4. Program
Mistress of Ceremony .................................................................Alice Goff
Opening / Call to Order ...............................................................................
Prayer...............................Pastor Taurus L. Myhand, Ward AME Church
Old Testament Scripture ............................ Lorenz Willis, CLM Ministries
New Testament Scripture ...........Aswan Morrison, High School Student
Selection “Black National Anthem” ................................... Brenda Jackson
Welcome and Occasion .......... Brother James Johnson, SEIU Local 721
History of SCLC .................. Ms. KarmaNia Smart, High School Student
Introduction of the Drum Major for Justice Awardee...... Rev. K.W. Tulloss
Pastor Weller Street Baptist Church
Drum Major for Justice Recipient ................................. Damien Goodmon
Executive Director, Crenshaw Subway Coalition
Introduction of the Rosa Parks Awardee .....................................Alice Goff
Chairwoman Elect SCLC Board
Rosa Parks Award Recipient ...................................... Maria Elena Durazo
Executive Secretary LA County Federation of Labor AFL-CIO
Musical Selection .............................................. Divine Deliverance Choir
Introduction of President’s Awardee ........................... Danny Bakewell, Jr.
President’s Award Recipient .............................................Rev. Eric P. Lee
President of the Black Community, Clergy, Labor Alliance
Introduction of the Social Justice Organizational Award ..............................

5. Social Justice Organizational Awardee ................. Black Worker Center &
Lola Smallwood-Cuevas
Offering ....................................................................... Finance Committee
Presentation of the
Thomas Kilgore Prophetic Witness Award .... Pastor William M. Campbell
Mt. Gilead Missionary Baptist Church
Recipients of the Thomas Kilgore Prophetic Witness Award
Baptist Ministers Conference of Los Angeles & Southern California
Selection “Impossible Dream” .......................................... Brenda Jackson
The Installation of the Board of the
Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Greater Los Angeles
Rev. Xavier Thompson
Pastor of Southern M.B.C. & President Elect of The Baptist Ministers
Conference of Los Angeles and Southern California
The Installation of the President and CEO
of the SCLC of Greater Los Angeles
Administration of Oath, Elder Norman Copland,
Presiding Elder Los Angeles District of the Southern California Conference,
of the AME Church
Installation Prayer and Blessing........................ Pastor Thembekila Smart
Senior Pastor of Christ Liberation Ministries
Laying on of Hands ....................................................... Community Pastors
Remarks ................................... President and CEO William D. Smart, Jr
Benediction ............................................................. Pastor Donald Wilson
True Way Missionary Baptist Church

6. Pastor William D. Smart, Jr.
President & CEO
SCLC of Greater Los Angeles
Rev. William D. Smart Jr. is currently Co-
Pastor of the Christ Liberation CME church in
Los Angeles. He also is Director of External
Training and Outreach at the Los Angeles
Alliance for A New Economy a nationally rec-
ognized nonprofit organization.
Rev. Smart has pastored CME congregations in Birmingham, Alabama, Apex;
North Carolina, Forest City, Arkansas; Jackson, Tennessee Norfolk, Virginia;
and Los Angeles, California. In August of 2002-August 2010 he and his wife
founded and pastored an independent non-denominational congregation Christ
Liberation Ministries.
.
He started working as a faith-based outreach coordinator with Bill Clinton’s gu-
bernatorial campaign in 1984, and subsequently worked on Clinton’s 1992 and
1996 presidential campaigns. He also served as a clergy outreach coordinator
for the Democratic National Committee during the 2000 and 2004 Presidential
Campaigns. He recently served as the National Director of African American
Clergy Outreach with Hillary Clinton for President Campaign.
Rev. Smart worked as an adjunct professor of world religion and biblical studies
at Lane College in Jackson, where he also served as interim Vice President. He
was President of the NAACP in Jackson, a Board Member of the SCLC in Bir-
mingham, President of the Forest City Ministerial Alliance and State Director of
Economic Development for the NAACP in Tennessee. He served as Co-Chair of
the Black-Brown Unity Commission, a Board Member of Community Call to Ac-
tion in Los Angeles, and currently serves as the Chairman of the Board for
Greater Los Angeles Southern Christian Leadership Conference and a national
advisory board member of the American Values Network.
Rev. Smart received his B.S. from Miles College in Birmingham, Alabama, and a
Master’s of Divinity from Duke University. He lives with his wife, Rev. Them-
bekila Coleman-Smart, and three children, Gregory Jeremiah, KarmaNia
Keturah, and Jehoshua -Jireh in Los Angeles.

7. Southern Christian Leadership Conference
of Greater Los Angeles
2013 Board of Directors
Alice Goff
Rev. William Monroe Campbell
Attorney Jamie Wright
Lamar Lyons
Presiding Elder Norman Copland
Rev. Bob Gay
Rev. K.W. Tulloss
Rev. Steve Neal
Jimmie Woods Gray
James Johnson

8. The SCLC would like to extend special thanks to Doug Moore and the United
Domestic Workers of America for their generous support towards this occa-
sion. We would also like to thank everyone for coming out
tonight to celebrate Dr. King and the SCLC of Greater Los Angeles.