IDEPSCA Our Mission To create a more humane and democratic society by responding to the needs and problems of disenfranchised people through leadership development

-IDEPSCA, the Instituto de Educacion del Sur de California, is one of more than 100 worker centers throughout the country (Fine, Milkman, Narro). Organized as a coalition in 1984, volunteers taught Spanish literacy and ESL classes and were committed to responding to the needs of low-wage, immigrant workers and defending their human rights. Based on popular education principles of problem posing (c

ritical analysis and education for action), the classes led to organizing among day laborers, household workers, children, parents and youth. IDEPSCA was founded as a non-profit organization in 1991 and has developed strategic work areas to meet the diverse needs of the community in four areas: Education and Literacy, Popular Communication and Technology, Day Laborer and Economic Development, Holistic and Preventive Health.

We stand in support and solidarity with  , who today commemorated a year of struggle and resilience. This powerful Zapot...
06/07/2026

We stand in support and solidarity with , who today commemorated a year of struggle and resilience. This powerful Zapotec Indigenous communityโ€”which was already organizing locally to support Zapotec individuals facing hardshipโ€”demonstrated their immense strength in defending their freedom and the migrant working community following the massive raid on the Ambiance store and warehouse on June 6, 2025. As they rightly stated, the fight does not end until every person currently in a detention center is released and all workers who have been released from detention are truly free.โœŠ๐ŸฝโœŠ๐Ÿฝ
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Todo nuestro apoyo y solidaridad con Lucha Zapoteca, quienes hoy conmemoraron un aรฑo de lucha y resiliencia. Una poderosa comunidad indรญgena Zapoteca, que ya se organizaba en la comunidad para apoyar a indรญgenas zapotecas que enfrentan situaciones difรญciles, y quienes despuรฉs de la redada masiva en la tienda y bodega de Ambiance en Junio 6 de 2025, nos demostraron lo poderosos que son para defender su libertad y la comunidad migrante trabajadora. Como elles bien lo dijeron, la lucha no termina hasta que cada persona que esta en un centro de detenciรณn sea liberade y que todes los trabajadores que han sido liberades del centro de detenciรณn sean totalmente libres.โœŠ๐ŸฝโœŠ๐Ÿฝ

Acompรกรฑenos maรฑana durante el periodo de comentarios pรบblicos para pedirles al Concejo Municipal que voten Sร al nuevo P...
05/19/2026

Acompรกรฑenos maรฑana durante el periodo de comentarios pรบblicos para pedirles al Concejo Municipal que voten Sร al nuevo Presupuesto de LA, el cual incluye un aumento en la presupuesto para el Programa Jornalero โœ…

Si no puede asistir en persona, envรญe un comentario pรบblico virtual en apoyo a los centros de jornaleros.

Join us tomorrow in public comments to urge City Council to vote YES on the LA Budget which contains an increase in fund...
05/19/2026

Join us tomorrow in public comments to urge City Council to vote YES on the LA Budget which contains an increase in funding for the Day Labor Programโœ…

Canโ€™t make it in person, submit a virtual public comment in support of day labor centers
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This Wednesday, join us at City Hall to urge LA City Council to INCREASE FUNDING for all LA day labor centersโ†—๏ธThese wor...
05/18/2026

This Wednesday, join us at City Hall to urge LA City Council to INCREASE FUNDING for all LA day labor centersโ†—๏ธ

These worker centers have been targeted by federal immigration raids since last summer yet our commitment to workers remains the same. Ask City Council to match our funding with the realities on the ground.

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05/10/2026

Many jornaleros who have been kidnapped have a loved one who is a domestic worker. These workers have been doubly impacted and still fighting to be FREE and keep their families Unitedโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿฉนโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿฉน
This Motherโ€™s Day, show your support to domestic workers either by donating or sharing their GoFundMe link to help them resisting, fighting and surviving โœŠ๐ŸฝโœŠ๐Ÿฝโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ
You can find all GoFundMe links on our Mujeres en Acciรณn IG or TikTok profiles.


Uniรณn del Barrio CA Domestic Workers Coalition Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Network National Domestic Workers Alliance

This week on Workersโ€™ Memorial Day, we remember all our members, Day Laborers and Domestic Workers, who have passed. The...
04/30/2026

This week on Workersโ€™ Memorial Day, we remember all our members, Day Laborers and Domestic Workers, who have passed. They were not only workers, they were also fathers, mothers, siblings and valuable members of our Day Laborer Centers and Programs. The fight for health and safety has been at the core of the labor movement. On the brink of May Day, we uplift the fight to ban Silica to prevent Silicosis, stronger health and safety enforcement during the LA Wildfires reconstruction, and the complete coverage of domestic work under Cal OSHA.
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Esta semana, en el Dรญa en Memoria de los Trabajadores, recordamos a todos nuestros miembros, jornaleros y trabajadores domรฉsticos, que han fallecido. No solo eran trabajadores, sino tambiรฉn padres, madres, hermanos y valiosos miembros de nuestros Centros y Programas para Jornaleros. La lucha por la salud y la seguridad ha sido fundamental para el movimiento obrero. A solo unos dias del Primero de Mayo, apoyamos la lucha para prohibir la sรญlice y prevenir la silicosis, una aplicaciรณn mรกs estricta de las normas de salud y seguridad durante la reconstrucciรณn tras los incendios forestales de Los รngeles y la cobertura total del trabajo domรฉstico por parte de Cal/OSHA.

Please donate to support our Dรญa del Jornalero events โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
04/29/2026

Please donate to support our Dรญa del Jornalero events โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ

Today is the last day for public comments ๐Ÿšจ You can submit them in person TODAY at 3 PM or virtually via the link in our...
04/27/2026

Today is the last day for public comments ๐Ÿšจ You can submit them in person TODAY at 3 PM or virtually via the link in our bio ๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ

With less than a week to go until Day Laborer Day, we are calling on the Budget and Finance Committee to match this recognition with the reality of our centers by increasing funding to $3 million for all centers. โœ…

Swipe to see how these funds have supported workers โฌ…๏ธ

Hoy es el รบltimo dรญa para comentarios pรบblicos ๐Ÿšจ se pueden hacer en persona HOY a las 3pm o virtualmente con el enlace e...
04/27/2026

Hoy es el รบltimo dรญa para comentarios pรบblicos ๐Ÿšจ se pueden hacer en persona HOY a las 3pm o virtualmente con el enlace en nuestro bio ๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ

A menos de una semana del Dรญa del Jornalero, pedimos igualar ese reconocimiento con la realidad de nuestros centros, aumentando el financiamiento a 3 millones para todos los centros. โœ…

Desliza para ver cรณmo estos fondos han servido a los trabajadoresโฌ…๏ธ

04/25/2026

While the seven Day Labor Centers in Los Angeles City were included in the preliminary budget, ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†. ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ $๐Ÿฏ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€.

โ€œ๐˜ฟ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™‡๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ง ๐˜พ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™…๐™ค๐™— ๐˜พ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™—๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™›๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™œ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™œ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š, ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฏ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™จ๐™š. T๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™จ๐™š ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ก๐™ก ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™จ๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™›๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ.โ€

โ€œ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜‰๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฃ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ, ๐˜ฝ๐™ค๐™ฎ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ฉ ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ฉโ€โ€“ Maegan Ortiz, IDEPSCAโ€™s Executive Director at the L.A. City Budget and Finance Committee today.

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