Mozido, Inc. and Michael Liberty Present $150,000 Gift to UCLA Cesar E. Chavez Department of Chicana/o Studies
Press Release By UCLA NAID Center
For Immediate Release: October 29, 2014
Contact Information
Dr. Raul Hinojosa
Founder and Executive Director
North American Integration and Development Center, UCLA
hinojosa@ucla.edu
At the Los Angeles Diaspora Forum (LADF), the UCLA Cesar Chavez Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies received a generous gift of $150,000 from Mozido Inc., and founder Michael Liberty. The UCLA North American Integration and Development (NAID) Center (http://naid.ucla.edu/), hosted the LADF on October 15, 2014 at the UCLA Faculty Center as part of the Global Diaspora Week, which featured over 65 events around the world (http://www.ladiasporaforum.com/).
“A generous gift of 150,000 is a substantial gift from Mozido to UCLA’s Chicana/o Studies Department, which I believe is the largest gift the department has received, so we are very grateful to Dan O’Malley, Michael Liberty, and Mozido. We really thank you deeply for your support,” expressed Chancellor Block to Mozido. UCLA Chancellor Gene Block received the department’s largest donation along with Dr. Abel Valenzuela, Chair of the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies at UCLA and Dr. Hinojosa, director of the UCLA NAID Center, who all graciously thanked Michael Liberty and Mozido.
“This kind of activity and donation is a sign of greater commitments to our community and mission,” said Dr. Valenzuela enthusiastic about the department’s first donor gift that will be used to establish an endowment to raise more money to support research topics concerning vulnerable diaspora communities.
“[Michael Liberty] is an incredible visionary of looking at how to help the disenfranchised, the underbanked, and the unbanked on a global scale and he is doing incredible things to stand up and create ecosystems, if you will, that allow for a much larger inclusion of people into a bank-like if not banked environment that ultimately help disrupt the pricing strategies that can bring more people into inclusion into the global banked or closely banked society,” said Dan O’Malley, Chief Operation Officer and presenter of the gift on behalf of Mozido. Mr. O’Malley conveyed Mozido’s “…commitment to promoting a greater future where technology assist diaspora communities.”
Chancellor Block used the occasion of the LADF and Mozido’s gift to acknowledge the work of Dr. Hinojosa “for his leadership and dedication to facilitating and maintaining diaspora to diaspora engagement particularly between the United States and Central America.”
"We will establish a fund for research that will provide scholarships for beneficiaries of federal deferred action programs (DACA) applicants to embrace and help the student diaspora in the US" said Dr. Hinojosa, the organizer of the "Los Angeles Diaspora Forum" and professor/advocate for the human rights of the migrant communities around the world. The event aimed to analyze the dynamics of the Diaspora in the United States, from an academic point of view along with the participation of community leaders, government officials, and executives of private companies.
“We are going to work on matching this gift from community leaders to a fund to focus on the education component of this [DACA] diaspora and we look forward to working with you in the future” responded Dr. Raul Hinojosa to Chancellor Block. With this generous gift, Dr. Hinojosa along with the UCLA Cesar Chavez Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies is appealing to other donors who would like to participate in matching Mozido’s $150,000 donation, which will be used to provide scholarships for DACA students at UCLA.
The event at UCLA was an important stop on the 2014 Diaspora Tour, led by Special Representative for Global Partnerships, Andrew O’Brien (U.S. Department of State), who recognized the importance of collaboration with diaspora communities, UCLA, and donor Mozido.
For more information about helping match funds for scholarships and more research at UCLA, please visit uclacccs.info (NOT LIVE hosted at http://preview.editmysite.com/JJ2F64). Also visit ladiasporaforum.com for this year’s 2014 event and gdfc.info for the event in 2013. We look forward to your contributions towards aiding and developing diaspora communities around the world.
Links
UCLA NAID Center: http://naid.ucla.edu/
Los Angeles Diaspora Forum: http://www.ladiasporaforum.com/
Mozido Inc.: https://mozido.com/
For Immediate Release: October 29, 2014
Contact Information
Dr. Raul Hinojosa
Founder and Executive Director
North American Integration and Development Center, UCLA
hinojosa@ucla.edu
At the Los Angeles Diaspora Forum (LADF), the UCLA Cesar Chavez Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies received a generous gift of $150,000 from Mozido Inc., and founder Michael Liberty. The UCLA North American Integration and Development (NAID) Center (http://naid.ucla.edu/), hosted the LADF on October 15, 2014 at the UCLA Faculty Center as part of the Global Diaspora Week, which featured over 65 events around the world (http://www.ladiasporaforum.com/).
“A generous gift of 150,000 is a substantial gift from Mozido to UCLA’s Chicana/o Studies Department, which I believe is the largest gift the department has received, so we are very grateful to Dan O’Malley, Michael Liberty, and Mozido. We really thank you deeply for your support,” expressed Chancellor Block to Mozido. UCLA Chancellor Gene Block received the department’s largest donation along with Dr. Abel Valenzuela, Chair of the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies at UCLA and Dr. Hinojosa, director of the UCLA NAID Center, who all graciously thanked Michael Liberty and Mozido.
“This kind of activity and donation is a sign of greater commitments to our community and mission,” said Dr. Valenzuela enthusiastic about the department’s first donor gift that will be used to establish an endowment to raise more money to support research topics concerning vulnerable diaspora communities.
“[Michael Liberty] is an incredible visionary of looking at how to help the disenfranchised, the underbanked, and the unbanked on a global scale and he is doing incredible things to stand up and create ecosystems, if you will, that allow for a much larger inclusion of people into a bank-like if not banked environment that ultimately help disrupt the pricing strategies that can bring more people into inclusion into the global banked or closely banked society,” said Dan O’Malley, Chief Operation Officer and presenter of the gift on behalf of Mozido. Mr. O’Malley conveyed Mozido’s “…commitment to promoting a greater future where technology assist diaspora communities.”
Chancellor Block used the occasion of the LADF and Mozido’s gift to acknowledge the work of Dr. Hinojosa “for his leadership and dedication to facilitating and maintaining diaspora to diaspora engagement particularly between the United States and Central America.”
"We will establish a fund for research that will provide scholarships for beneficiaries of federal deferred action programs (DACA) applicants to embrace and help the student diaspora in the US" said Dr. Hinojosa, the organizer of the "Los Angeles Diaspora Forum" and professor/advocate for the human rights of the migrant communities around the world. The event aimed to analyze the dynamics of the Diaspora in the United States, from an academic point of view along with the participation of community leaders, government officials, and executives of private companies.
“We are going to work on matching this gift from community leaders to a fund to focus on the education component of this [DACA] diaspora and we look forward to working with you in the future” responded Dr. Raul Hinojosa to Chancellor Block. With this generous gift, Dr. Hinojosa along with the UCLA Cesar Chavez Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies is appealing to other donors who would like to participate in matching Mozido’s $150,000 donation, which will be used to provide scholarships for DACA students at UCLA.
The event at UCLA was an important stop on the 2014 Diaspora Tour, led by Special Representative for Global Partnerships, Andrew O’Brien (U.S. Department of State), who recognized the importance of collaboration with diaspora communities, UCLA, and donor Mozido.
For more information about helping match funds for scholarships and more research at UCLA, please visit uclacccs.info (NOT LIVE hosted at http://preview.editmysite.com/JJ2F64). Also visit ladiasporaforum.com for this year’s 2014 event and gdfc.info for the event in 2013. We look forward to your contributions towards aiding and developing diaspora communities around the world.
Links
UCLA NAID Center: http://naid.ucla.edu/
Los Angeles Diaspora Forum: http://www.ladiasporaforum.com/
Mozido Inc.: https://mozido.com/
