STANDING UP FOR THE VULNERABLE IN THE AGE OF TRUMP

IN THE TRADITION OF CESAR CHAVEZ:
STANDING UP FOR THE VULNERABLE IN
THE AGE OF TRUMP

A Talk by MARIA ECHAVESTE, Former Deputy Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton and visiting scholar at UC Berkeley’s Center for Latin American Studies

Maria Echaveste is a long-time community leader, attorney and public policy expert who
specializes in Latin America. She has lectured at UC Berkeley’s School of Law and was
affiliated with the UC Berkeley Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy. She is currently a
senior visiting scholar at UC Berkeley’s Center for Latin American Studies. In 2009,
Echaveste was named Special Representative to Bolivia by then-Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton. From 1998 to 2001, Echaveste served as assistant to the president and deputy
chief of staff to President Bill Clinton.