Pomona Economic Opportunity Center

Pomona Economic Opportunity Center’s (PEOC) mission is to empower low-wage immigrant workers in Pomona and across the Inland Empire (IE) – Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. Since 1998, PEOC has provided a safe place and second home for recent immigrants to access services, find employment opportunities, and learn new skills to improve their lives. We work towards a vision of a more just, equitable, healthier, safer, and welcoming society for immigrants and low-wage workers where they are no longer invisible or silenced, have a positive relationship with formal institutions, and a more effective voice with policymakers in a society where all people have ample opportunity to thrive. PEOC utilizes popular education, leadership development, and organizing as founding principles for our educational outreach, grassroots advocacy, and direct service work. We aim to provide our base of day laborers and household workers an opportunity to: find safe work at a fair wage; obtain new trades/skills that improve their employability and quality of life; and organize/advocate for themselves regarding policies that directly impact their lives. PEOC furthers our values of empowerment, equity, and social justice through our three areas of work: Worker Rights (WR), Immigrant Rights (IR), and Housing Justice (HJ). More specifically, the WR Program engages in: workforce and job development, know your rights presentations, outreach and education, wage theft support, and employer mediation; as well as leadership development through advocacy, civic engagement, and coalition building as part of campaigns that aim to directly better living conditions for the working class immigrant community.