(l to r: CES tenant leader Margaret Beaver, CES Organizer Lourdes Soto, CES Exec Dir Larry Gross, CRC Bd Member & Exec Dir Housing Rights Center Chancela Al-Mansour, CES Organizer Valerie Lizarraga, CES Lead Organizer Carlos Aguilar, CES Organizer Joel Montano, CES Organizer Gabriel Varela)

The Coalition for Economic Survival (CES) was a proud recipient of the California Reinvestment Coalition's prestigious community heroes 2012 CRA Panther Award. The award was presented to CES for its outstanding advocacy for tenants in Los Angeles and California on Thursday, November 8, 2012 at the La Serenata de Garibaldi Restaurant in Boyle Heights. Also honored were LA Voice and Montebello Housing Development Corporation. The California Reinvestment Coalition, which has 300 organizational members, advocates for the right of low-income communities and communities of color to have fair and equal access to banking and other financial services.