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‘The Smithsonian can do more and should do more,’ says advocate for a Latino museum

“Just as . . . the largest minority in the country comes to the table, (the Smithsonian) says ‘We can’t do that anymore, we’re going to try something new, to integrate you across the institution,’ ” Chon Noriega, one of the report’s authors, said. “That should be happening anyway. That shouldn’t be the compromise.”

Read More | May 29, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Arts & Culture

A California family’s donation leads to the Smithsonian’s first permanent Latino gallery

“The introduction of the new gallery comes months after the release of a report titled “Invisible No More,” from UCLA’s Latino Policy and Politics Institute, which found that the Smithsonian failed to act on recommendations from the Institution’s 1994 report that would increase Latino representation across its institute. One of these recommendations included working with…

Read More | May 29, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Arts & Culture

Pelosi Announces Appointments to Smithsonian Board of Regents

“Speaker Nancy Pelosi today announced the appointment of Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard of California and the reappointment of Congresswoman Doris Matsui of California to serve on the governing Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.”

Read More | May 29, 2020

Op-Ed → Diversity & Inclusion

Americans who are biased against Asians are more likely to fear the coronavirus

LPPI Co-founder Matt Barreto and past LPPI fellow Tyler Reny wrote an article covering the impacts that racist rhetoric, specifically leaders’ anti-Asian and xenophobic rhetoric, amid the Coronavirus pandemic have had on Asian communities and the increase anxieties it has caused.

Read More | May 29, 2020

Op-Ed → Demography & Population Studies

Don’t call it ‘social distancing’

LPPI expert Cecilia Menjívar calls for the need to replace “social distancing” with the more precise phrase, “physical distancing” in an effort to decreased the chances of doing unintentional harm.

Read More | May 29, 2020

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