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Kelly Lytle Hernandez in Black Voice News: “CA Task Force Addressing Black Student Achievement”

On October 14, 2021, California State Superintendent of a Public Instruction Tony Thurman, held a press briefing to discuss the student achievement gap and steps the state is taking to ensure the most vulnerable students have the needed resources to close it. Dr. Kelly Lytle Hernandez, Professor of History, African American Studies, and Urban Planning…

UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute (LPPI) in Politico: “Latino Dems lean on Padilla to pump up midterm turnout”

In the recent gubernatorial recall election, an estimated 78 percent of Latinos voted no on the recall, according to an analysis by UCLA’s Latino Policy & Politics Institute. In Southern California, Latino support for Newsom was upward of 75 percent, even in historically Republican places like Orange and Riverside counties. Only 40 percent of non-Latino…

Arturo Vargas Bustamante in The Fresno Bee: “California está construyendo una nueva escuela de medicina. ¿Agregará más médicos latinos?” (Spanish)

“Tener un médico que hable el idioma que ellos hablan, o alguien que esté dentro de su mismo grupo étnico o racial, pudiera definitivamente ayudar en el tipo de atención y confianza que estos pacientes tienen en el sistema de salud”, dijo Arturo Vargas Bustamante, profesor asociado de la Escuela de Salud Pública Fielding de…

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute (LPPI) in Los Angeles Times: “Which COVID vaccine booster shot is right? Important information you should know”

The disproportionate effect of COVID-19 on their community in the early days of the pandemic forced many older California Latinos to do something they normally avoid: call 911 and ask for help. That transformation in usage provides a critical opportunity to reconsider how the state’s EMS system is deployed and who works within it, say…

Esmeralda Melgoza & Arturo Vargas Bustamante in Capital and Main: “During COVID, California’s Latinos Used 911 More Than Ever Before. Here’s Why That Matters.”

That transformation in usage provides a critical opportunity to reconsider how the state’s EMS system is deployed and who works within it, say the authors of a new study conducted by the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute — and it can be a springboard to create more efficient local EMS agencies in areas like…

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