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Silvia González in UCLA Newsroom: “UCLA scholars aim to help shape President Biden’s Justice40 Initiative”

“A theme across the states we studied is a history of grassroots strategy and organizing by communities of color,” said Silvia González, a co-author of the report and the director of research at the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute. “In states such as California, New York, and Illinois, those communities have helped shape investment…

Michael Méndez in UCI News: “UCI researcher gets NSF-backed grant to study wildfires’ effects on farmworkers”

Michael Méndez of the University of California, Irvine has received a two-year, $400,000 grant from the National Center for Atmospheric Research’s Early Career Faculty Innovator Program. It will fund a joint project with researchers at NCAR – which is sponsored by the National Science Foundation – to explore the disparate treatment of undocumented Latino/Latina and…

Jason De Leon in Documented NY: “Vigil Pushes for Humane Treatment of Black Migrants”

Anthropologist Jason De Leon of UCLA was inspired by data of remains found throughout Arizona’s border. Most of the deaths were steered by a change in an immigration policy carried out in 1994. Border Report

Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas in UCLA Newsroom: “California Latinos’ use of emergency medical services increased disproportionately during pandemic”

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Latinos in California were relatively unlikely to use emergency medical services. But during the pandemic, across much of the state, Latinos’ use of such services — specifically seeking treatment for respiratory ailments — increased more than it did for non-Latino whites, according to a new report by the UCLA Latino…

Jason De Leon in The CW33: “Toe tag art exhibit highlights migrants who died crossing into Arizona desert”

The exhibit was designed by anthropologist Jason De Leon of UCLA who was inspired by data of remains found scattered throughout the border region in Arizona. A majority of deaths were driven by a change in immigration policy implemented in 1994, which is why the exhibit is called Hostile Terrain 94.

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