The Bank for America Charitable Foundation has awarded California Lutheran University’s Center for Economic Research and Forecasting, or CERF, a $250,000 research grant to identify the total economic contribution of Hispanics by U.S. state. CERF Executive Director Matthew Fienup and Director of Economics Dan Hamilton head the research institute’s team, which includes Dr. David Hayes-Bautista,…
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Over 50 Latino leaders in California sent a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom urging the state to expand vaccine access to Latino communities who have been hard hit by the pandemic. The letter was signed by representatives from varying groups like the UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute, the National Association of Latino Elected and…
“Every voter should have an equal right to their mail ballot being counted; however, we know well that Latinos are more likely to have their ballots rejected for signature issues,” said Matt A. Barreto, faculty director of the UCLA Voting Rights Project.
“This new collaboration between Million Dollar Hoods and UCLA’s ethnic studies centers will preserve the documentary evidence of mass incarceration and its impact on people’s lives in Los Angeles while building a new digital bedrock for racial justice scholars and scholarship at UCLA,” said Kelly Lytle Hernández, director of the Bunche Center and a 2019…
Professors from the University of California in Los Angeles sent a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom calling for action for authorities to increase the investment of resources and information necessary for vaccines to reach Latinos, because “we know they are not getting equitable access,” assures Rodrigo Domínguez-Villegas. “The letter is a call to action for…
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