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The UCLA Voting Rights Project is a project of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs aimed at creating an accessible and equitable system of voting for all Americans through impact litigation, research, and clinical education to expand access to the ballot box.

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News Articles & Media Coverage → Health

Cal Lutheran Economists Win Bank of America Research Grant

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,…

Read More | February 22, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

Vaccine equity for Latinos + Church as an essential service + API caucus on hate crimes

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…

Read More | February 22, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Investigation finds Latino ballots in WA more likely to be rejected

“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.

Read More | February 22, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Criminal Justice

Archiving the Age of Mass Incarceration

“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…

Read More | February 22, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

Coronavirus: They ask the governor of California that the Latino community be vaccinated as soon as possible

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…

Read More | February 22, 2021

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