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How Latino Voters Made Electoral History in 2020

Earlier this week, a data report by the UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute (LPPI) estimated that a historic 16.6 million U.S. Latinos voted in the 2020 election, a 30.9% increase from 2016. For this episode of Latino Rebels Radio, host Julio Ricardo Varela breaks down the findings with three members of the UCLA LPPI…

Disinformation Campaigns: A Discussion of Politics, Pandemics, and Chicana/x and Latina/x Communities

The UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Executive Director, Sonja Diaz, will appear as a political expert on a webinar set to take place on January 28th. The webinar will cover how to combat misinformation, racially motivated attacks, how leaders can restore trust in government decisions, and much more.

Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes increase in UC funding for 2021-2022 academic year

Despite the ongoing pandemic, the budget has more funding available than anyone expected, said Patricia Gandara, a UCLA research professor of education. “Everybody needs more money for one thing or another, but I think it’s very positive that (Newsom) has taken an equity lens to it,” Gandara said.

The Quad: Exploring UCLA’s goal to be designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution

Patricia Gándara said given LA’s large Latino population, it is distressing that UCLA has not yet become an HSI. “Los Angeles (has) the second-largest Latino or Mexican-origin population in the world, after Mexico City,” Gándara said. “(The Latino community is) obviously a very large and important part of the population area that UCLA serves.” …

’I don’t trust it’: These Californians hesitant to take COVID vaccine, despite surge

“There’s been a storied legacy, both at home and abroad, of the way that the U.S. government has rolled out medical and scientific experiments on non-white bodies,” said Sonja Diaz. “More must be done to ensure these communities, who are overwhelmingly on the frontlines of this pandemic, have accurate and culturally tailored information to trust…

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