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Statement From UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute on the Appointment of Alex Padilla to the United States Senate

Statement from Sonja Diaz, founding director of the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute on Governor Gavin Newsom’s nomination of California Secretary of State Alex Padilla to the United States Senate:

Where Do We Go From Here?

The Pat Brown Institute’s annual conference “Where Do We Go From Here?” centered on the discussion of policy for the nation’s future. The event featured LPPI’s Executive Director, Sonja Diaz. “Our research at UCLA made clear that Latinos made a difference… and sent Joe Biden to the White House. Latinos uniformly were able to flip…

Read More | December 18, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

COVID-19 is still ‘attacking Latino households’ in California eight months into the pandemic

“It’s attacking Latino households,” said Dr. David E. Hayes-Bautista, director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture at the University of California, Los Angeles. The scarcity of Spanish-speaking Latino physicians in California also adds to the problem, he said.

Read More | December 18, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Diversity & Inclusion

VIDEO: Is ‘POC’ Outdated? Maybe. But It Also Has A Measurable Superpower

“Part of the power of any group that influences our social or political behavior has to do with the fact that it homogenizes all of those differences, and that allows an individual member to essentially say, ‘I am part of this we’. By simplifying things you are better able to see yourself reflected in the…

Read More | December 18, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Who is the ‘Latino voter?’ 2020 election showed Latino voters are diverse and vary region to region

In Maricopa County, home to 60% of the state’s population, precincts with high concentrations of Latino voters showed 75% support for Biden, according to an analysis of voting data by the UCLA Latino Politics and Policy Initiative.

Read More | December 18, 2020

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