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“Prop 187: The Rise of the Latino Vote,” a new documentary that traces the history of this demographic shift to an anti-immigration bill in the state more than 25 years ago, depicts UCLA LPPI’s support with the event on Latino voter mobilization and Prop. 187 held this year, We Are CA, Somos CA.
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NBC Sports primetime broadcast special series “Race in America: A Candid Conversation,” which is focusing on the Latino community during Hispanic Heritage Month. UCLA LPPI expert Laura Gomez joined the show virtually for a 30-minute conversation about current relevant topics.
“Because of COVID-19 and people being conscious about interacting with others, companies have started accelerating the replacement of people with machines,” says UCLA LPPI Research Director, Rodrigo Dominguez, on the impact of COVID-19 and Latinos.
Kelly Lytle Hernandez’s work sheds new light on this moment in which the nation is confronting racism embedded in policing, mass incarceration, health and other systems. Through Million Dollar Hoods, an innovative data and storytelling project based on police booking reports, Hernandez and her team revealed that Los Angeles residents were most often arrested for…
“We need to lead the way nationally. And hopefully through that effort, we will open bridges and spaces where we learn more about each other,” said Leisy Abrego, the new department chair of the UCLA César E. Chávez Department of Chicana and Chicano and Central American Studies and a UCLA LPPI expert. Abrego is a…
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