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Policy Briefing & Webinar → Environment & Climate Resilience

The (In)visible Victims of Disaster

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute (UCLA LPPI) hosted a webinar that explored how undocumented immigrants are particularly vulnerable to disasters and require special consideration in emergency planning and relief efforts.

In pursuit of the Latino American dream

The late Dr. Leo Estrada was a UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute expert and Associate Professor of UCLA Urban Planning. Dr. Estrada talks about how the Latino population explosion occurred hand in hand with Orange county’s economic boom in a 1983 Los Angeles Times article.

Read More | August 29, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Health

COVID-19 Deaths skew younger among minorities

The Wall Street Journal interviewed David Hayes-Bautista, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management and LPPI expert, on why mortality findings are skewing younger for many minorities. “Latinos tend to be very, very poorly connected to the formal medical and public-health infrastructure,” Hayes-Bautista said. The story also ran on MSN, and Hayes-Bautista was interviewed…

Read More | August 29, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Morning Edition

Sonja Diaz joins KPCC’s Morning Edition and discusses Senator Kamala Harris and how she will energize all voters, especially women and voters of color.

Read More | August 29, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Immigration Nation Brilliantly Captures the Brutal Logic Behind America’s Immigration Enforcement Regime

The UCLA archeologist Jason De Leon, who excavates human remains in the desert and appeared on Immigration Nation, notes that one of the official metrics used to gauge the success of this “prevention through deterrence” policy was the number of migrant deaths.

Read More | August 29, 2020

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