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Dr. Hayes-Bautista told briefing attendees that Latinos are 80% less likely to find a dentist in their local area. “Lack of Latino dentists, lack of insurance, and high costs makes dentistry inaccessible to Latino Communities. Teledentistry may provide access and affordable options for underserved communities,” Dr. Hayes-Bautista said.
Read More | July 6, 2020
Instead of looking out the window of his new office in Waite Phillips Hall, incoming Rossier School of Education dean Pedro Noguera looks at the windows of Zoom calls on his computer screen. His days are full of virtual meetings rather than ones he can stroll to on the 229-acre University Park Campus, normally full of students…
“The 2020 election will not only decide control of the White House and the United States Congress, but down-ballot races that will decide redistricting, economic recovery, police reform and our fragile social safety net,” said Sonja Diaz, founding director of the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute.
Asian American and Latino voters in three key states — California, Virginia and Texas — had lower engagement in the 2020 primaries compared to four years before, according to a new analysis from the Latino Policy and Politics Institute.
In the report’s preface, Sonja Diaz, founding director of the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute, offers insights on how the findings can provide a call to action for campaigns that are courting Asian American and Latino voters.
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