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The UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute team is devoted to advocating for communities of color across the U.S.
UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute is committed to shaping a new narrative so that Latinos are meaningfully considered in all policymaking conversations.
LPPI Co-founder Matt Barreto explains Kamala Harris’ increased attention towards the Latino community in her run to become the Democratic presidential nominee, as a direct result of the increasing electoral power Latinos are gaining as the population grows.
Read More | May 29, 2020
A LPPI report analyzing the 2014 and 2018 midterms shows how the Latino population and voting power continues to increase, representation for Latinos is becoming increasingly more necessary.
On February 8, 2019, the UCLA Law Review hosted an important symposium on Latinx Communities, Race, and the Criminal Justice System at the UCLA School of Law.
Daylong event focuses on impact of bias and stereotyping within the legal system on outcomes for Latinos
“immigration control and mass incarceration emerged as the systems of social control that frame alienated citizens and criminalized immigrants as a racialized caste of outsiders in the United States today,” says LPPI expert Kelly Lytle Hernandez about the prison system in the US.
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