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UCLA LPPI LAUNCHES NEW LATINO-FOCUSED RESEARCH HUBS WITH FOUNDATION SUPPORT

The UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute (UCLA LPPI) announced today that it has received $300,000 in funding from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (WFHF) to support its leadership programs and voting rights research.

Sonja F. Diaz in Boulevard Sentinel: “Redistricting and the future of NELA’s Council District 14”

The commissioner for CD 14 is Sonja F. Diaz, a civil rights attorney, policy advisor and the Founding and Executive Director of the Latino Policy and Politics Institute at UCLA. In a recent interview with Univision, Diaz said that the census’ undercount of some communities is still unclear. What is clear, she said, is that…

UCLA LPPI STATEMENT ON THE PASSAGE OF NEW VOTING RIGHTS LEGISLATION IN THE U.S. HOUSE ON AUG. 24

View as PDF Chad Dunn, Director of the UCLA Voting Rights Project, an advocacy arm of the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute, issued the following statement in response to the U.S. House of Representatives passage of H.R.4, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act: “Recent events have tested our country’s commitment to democratic elections, and demonstrated the…

Sonja Diaz in Los Angeles Times: “Column: Gavin Newsom has been one of the most pro-Latino governors in California history, and he’s under attack for it”

Sonja Diaz, UCLA’s Latino Policy and Politics Institute founding director, said a successful recall would be a “lotto ticket for the Republican Party.” Republicans would use it in midterm election ads to rally national support for a right-wing agenda detached from science.

Amada Armenta in Los Angeles Times: “ICE poised for changes as Biden nominee heads to Senate for confirmation vote”

That’s still not enough for Amada Armenta, a UCLA associate professor of urban planning who specializes in immigration enforcement. She’d like to do away with the collaboration programs altogether. When “immigrants [are] afraid to engage” with law enforcement, she said, “that’s bad for all of us.”

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