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Dr. Hayes-Bautista in Univision: “Fear of covid keeps many Latino children out of classrooms”

Latinos are vulnerable to the highly communicable coronavirus because they are more likely than non-Hispanic whites to do essential jobs that expose them to the public, said David Hayes-Bautista, a UCLA professor of public health and medicine and a co-author of a study, in January, about this theme.

Dr. Chinchilla in Telemundo 52: “Scars of COVID-19: How the housing crisis influenced infections”

“It is common for Latino families to live together, because we are very attached to the family and also because there are benefits to sharing the housing costs,” says Dr. Melissa Chinchilla, researcher at Altamed and UCLA LPPI.

Read More | May 21, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Arts & Culture

Dr. Noriega in Los Angeles Times: “A fiery memo, crown-jewel archives: How Chon Noriega shaped our view of Chicano L.A.”

“What we don’t need is another story where you have a boxer, a lawyer and a gang member and the daughter who is an educator. The most boring story Hollywood continually tells is that Hollywood is about telling stories. What a story is and what is recognized as a story — nobody questions that. What…

Read More | May 21, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Arts & Culture

Dr. Noriega in UCLA Newsroom: “Chon Noriega’s visionary leadership brought Latino culture and art to the forefront”

“Chon Noriega’s visionary leadership of the Chicano Studies Research Center in the past two decades has taken it to new heights,” said David Yoo, vice provost of UCLA’s Institute of American Cultures. “His dedication to preserving Chicano/Latino history and bringing greater visibility to Latino art and film is remarkable, important and truly appreciated. He leaves…

Read More | May 21, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Criminal Justice

UCLA Latino Policy & Politics (LPPI) in Filter: “‘Divest and Invest’: Latinx Advocates on Defunding the Police”

On May 13, organizers held a virtual panel on police defunding and alternatives to incarceration as part of the “Advancing Criminal Justice Reform Through a 21st Century Latinx Lens” convening. Hosted by UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, the Drug Policy Alliance and the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators, it brought together…

Read More | May 21, 2021

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