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Martínez subrayó que, de acuerdo con un informe reciente del doctor David Hayes-Bautista, director del Centro para el Estudio de la Salud y la Cultura Latina en UCLA, el producto interno bruto de los latinos ascendió en 2018 a $2.6 billones, y si fueran una nación independiente, ocuparían la octava posición en el mundo, con … Continued

Press Release & Media Advisory → Diversity & Inclusion

LATINOS ARE SEVERELY UNDERREPRESENTED IN LOS ANGELES TIMES OPINION PAGES

Latinos are severely underrepresented in Los Angeles Times opinion pages. UCLA study says lack of inclusion leaves Latinos voiceless on crucial issues affecting their communities

Read More | December 15, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Chad Dunn in Tri-City Herald: “Tri-Cities judge rejects moving Latino voter discrimination case to Olympia”

Chad Dunn, the lead attorney with the UCLA Voting Rights Project, pointed out this is the second case to be tried under the 2018 state law. The first, in Yakima County, resulted in a settlement. The attorneys believed from early talks with the Franklin County’s attorneys the concerns could be resolved as quickly. They did not expect the protracted fight with the county that has involved the county taking back an initial settlement plan.

Read More | December 14, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Education

Patricia Gandara in Los Angeles Times: “L.A.’s new schools chief Alberto Carvalho impressed many in Miami. Can he transform L.A.?”

“Importantly, he views English learners not primarily as students who lack English fluency but as the children of immigrants with the rich hopes, dreams and aspirations that immigrant families have always brought to this country,” said Patricia Gandara, a professor of education at UCLA and an expert on English learners, who make up nearly 20% of L.A. district students.

Read More | December 10, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Sonja Diaz in Lex Blog: “Gov’s “Sotomayor moment”?”

Today’s DJ has Governor likely to name Latina to high court, sources say — “Latinas are 20% of California’s population, and there has never been a Latina appointed to the California Supreme Court,” said Sonja Diaz, founding director of the Latino Policy & Politics Initiative at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.”

Read More | December 6, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → Education

Carlos Santos in UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs: “Santos Takes Leadership Role at Hub for Latinx Scholars”

Associate Professor of Social Welfare Carlos Santos has been named associate director of UCLA’s Chicano Studies Research Center. The center, part of UCLA’s Institute of American Cultures, supports intersectional research, programming and advocacy related to Chicano, Latino and Indigenous communities. “For decades, UCLA’s Chicano Studies Research Center has been a central hub for Latinx scholars and those studying issues affecting Latinx communities,” Santos said.

Read More | December 6, 2021

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