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Sonja Diaz, the founding executive director of the Latino Policy and Politics Institute at UCLA appeared as a guest speaker on AirTalk. “President Donald Trump participated in a naturalization ceremony last night despite the last four years of an administration that saw kids in cages, families separated at the border, a Muslim ban, and public charge rules. … Continued

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

The CO GOP’s Strategy to Win Over Latino Voters is Littered With Misconceptions

A review of the 2020 presidential election by UCLA’s Latino Policy and Politics Institute found that Latino voters across the country were decisive in winning the election for Biden. The report also showed that while there was a media spotlight on the Cuban-American voters who swung to Trump in Florida, the state’s Puerto Rican-American community voted for Biden.

Read More | March 17, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

Vaccine Disparity: How Minorities Are Disproportionately Hit

LPPI Executive Director Sonja Diaz featured on CNN, discussing how age-prioritized vaccine distribution has left behind the Latino community in California, ultimately putting our nation’s essential workers most at risk. “Latinos in the US, their median age is 30. For white Americans, it’s 58. So when you privilege older people in California, that ostensibly is going … Continued

Read More | March 17, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

Why is Gavin Newsom changing California’s COVID-19 reopening tiers again?

Ensuring Latinos get more vaccines is a step in the right direction, said Sonja Diaz, director of the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute. “Communities of color are keeping the economy afloat, and prioritizing them is not only the right thing to do, but an economic imperative,” Diaz said in a written statement. “The state’s … Continued

Read More | March 10, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

California upends how it’s divvying up scarce vaccines

“The state’s new approach is the right step to stop the bleeding and affirm that Californians of color are not collateral damage but the catalysts to recovery. California has a responsibility to those communities to get them help first and fast,” said Sonja Diaz, founding director of the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute (Also: … Continued

Read More | March 10, 2021

News Articles & Media Coverage → COVID-19

Study shows federal PPP, small business loans failed to reach California’s vulnerable communities

“The pandemic devastated communities of color and they’ve really borne the brunt of the pandemic, not just in terms of infection and mortality, but job loss and economic devaluation,” said Sonja Diaz, founding director of the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute.

Read More | March 10, 2021

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