UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute

Ready to make your voice heard at the ballot box come November? Today is #NationalVoterRegistrationDay! Stay on top of voter registration deadlines, focusing on the states featured in our recent Latino voter profile briefs, including California, Florida, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, and Nevada. To register or check your voter registration status visit vote.gov today! Every vote counts, so let’s ensure yours is ready to go! #Election2024

The UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute team is excited to be at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI)'s leadership conference doing demonstrations of the Latino Data Hub —a powerful tool designed to drive data-informed decision-making for Latino communities. Visit us on the expo floor to get a personalized walkthrough of the Hub and discover how it can support your work. #CHCIHHM

Hispanic Heritage Month is a vibrant celebration of Hispanic and Latino cultures and experiences in the United States! At UCLA LPPI, our mission is to uplift all underrepresented people by championing their voices and rights in our research, advocacy, and leadership development programs. Together, with the support of our community partners, we strive to continue to make a meaningful impact and honor our community’s diversity, strength, and resilience!

We congratulate UCLA LPPI's Silvia R. González on publishing an article examining the extent to which jurisdictions integrate anti-displacement policies as solutions to mitigate gentrification and displacement risks, which was featured in the latest Planning Practice & Research Journal issue! Download the article for free here: https://lnkd.in/gUmdnDzM

Today, we unveiled our latest election voter profile brief, focusing on Latino voters in Florida! This demographic represents over one-fifth of the state’s eligible voters! Boasting the third-largest number of Latino-eligible voters in the U.S, the data brief of the key battleground state also provides deep insights into the diversity of the state's Latino electorate through comparisons across Hillsborough, Miami-Dade, and Orange Counties. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/g3vatiXF The brief is authored by: Juliana Phan, Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas, and Xalma Palomino

We invite you to register for the upcoming Data Disaggregation Webinar by California Primary Care Association in partnership with AltaMed Health Services! Set for September 12 at 11am PT, the webinar will feature UCLA LPPI's Jie Zong as a panelist along with co-author of our recent AAPI Latinos report Kevin Kandamby! Register now: https://ow.ly/u7oJ50TgZGr

Yesterday, UCLA LPPI along with our partners at Black Wealth Data Center teamed up at #ProsperitySummit2024 for a fireside chat! Over the past year, the Latino Data Hub and Black Wealth Data Center teams have focused on advancing racial inequities. The session was led by Jie Zong, Senior Research Analyst, UCLA LPPI and Harsha Mallajosyula, Director of Data, Black Wealth Data Center! Thank you to all who stopped by!

Our latest brief on zooms in on Latino eligible voters in the battleground state of Pennsylvania. With Pennsylvania's last two presidential elections decided by slim margins—Trump winning by 44,000 votes in 2016 and Biden by 81,000 in 2020—the state's 579,000 eligible Latino voters could be decisive in 2024. Learn more at the link below about how Latino eligible voters in the Keystone state will be decisive not only for the presidential election but also for a competitive U.S. Senate race! Authored by Juliana Phan, Xalma Palomino and Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas https://lnkd.in/gs769PCE

 A new report uncovers significant disparities in labor market outcomes for Afro-Latinx workers in the United States, highlighting the unique challenges faced by this growing demographic. The report, authored by Misael Galdámez, Julia Silver, MS, Dr. Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas, and Dr. Nancy López, provides a comprehensive look at how Afro-Latinx individuals aged 25-54 fare in terms of unemployment and labor force participation compared to their non-Black Latino peers and other race groups. The report finds that despite having higher educational attainment, Afro-Latinx individuals consistently face higher unemployment rates compared to non-Black Latinos. Additionally, for both Afro-Latinx men and women, their labor force participation trends more closely follow those of their non-Latino Black peers than their non-Black Latino peers. Learn more: https://ucla.in/3Z41TAN 

📣We are happy to announce that the UCLA LPPI Latino Data Hub and Black Wealth Data Center will host a fireside chat at Prosperity Summit in Washington D.C.! The three day event brings together nonprofit, private, and public sector leaders passionate about Prosperity Now’s vision to achieve economic justice. Together, we will be leading a session titled “The Power of Data to Address Inequity,” in which we will explore how data can be a powerful tool for addressing inequity. If you are attending Prosperity Summit please join us on Wednesday, September 4 at 4 pm EDT!  #ProsperitySummit2024 #LatinoDataHub #BlackWealthDataCenter