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UCLA LPPI Fellows in Action ’22-’23

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Authors: Heidy Melchor (LPPI Policy Fellow, B.A. 2023) & Arianah Rizzo (LPPI Policy Fellows, B.A. 2024) One key goal of UCLA’s Latino Politics and Policy Institute is to encourage and provide opportunities for Policy Fellows to participate…
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UCLA Labor Center Career Pathways for Students

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UCLA Labor Center partners with California Labor Commissioner’s Office to strengthen state career pathways for students By Andrew Rock, Graduate Student Researcher; Jessica HyunJeong Lee, Graduate Student Researcher, and Janna Shadduck-Hernández,…
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Episode 8: The Soul of Music: Exploring Chief Xian’s ancestral memory

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[Listen] UCLA professor, Nat Geo Explorer and archaeologist Justin Dunnavant sits down with Grammy-nominated trumpeter Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah to discuss ancestral memory, creating new instruments, and stretch music—an expansion of jazz. Read…
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UCLA LPPI Centers Latinas in the Struggle for Reproductive Freedoms

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UCLA LPPI Centers Latinas in the Struggle for Reproductive Freedoms Following the Overturning of Roe v. Wade By Alise Brillault The UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute (UCLA LPPI) elevates research that applies a Latina lens on emerging…
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Juan Herrera - Cartographic Memory

Cartographic Memory – w author Juan Herrera (video)

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New book "Cartographic Memory: Social Movement Activism and the Production of Space" maps Chicana/o and LatinX activism and space creation in 1960s Fruitvale, Oakland California. UCLA Geography professor and author Dr. Juan Herrera discusses…
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The Role of Hispanic Serving Institutions in Preparing the Leaders of Tomorrow

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The Role of Hispanic Serving Institutions in Preparing the Leaders of Tomorrow By Alise Brillault As one of the youngest and fastest-growing demographic groups in the United States, Latinos are key to the future success of our nation…
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The Trump Paradox – w author Raúl Hinojosa (video)

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The Trump Paradox: Migration, Trade, and Racial Politics in US-Mexico Integration - A collection of essays from top scholars in the US and Mexico. LA Social Science spoke with UCLA professor Raúl Hinojosa, Lead Author and Editor, who discusses…
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UCLA Labor Center hosts ‘Opportunity For All’ teach-in

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On Nov. 1, the UCLA Labor Center co-hosted a teach-in about the history and struggle of undocumented students to amplify the “Opportunity for All” campaign, a new statewide effort led by undocumented student organizers, the Center…
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LPPI Staff Bring Insights and Accountability to Policymaking

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New UCLA LPPI Staff Bring Insights and Accountability to Policymaking Ahead of the 2022 Midterm Elections By Mirian Palacios Cruz With the 2022 midterm elections nearing, the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute (UCLA LPPI) has been…
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