I am Black. I am Latina. These are undeniable facts about my identity. I remember when my family and I migrated to the United States from Colombia in 2004. At 12 years old, I spoke no English and was immediately put in English as
We have all heard this before. “Why vote? I’m in California. My vote doesn’t matter.” In my case, it was a close family member of mine who said this to me as I sat across the table from him when we were discussing the upcoming
For Immediate Release Latino Community Foundation launches Get Out the Vote (GOTV) efforts to mobilize Latinos to the polls for March 3 California Primary Events will underscore importance of voting in the primary on Super Tuesday SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24, 2020 — In an
It’s 8:45AM when I arrive. It’s a familiar place to me, one that I’ve visited a few times during my two years at Berkeley, often for the occasional conference or academic lecture. I’ve grown accustomed to what this space at International House looks and
Thanks to the efforts of Latino organizations providing civic engagement and voter outreach programs to Latino youth, a historic number of young Latinos showed up to the polls in the 2018 midterms. In places like the Central Valley Latino youth voter turnout went up 258%
One of my earliest memories is from the late summer of 1996. My father called me into the living room, pointed at the television, and said, “Mijo, pay attention to what these people have to say.” For the next 90 minutes, I watched my first
Univision/Latino Community Foundation Release Complete Results of their Latest Electoral Surveys in the Lead-Up to the Next Democratic Debate Two new Univision News and Latino Community Foundation surveys can now be viewed on UnivisionNoticias.com and all Univision News digital and social media platforms MIAMI – FEBRUARY
Written by Eduardo García, LCF Civic Engagement Fellow On March 3, Latinos in California will be voting for their top choice for president. But another important item is on the ballot that Latinos must turn out to vote for: the future of our children’s
When disaster strikes a community, people tend to look for ways to help. Often that takes the form of donations towards large, disaster relief organizations that parachute in, to stop the bleeding, and leave once the immediate crisis has been resolved. Donations that respond to
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