FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Over 500 Latino Leaders Across California Urge Governor Newsom to Appoint a Latino United States Senator for California San Francisco, CA — August 19, 2020 — Today, the Latino Community Foundation, and over 500 Latino leaders across the state, released an open
Why am I urging you to vote this year? There are less than 80 days until Election Day. We must remember that when the 19th Amendment was passed 100 years ago giving women the right to vote, that not all women were included. Black, Native
By: Amber Gonzales-Vargas Real talk…2020 has been one of the most unprecedented years of my life, and most likely yours as well. And yet, when things felt like they were cancelled, uncomfortable, painful….and honestly scary, one thing has resounded loud and clear for me. Our
Written by Natasha Cougoule, SF Latina Giving Circle Member 42 years ago, Prop 13 positioned itself as a means to protect homeowners and businesses from excessive taxation. Today, it’s entrenching wealth inequality and strangling state and local budgets, where education is the first to
A pledge from California philanthropic organizations: The COVID–19 public health and economic crisis and the murders of Black Americans by police, have laid bare the deep inequities across our state. We need bold steps to ensure a future based on economic inclusion, racial equity, and
This week Governor Newsom signed the 2020-21 Budget after weeks of negotiations with state lawmakers over how to address $54 billion deficit caused by the COVID-19 crisis. The Budget maintains funding for California’s K-12 school districts and community colleges and allocates $5.3 billion to mitigate
Courageous. Hopeful. Determined. That is what it looks like to show up with love, not fear Over the past three months, you—the Latino Community Foundation family—have shown up strong. You have demonstrated your commitment to community and to social change. Since March, our collective efforts
It’s an understatement to say that this year’s Pride season has been unlike any other in recent memory. Pride festivals have been cancelled nationwide due to the global pandemic. Waves of mass protests in cities and towns across the country sparked by the murder of
Shared by: Nicole Giles, Strategic Initiatives Associate, Northern California Grantmakers This moment has brought an enormous amount of anger. I am angry that last week, just an hour away, in Palmdale, Robert Fuller, a young Black man, was found hanging from a tree. I am
There are an estimated 200,000 Latinos of indigenous origin living in California. For nearly 27 years, the Binational Center for the Development of Indigenous Communities (CBDIO) has been working to strengthen the civic participation, and economic, social, and cultural development of this community. CBDIO’s co-executive