For 46 years, Clínica Tepati has been providing basic healthcare services and health education to Sacramento’s underserved Latino community. Staffed by a team of undergraduate and medical students, the clinic provides a broad range of services to communities that might otherwise forgo seeking treatment due
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
We are living in uncertain times. The onset of COVID-19 has placed the world at a standstill and has reminded all of us that we are more interconnected than we thought. During this era of “shelter-in-place,” Latino small-businesses are continuing to do what they do
Written by Maria O. Alvarez, member of the SF Latina Giving Circle The 2020 Census is here. You should be receiving an invitation letter in the mail by now. I’ve been learning through both personal and professional networks, more and more about what it means
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%
Find out where to submit a letter to the editor or op-ed to your local newspaper here! Submitting an letter to the editor or op-ed is one way to make your voice heard on the issues that matter to your community. We’ve created a
The journey that led me to Latino Community Foundation is the realization of my own American dream. I came to this country at the age of 9 as a refugee from Russia. There were kids who made fun of us for not knowing the language,
The Best is Yet to Come Jacqueline Martinez Garcel, CEO, Latino Community Foundation Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9 In just a few days, we
2020 Is About Taking Action for Equal Opportunity In the spring of this year, on the same day she took the oath of allegiance to become a U.S. citizen at her naturalization ceremony in Anaheim, California, my mother decided she would not wait another day
For Immediate Release NEW POLL: Seventy four percent of Latino voters plan to turn out for the March 2020 California primary As state marks the 25th Anniversary of Prop. 187, Latinos are ready to get out the vote; over 80 percent of Latinos believe white supremacist