On March 16th, Mayor London Breed announced a shelter-in-place mandate for the San Francisco Area. Her decisive leadership and action helped stave off major outbreaks in the fourth largest city of California—an action that has saved thousands of lives. Anticipating the state would move in the same direction, the Latino Community Foundation moved quickly to
The Honorable Gavin Newsom Governor of the State of California State Capitol Sacramento, California 95814 Dear Governor Newsom, We write to express our appreciation for your tremendous leadership in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic and for your long track record of advancing justice, equity, and inclusion. We also wish to express our strong support of
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 best: provide the community with critical goods and services, create
The Affordable Care Act signed into law by former President Obama celebrates its ten-year anniversary this year. While the ACA has done much to expand access to vital health services to millions of Americans, the public health emergency caused by COVID-19 is shedding light on the life-threatening inequities in healthcare coverage that persist in California.
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 election. Rather than give up and agree with those statements,
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% from 2014 and overall Latino voter turnout increased by 18%
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 ever presidential debate by his side. It would take another
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 education. What is it the Schools and College Facilities Bond?
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 guide for Latinos to draft and send their letter to
The People’s Philanthropy: Giving Circles Organize, With Help From a Big Funder Julia Travers Modern giving circles embody the age-old practice of pooling resources to benefit others. These groups, which donate and give collectively to causes of members’ shared interest, constitute an accessible form of philanthropy that has sprouted and grown over the tripled