I grew up in South Central Los Angeles, where local schools are severely underfunded. My parents sent me to a high school about 30 miles north in Hollywood to give me a better education. What they didn’t know was that it wasn’t just my community’s schools that lacked resources—it was nearly the entire Los Angeles
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 George Floyd chant Black Lives Matter. The call for local
When the statewide shelter-in-place was mandated, I gained a new perspective on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. I realized how privileged my family and I were to stay at home, while others still needed to go to work. Seeing their struggles, I knew I wanted to help, and with a group of friends, we
ABC7/KGO-TV PARTNERS WITH LATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TO ADDRESS IMPACT ON THE LATINO COMMUNITY DURING CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. THE ONE-HOUR VIRTUAL TOWN HALL FEATURES A PANEL OF EXPERT CONTRIBUTORS AND REAL-TIME AUDIENCE INTERACTION. ‘Race & Coronavirus: A Bay Area Conversation’ Airs Thursday, May 7 (4 P.M. PDT), Live on ABC7 Audience Members Are Invited to Interact With
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 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.
Written by Gabriela Orantes, LCF Just Recovery Fellow. Last month, the Latino Community Foundation’s Just Recovery cohort hosted Censotería week – a week-long census outreach campaign with the goal to ensure that all Latinos in the state are counted in the 2020 Census. The Just Recovery Partnership was created because it was imperative that Latinos
MIAMI – MARCH 2, 2020 – One day ahead of the California primary and Super Tuesday, Univision News in partnership with the Latino Community Foundation publishes its latest electoral survey: the Latino California Voter Poll, which interviewed a robust sample of all Latino registered voters in the state of California. This new poll reveals Latino voters’ most current political
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 a Second Language (ESL) classes with the other immigrants and
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 effort to ensure all California Latino voters cast their ballots