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UCLA LPPI Study Identifies Barriers Latino Students Face When …

WEBThe UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative (LPPI), in collaboration with the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, recently released its fourth installation of …

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UCLA LPPI Student Fellows Have a Direct Stake in Latino Policy …

WEBPaula Nazario, Graduate student; Area of study: MPP (Master of Public Policy); Expected graduation: 2022. Graduate Fellow Paula Nazario also feels a direct …

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Health, Wealth, & Power: A Student’s Perspective

WEBThe “Building Health, Wealth, and Power” panel focused on how to identify and combat racial inequities through development, health access, and social policy. …

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UCLA LPPI Centers Latinas in the Struggle for Reproductive …

WEBWade and recent attacks on reproductive freedoms, UCLA LPPI brought together its research, mobilization and leadership capacities to advocate for a Latina …

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Open Letter on Inequities and the COVID-19 Response

WEBDrawing on more than 500 studies published over the last twenty years on how social injustices produce health inequities, we urge serious consideration of eight …

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UCLA California Policy Lab’s Latest Policy Brief Highlights the

WEBThe UCLA California Policy Lab has released their fourth policy brief focused on Unemployment Insurance (UI) claims in California since the start of the COVID-19 …

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New Study Finds a Substantial Number of

WEBFebruary 27, 2020 — A new report released today by the California Policy Lab at UCLA sheds light on the employment histories of people before, during, and after receiving …

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Why Is Physical Education a Student’s Most Important Subject

WEBSince 2015, TEDxUCLA has provided a platform for innovative thinkers to share powerful ideas. This year’s event included a talk by Bill Simon, the Co-Founder of …

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UCLA California Policy Lab Releases Report on the Impact of …

WEBNew Analysis of Unemployment Insurance Claims in California Provides Detailed Snapshot of How COVID-19 is Impacting California Workers, Industries, and …

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We Need Social Sciences to Understand Disease Patterns

WEBBy Kayuet Liu. Associate Professor, UCLA Sociology. Affiliate, California Center for Population Research. Medical science presumes biological risks drive …

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Reflecting on an Evening of Art, Health, & Thinking Gender

WEBBy Drew Westmoreland, MSPH, PhD. 2018 Thinking Gender Coordinator. Thinking Gender, now in its 28 th year, is an annual graduate student research …

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UCLA Spirituality, Mindfulness, Self-Care, & Social

WEBBy Institute for Research on Labor and Employment. This past winter quarter, the UCLA Labor Studies Program offered the class Spirituality, Mindfulness, Self-care, …

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UCLA’s Beltran-Sanchez receives the Early Achievement Award …

WEBMay 4, 2018. Assistant Professor Hiram Beltran-Sanchez, of the UCLA Division of Social Sciences’ California Center for Population Research (CCPR) and Department of …

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Workers and Learners’ Experiences in Los Angeles County

WEBBrief: A Survey of Los Angeles Workers and Learners During COVID-19 (click to download) Sophia L. Ángeles is a graduate student researcher with the UCLA …

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UCLA Leadership Releases Statement in Support of Black Lives …

WEBOn May 30, 2020, UCLA Leadership released the statement below to the campus community regarding the nationwide protests. According to the UCLA …

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Advancing Data Equity for Latino Communities LA Social Science

WEBIn a step towards advancing data equity for underserved communities in California, UCLA LPPI participated in the virtual policy forum early this month, “We …

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Informing Policy in Real Time: UCLA LPPI in Sacramento

WEBAttendees heard from the LPPI faculty experts on a wide-range of domestic policy issues including voting, housing, and health.The issues discussed in the briefing …

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Pandemic Inequalities: Assessing the Fallout in the Restaurant …

WEBThe effects of the pandemic on the restaurant industry has been uneven, with a much larger impact on small businesses and vulnerable workers. On the business …

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Nail Files: Low-Wage Work in the National Nail Salon Sector

WEBCalifornia, Texas, Florida, New York, and Georgia are the states with the largest population of nail salon workers. Eight out of ten nail salon employees are low …

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