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Immigrant Rights, Social Justice and Post-Pandemic Planning

Sonja Diaz, a lawyer and scholar, talks about immigrants, who are disproportionately represented among essential workers but have received little in the way of COVID-19 aid. The pandemic has left them in limbo.

COVID-19 Death Rates Highest For Latino Californians, Latest Data Show

Report co-author and UCLA professor David Hayes-Bautista said the trend is directly linked to the fact that Latino workers comprise much of the high-risk agricultural sector. “Farmworkers work in large gangs, they often times sleep in barracks, they ride out in busses,” he said. “The packing house workers … they work shoulder to shoulder.”

Read More | July 27, 2020

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COVID-19 Is Disproportionately Killing Latino Californians, Latest Data Shows

Co-author David Hayes-Bautista says the disparity is driven by Latino farm workers who weren’t protected early in the pandemic.

Read More | July 27, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Health

IdeateLABs Announces New UCLA Study Results on Teledentistry and the Impacts on Latinos

“Lack of Latino dentists, lack of insurance, high costs makes dentistry inaccessible to Latino Communities. Teledentisty may provide access and affordable options for underserved communities,” Dr. David Hayes-Bautista said.

Read More | July 27, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Honor to Local Hero

Former congressman Esteban Torres will receive the UCLA Medal. “His life exemplifies the standards that are represented in UCLA’s mission as a public university,” said Chon Noriega, director of UCLA’s Center for Chicano Studies Research and professor at the Faculty of Theater, Film and Television.

Read More | July 27, 2020

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