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Latinos in Long Beach report examines the city's largest demographic
By Stephanie Rivera ~ LB Post ~ September 20, 2018
Latinos make up 44.5 percent of Long Beach's population, yet the city's largest demographic is also one of the poorest, works mainly in the service and manual labor sectors and many are without health insurance, according to a preliminary report released Thursday.
This is the first report of its kind focusing specifically on Latinos in the city, but it's only considered a snapshot with more data expected to be gathered as community stakeholders examine the data. The report was released during a roundtable at the Museum of Latin American Art with select community members providing input.
"Even though a lot of Latinos are working, we're in jobs that don't pay very much and don't offer good benefits," said Juan Benitez, executive director of the Center for Community Engagement and professor at Cal State Long Beach, and newly elected Long Beach Unified School District board member.
What was most striking for Benitez was how educational outcomes connect to other outcomes. "Higher pay leads to home ownership and healthcare and higher pay is achieved through education," Benitez said.
The report's key findings on topics such as: population, education, economics and health can be found here.
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Advance Parole Voices: Karina Ruiz de Diaz
Sadly, Karina Ruiz de Diaz, one of our previous Dreamers Study Abroad program participants, lost her paternal grandmother last month, and is one more voice to advocate for the restoring of Advance Parole for DACA recipients.
Karina who is a DACA recipient and the executive director of the Arizona Dream Act Coalition (ADAC), shared her concerns for her grandmother with the CMSC team in July, as presented on this video. Her grandmother has passed away since this recording. She is one more voice, one more person, one more reason for us to take action and tell congress that the denial of Advance Parole is causing irreparable harm.
Advance Parole Voices is a short documentary video series that educates about, and advocates for the reinstatement of the Advance Parole immigration provision for DACA recipients.
The series features stories, voices and testimonies from DACA-mented individuals who traveled with Advance Parole, who participated in the California-Mexico Dreamers Study Abroad Programs, and also those Dreamers who have been denied the travel authorization since the Trump Administration suspended the provision on September 5, 2017.
Visit our campaign website: www.advanceparole.org
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Support the CMSC Fund Drive to continue to advocate for the restoration of DACA's Advance Parole authorization
As you may already know, the CMSC is committed to educate about, and advocate for the reinstatement of the Advance Parole provision for DACA recipients. Thus, we plan to incorporate more stories, voices and testimonies from DACA-mented individuals who traveled with Advance Parole, who participated in our California-Mexico Dreamers Study Abroad Program, and also those who have been denied since September 5, 2017.
The current version of the documentary features Mayra Garibo, a Senior at CSU Dominguez Hills and a DACA recipient, who could not attend her dad's funeral when he passed away in Mexico early this year. She applied for humanitarian Advance Parole and was denied twice. Mayra was unable to pay the last respects to her beloved father whom she had not seen in 17 years. Now one of her grandparents has cancer and she wants to see him and take care of him before it is too late.
But given the administration's heartless decision to suspend Advance Parole for Dreamers, Mayra must choose between her family in Mexico and her life in the United States.
The original Advance Parole film follows Mayra Garibo's efforts and leadership to challenge the system and pave the way not only for her to reunite with her family in Mexico, but also to prevent Dreamers from suffering a humanitarian and emotional crisis as she endured when her father passed away early this year.
The Advance Parole extended version aims to build upon and share more stories and voices from other Dreamers, who either benefited from Advance Parole and those who have been unjustly denied.
But to move forward with this, we need your help! Our Advance Parole Campaign Fund Drive has a goal of raising $5,000 by September 30th, 2018
All volunteers, leadership and support initiatives, and community engagement is welcomed!
Donations and financial backing will help us continue to advocate for the reinstatement of Advance Parole, to cover our social media campaign, film production, and marketing costs.
All support and campaign participation is greatly appreciated!
Please contact us to join this campaign, as an individual or an organization at californiamexicocenter@gmail.com
MAKE YOUR TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION TODAY!
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Learn more about Advance Parole the provision, and the CMSC's unique study abroad program for DACA recipients, watch this 1-minute movie clip from the documentary:
Also, in case you haven't, you can watch the 30-minute documentary here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSuujYzl5IA
Or check out the 2-minute trailer: Advance Parole Promo Trailer
Visit our campaign website: www.advanceparole.org
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Cerritos College lecture: The 1968 East LA High School Walkouts
Prof. Armando Vazquez-Ramos, co-founder of the CSULB Chicano & Latino Studies department and a participant in the 1968 East L.A. high school walkouts, will lecture on "How the Chicano Student Movement Created Chicano Studies." This lecture will chronicle how the founding of the CSULB Chicano Studies department and many other Ethnic Studies programs at numerous colleges and universities were established in 1969, due to the leadership of Chicano and Black students.
Cerritos College (Room LC 155)
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
11:00am-12:30pm
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