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Category: Public Policy

Civil Rights / Health and Human Services / Public Policy

Texas’ Climate Disaster: Latino Community Impact and Policy Assessment

The Texas Winter Storm, in February 2021, disproportionately impacted Latino, Black, and low-income peoples. The winter disaster occurred while they were struggling with pandemic conditions and its concurrent disproportionate economic and health effects.

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Civic Engagement / Civil Rights / Public Policy

Chicano Movement Legacies: Fifty Years of Raza Unida Party

A Reunion and Celebration of the Legacy of Raza Unida Party –One of the Most Influential Organizations of the Chicano Movement. Participants will review the history and legacy of the Raza Unida Party, and its relationships to the current social, economic, and political status of Mexican Americans. Presentations will connect the present to future influence […]

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Civil Rights / Health and Human Services / Public Policy

Decades of Latino Health Injustice

There are 2.5 more uninsured Latinos today than their total population of 1.8 million during the 1968 U.S. Civil Rights Commission Hearing conducted in San Antonio.  It’s a social justice issue that requires change from the decades of increasing right-wing political obstruction and discriminatory policies.

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Civic Engagement / Education / Public Policy

What Texas’ Classroom Censorship Law Means for Students and Schools

Texas’ classroom censorship law, Senate Bill 3 (SB 3) will make it even more difficult to undo the myths of the Alamo. In particular, the myths and lies of its so-called heroes who supposedly died for liberty as opposed to the TRUTH – to protect slavery and to marginalize native Mexicans, and steal their land.

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Bienestar (Well-Being) Profiles / Civic Engagement / Public Policy

Latinos Think Tank: A Catalyst for Policymaking Power

Texas needs a Latino-focused Think Tank. It is confounding and disconcerting that none currently exist. Preferably, the Think Tank should be an independent non-institutional organization that can contribute to critical policy dialogue and a catalyst to impact public and private policymaking.

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Education / Equity / Public Policy

Texas is Not Financing College Readiness

Texas boasts about its economic power and its investment in economic development, but it doesn’t ensure that there are high standards for math and science. It really does create a double standard when you start seeing there are more affluent, wealthy districts who are providing that access. The current system maintains privilege for some and […]

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Action Corner

Court Ruling Jeopardizes Texas Dream Act

U.S. Justice Department Sues Galveston County’s Discriminatory Redistricting Plan

Worth Repeating: Dan Patrick’s CRT Absurdity

End Title 42 – Illegal Actions & Lives Harmed

Climate Disaster Recovery: History of Mismanagement & Discrimination
Part 1 | Part 2

Texas Policymaking vs. Latino Power Shift Framework

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