Texas Latino Policy Symposium

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…

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Civic Engagement / Education / Public Policy

What Texas’ Classroom Censorship Law Means for Students…

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…

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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…

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Bienestar (Well-Being) Profiles / Electoral Power / Public Policy-Making

Latino Bienestar (Well-Being) among Texas’ 12 Economic Regions

Latinos are a diverse population that also encompass their respective achievement of social and economic progress across the states’ 12 distinct economic regions. The authors argued that much more progressive policies are needed than even…

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Accountability / Civic Engagement / Electoral Power

Building Latinx Electoral Power

The Texas Organizing Project is a grass-roots membership organization organizing in four cities at a neighborhood level. They’re organizing model involves strategic issue-based campaigns that engage people in the fight for their daily lives, direct…

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Civic Engagement / Public Policy-Making / Socio-Economic

Texas’ Tax System: Why We Need To Change…

Texas’ ideology to accommodate the tax policy needs of the corporate sector while limiting human capital investments (e.g., education, health, housing, economic development) that equalize opportunities for economic mobility are legendary. The state’s regressive tax…

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Civil Rights / Messaging / Organizing

Mexican American Civil Rights: 1968 vs. 2021

Recent publications and events regarding the history of Mexican American Civil Rights in Texas have garnered public attention. It could not be timelier given current enacted state laws that target voter suppression and white-washing historical…

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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…

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Civic Engagement / Civil Rights / Electoral Power

Paid Sick Days: Workers Bienestar (Well-Being) Unfullfilled!

Over 4 million Texas workers, half of them Latinos, have their economic mobility impeded because they lack employer-based paid sick leave. The 87th State Legislative Session preferred focusing on divisive issues and corporate hand-outs versus…

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Labor/Employment / Public Policy-Making / Women

Latinas and Covid – 19 Workforce Impact: Who’s…

The resilience and importance of Latinas to our families have always been apparent. Their pivotal population and economic contribution to Texas’s growth and future must no longer be undermined or ignored. Covid-19 magnified multiple gender…

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Texas Latino Policy Symposium

Decades of Latino Health Injustice

What Texas’ Classroom Censorship Law Means for Students…

Latinos Think Tank: A Catalyst for Policymaking Power

Latino Bienestar (Well-Being) among Texas’ 12 Economic Regions

Building Latinx Electoral Power

Texas’ Tax System: Why We Need To Change…

Mexican American Civil Rights: 1968 vs. 2021

Texas is Not Financing College Readiness

Paid Sick Days: Workers Bienestar (Well-Being) Unfullfilled!

Latinas and Covid – 19 Workforce Impact: Who’s…

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