Clockwise from top left: Rudy Ortega, Jr.,Tribal President, Fernandeno Tataviam Band of Mission Indians; Fernando Guerra, Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount University; Anthony Rendon, Speaker, California State Assembly;...
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With just days to go, recall election questions linger: State officials address how and where to vote, replace lost ballots, more
Joe Kocurek, office of the California Secretary of State By Mark Hedin, Ethnic Media Services Ballots for Tuesday, Sept. 14’s vote on whether or not to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom were mailed out to registered voters weeks ago, and are already being mailed...
“Latinos are late deciders” – Anti-recall activist campaigns focus on increasing Latino turnout before next Tuesday
Also available in Spanish. By Pilar Marrero, Ethnic Media Services With just a few days left of actual voting on the September 14th California Governor´s recall election, turning out Latinos whose participation so far in this election has lagged behind other groups...
COVID-Relief Grants Target Nonprofits and Small Businesses: California’s $4 billion program still has $1.5 billion left – if you apply soon
From left to right: Everett Sands, CEO, Lendistry; Earl Jones, Treasurer, Bridge Builders Foundation; Jan Masaoka, CEO, California Association of Nonprofits By Mark Hedin, Ethnic Media Services Time is running out for small businesses and nonprofits to apply for $1.5...
North Carolina Redistricting Fact Sheet
By Mark Hedin, Ethnic Media Services 2020 Census figures show that North Carolina’s population has grown by 9.48% since 2010, to 10,439,388, more than double what it was in 1970. In the once-every-decade reapportionment process, in which seats in the U.S. House of...
PANDEMIC CONTINUES TO TAKE MAJOR TOLL, DESPITE EFFECTIVE VACCINES: Q/A WITH THE CDC
From left to right: Dr. Peggy Honein, State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support Task Force, CDC; Dr. Cindy Friedman, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine in 2020, CDC; Dr. Jennifer Layden, CDC; Dr. Kevin Chatham-Stevens, Medical Officer, CDCBy SUNITA...
CDC urges all travelers to get vaccinated
From left to right: Dr. Peggy Honein, State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support Task Force, CDC; Dr. Cindy Friedman, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine in 2020, CDC; Dr. Jennifer Layden, CDC; Dr. Kevin Chatham-Stevens, Medical Officer, CDCAlso available...
Angelica Salas, Chirla Action Fund: “California governor’s recall is an attack on immigrants”
Angelica Salas, Director, Chirla Action FundAlso available in Spanish. By Pilar Marrero The first time Angelica Salas heard about the current recall process for California Governor Gavin Newsom, it was right after he announced special relief for undocumented essential...
Promoting Vaccines in Rural California
Clockwise from top left: Melody Cannon-Cutts, Public Health Program Manager, Del Norte County Department of Health and Human Services; Terry Supahan, Executive Director, Del Norte & Tribal Lands True North Organizing Network; Miguel Pelayo-Zepeda, Del Norte-based...
A DOCTOR’S WORD: EXPOSURE TO SMOKE FROM WILDFIRES CAN INCREASE RISK FOR COVID-19
University of California San Francisco pulmonologist Dr. John BalmesAlso available in Spanish, Chinese, and Korean By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor Thousands of COVID-19 cases and deaths in California, Oregon, and Washington between March and December 2020...
Thousands Face Eviction without a Lawyer—A Bill Before the State Senate Would Even the Odds
Also available in Spanish. By Tina Rosales, housing advocate at Western Center on Law & Poverty Imagine coming home one day to find a notice on your door stating in bold letters: TO ALL TENANT(S) AND ALL OTHER PERSONS IN POSSESSION: YOU ARE HEREBY...
On the Record with Governor Gavin Newsom: Choosing not to be vaccinated puts others at risk
Also available in Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Armenian, Russian, Arabic, and Thai. By Governor Gavin Newsom Despite California’s progress against COVID-19, we’re not out of the woods yet – too many folks in our communities remain unvaccinated, putting...
Turnout will decide recall election – Important vote is simpler than it seems
Dr. Shirley Nash Weber (left), California Secretary of State; Dr. Raphael Sonenshein (right), Executive Director of the Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs, Cal State Los Angeles.Also available in Spanish, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese. By Mark Hedin, Ethnic...
Easier to get a gun than a Covid test – Multi-Racial Coalition Seeks Fair Redistricting To Reshape Alabama’s Priorities
Clockwise from top left: Evan Milligan, Executive Director, Alabama Forward; Rodreshia Russaw, Executive Director, The Ordinary People Society (TOPS); Felicia Scalzetti, Southern Coalition for Social Justice CROWD Fellow, Alabama Election Protection Network; Jaeyeon...
Outreach worker for ‘unhoused’ just got her shot – Fear of Delta variant chips away at vaccine hesitancy in California’s rural north
By Peter Schurmann, Ethnic Media ServicesPhotos and video by Manuel Ortiz-Escamez CRESCENT CITY, Ca. – The last time Daphne Cortese-Lambert saw a doctor was when her daughter was born 27 years ago. The Executive Director of Mission Possible, which provides...
L.A. County’s eviction fighters – With moratoria ending, aid programs ramp up
From left to right: Peyman Malaz, LA Center Director, Pars Equality Center; Jessica Hayes, Disaster Recovery Branch Chief, CA Dept. of Housing & Community Development; Cindy Shin, Staff Attorney, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles; Manny Ruiz, Senior Policy...
Redistricting Champions – Evan Milligan’s Vision of a Freer Alabama Hinges on Fair Redistricting
Evan Milligan, Executive Director of Alabama ForwardAlso available in Spanish and Korean. By Khalil Abdullah, Ethnic Media Services Evan Milligan has high aspirations for the state of Alabama where communities of color -- including recently arrived Spanish, Korean,...
Alabama Redistricting Fact Sheet
By Mark Hedin, Ethnic Media Services 2020 Census figures show that Alabama’s population has grown by 6.3% since 2010, to 5,024,279. That change is not enough to gain or cost Alabama a seat in Congress, where the state’s contingent will remain at seven. Those seven...
As minorities grow, their representation relies on redistricting
From left to right: Mark Hugo Lopez, Director of Hispanic Research, Pew Research Center; Yurij Rudensky, Redistricting Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice. NYU Law School; Jesselyn McCurdy, Interim Executive Vice President for Government Affairs, The Leadership...
Will Eviction Moratorium Save Renters and Landlords?
From left to right: Juan Pablo Garnham, Audience and Community Engagement Editor, Eviction Lab, Princeton University; Dr. Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson, Principal Investigator and Leader, Social Epidemiology to Eliminate Disparities (SEED) Lab, Ohio State University;...
“We recognize that many students have experienced the trauma of the pandemic”: Superintendent Tony Thurmond
Tony Thurmond, California Superintendent of Public InstructionAlso available in Spanish. The California Superintendent of Public Instruction said that in tandem with a mask mandate, massive rapid tests, and improved ventilation systems, schools in the state will...
Six months in, a mixed outcome of Biden’s immigration policies
From left to right: Muzaffar Chishti, Director of the MPI office, New York University School of Law; Nicole Elizabeth Ramos, Director of the Border Rights Project, Al Otro Lado; Ava Benach, Founding Partner, Benach CollopyAlso available in Spanish. Although many of...
As You Prepare to Vote in Recall Election, Know Your Rights, say California State Officials
Also available in Spanish, Chinese, and Korean. By Jaya Padmanabhan At a time when eighteen states have enacted 30 laws that will make it harder for Americans to vote, California’s voter bill of rights expands voting access in order to increase voter participation. ...
Schools Are Safest Place for Kids from COVID
From left to right: Hilda L. Solis, Supervisor for the First District, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors; Debra Duardo, Superintendent of Schools, Los Angeles County; Dr. Nava Yeganeh, MD MPH, Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of...
Face-to-face outreach by community members persuades the unvaccinated
From left to right: Kim McCoy Wade, Director, California Department of Aging; Irma R. Muñoz, Founder and Executive Director, Mujeres de la Tierra; Esperanza Vielma, Executive Director, Environmental Coalition for Water; Jorge Pingarron, Canvasser, Todos UnidosAlso...
U.S. grows ever-more diverse – Census data show a multiracial, urban and older U.S.
Also available in Spanish, Chinese, and Korean. By Mark Hedin, ETHNIC MEDIA SERVICES The United States population is more diverse than ever and increasingly urban, according to new data collected in the 2020 Census. But overall population growth in the country has...
Redistricting Advocates Brace for Gerrymandering After Census Data Release
By Khalil Abdullah, Ethnic Media Services Redistricting advocates across Georgia worry that redistricting – the process by which states every 10 years redraw electoral districts to align with census data – will be “heavily tied to voter suppression,” in the words of...
A Day in the Life of a Vaccinator Outreach Worker—20 somethings lead the charge
Jocelyn ZambranoAlso available in Spanish. A young community worker reveals what a day in her life is like, while campaigning to raise awareness about immunization BY ARACELI MARTINEZ, ETHNIC MEDIA SERVICES/LA OPINON | Araceli Martinez is a veteran reporter for La...
SEC. OF STATE WEBER BREAKS DOWN KEY FACTS ABOUT RECALL
Dr. Shirley N. Weber, California Secretary of StateAlso available in Spanish, Chinese. and Korean Secretary of State Shirley Nash Weber explained the nuts and bolts of the Sept. 14 election that will decide whether or not the Democratic governor ends his term. By:...
Médicos: “Hay que dejar de culpar a los no vacunados por la pandemia”
From left to right: Monica Gandhi MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Associate Division Chief, Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine at UCSF/ SF General Hospital; Dr. Tiffani Jenae Johnson, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician, UC Davis...
VACCINES STILL WIN IN RACE AGAINST DELTA VARIANT
From left to right: Monica Gandhi MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Associate Division Chief, Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine at UCSF/ SF General Hospital; Dr. Tiffani Jenae Johnson, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician, UC Davis...
Why Demonizing the Unvaccinated Won’t Work
Dr. Tiffani Jenae Johnson, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician, UC Davis Children's HospitalAlso available in Spanish and Chinese. By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor Low-income minorities in the U.S., many of whom remain unvaccinated because of hurdles in...
As Food Insecurity Rises – Millions Missing Out on LA County Food Support Programs
From left to right: Hilda L. Solis, Supervisor, First District, LA County Board of Supervisors; Kayla de la Haye, Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California; Rigo Reyes, Executive Director, LA County Office of Immigrant Affairs;...
Lessons of the Pandemic – Demanding Equal Access to the Internet as a Human Right
Clockwise from top left: Angela Siefer, Executive Director, National Digital Inclusion Alliance; Sunne Wright McPeak, President and CEO, California Emerging Technology Fund; Érica Del Torro, Parent University Program, Cal State University Fresno; Michelle Flores,...
HMONG COMMUNITY ACTIVIST ENDS 19-DAY HUNGER STRIKE AS CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL AGREES TO LOOK AT DEMANDS
By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor A Hmong community activist ended his 19-day hunger strike July 23 afternoon as the office of California state Attorney General Rob Bonta agreed to look into the death of farmer Soobleej Hawj, who was killed by Siskiyou County...
Key to Democracy – Minnesotans of Color Push for Equity in Redistricting
By Mark Hedin, Ethnic Media Services Editor’s Note: Mark Hedin reports for EMS’s redistricting newsbeat. Minnesota’s fastest-growing communities, in an effort to have their voices heard in shaping society’s future, are targeting the state’s imminent redistricting...
CDC Experts Call New Surge “The pandemic of the unvaccinated”
Lauri Hicks, DO (left), Medical Epidemiologist, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC; José T. Montero, MD, MHCDS (right), Director, Center for State, Tribal, Local, and...
Siskiyou County New Frontier for Resisting anti-Asian Violence
Hmong protestor in Yreka July 17Also available in Chinese, Vietnamese, and Korean. By: Sandy Close With additional reporting by Sunita Sohrabji and video/photographs by Manuel Ortiz YREKA, California — Over 600 Hmong Americans from across California and as far away as...
‘HISTORIC MOMENT!’ ASIAN AMERICANS CHEER PASSAGE OF CALIFORNIA’S $156 MILLION FUND TO COMBAT AAPI RACISM
California Governor Gavin Newson holds a copy of the state’s 2021-2022 budget, which he signed July 12 (photo courtesy of Governor Gavin Newsom’s office).By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor Asian Americans cheered the July 12 passage of California’s API Equity...
How do you say “gerrymandering” in Spanish?
Also available in Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Korean. By Pilar Marrero There are terms that are hard to translate and concepts that are foreign, even if you can find a word in another language to say them. If not, just ask Miguel Rivera, from the Texas Civil...
Election audits in five states set off warning signals, report finds
Also available in Spanish. By Mark Hedin, Ethnic Media Services A new report by the Brennan Center for Justice examines so-called ‘audits” either under way or proposed for five states that voted to replace Donald Trump with Joe Biden as president in the Nov. 3, 2020...
COVID-19: Doctors agree that masks are here to stay
From left to right: Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, Senior Fellow, Federation of American Scientists; Dr. Jose Perez, Chief Medical Officer, South Central Family Health Center; Dr. Ben Neuman, Chief Virologist, Global Health Research Complex at Texas A&M UniversityAlso...
Redistricting battle heats up – Houston activists fight for fairer maps
Clockwise from top left: Nina Perales, Vice President of Litigation, Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund; Debbie Chen, Attorney, OCA-Greater Houston; Roshawn Evans, Co-founder and Organizing Director, Pure Justice; Myrtala Tristan, Lakewood Resident,...
As Housing Gap Widens – Rural Californians Run Out of Homes
From left to right: Kristina Rosales, Housing Team, Western Center; Sara Kimberlin, Senior Policy Analyst, California Budget and Policy Center; Francisco Dueñas, Executive Director, Housing Now!; Larry Halstead, activist, political scientist, and Paradise Camp Fire...
Three California Republicans Share Views on Future of GOP
From left to right: Young Kim, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, California’s 39th District; Suzette Martinez Valladares, Member of the California State Assembly, 38th District; Walter Allen III, City Councilmember, City of CovinaAlso available in Spanish....
File Your Tax Return – You May Qualify for Tax Credits & Stimulus Payments
Also available in Spanish, Chinese, and Korean. By Mark Hedin, Ethnic Media Services Amid the COVID-19 global pandemic, California has led the way in establishing a variety of supports to help people through a time of increased needs and reduced earnings. At a...
Fighting global warming requires an equity approach
From left to right: Dr. Daniel Swain, Climate Scientist, UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability; Dr. Kristie L. Ebi, Professor, Center for Health and the Global Environment; Aradhna Tripati, Associate Professor, UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and...
Broad coalition of Americans fights against voter suppression laws
From left to right: Mimi Marziani, President, Texas Civil Rights Project; Alex Gulotta, Arizona State Director, All Voting is Local; Elizabeth Hira, Spitzer Fellow and Policy Counsel, Brennan Center's Democracy ProgramAlso available in Spanish. Advocates put faith in...
Future of housing depends on drawing fairer maps – A conversation with New Orleans activist Andreanecia Morris
Andreanecia Morris, HousingNOLA Executive Director By Khalil Abdullah, Ethnic Media Services Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of EMS profiles of redistricting champions. Andreanecia Morris’ passion for housing has made her one of New Orleans’ most ardent...
Vaccinating Ethnic Elders and Disabled – Hardest to Reach, Most at Risk
From left to right: Kim McCoy Wade, Director, California Department of Aging; Dr. Louise Aronson, Geriatrician ,UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine; Anni Chung, President and CEO, Self Help for the Elderly; Cindy Cox-Roman, CEO, HelpAge USA; Jessica Lehman,...
On the Record with Dr. Erica Pan: Protecting Our Kids with COVID-19 Vaccines
Dr. Erica Pan, California State Epidemiologist Also available in Spanish, Chinese, and Vietnamese, and Korean. By Dr. Erica Pan, California State Epidemiologist California’s future is brighter now that protection from COVID-19 is within reach for even more of our...
Summer Brings Out Door to Door Scammers – Chicago Fraud Busters Share Tips at FTC Briefing
Also available in Spanish, Chinese, and Korean. By Khalil Abdullah, Ethnic Media Services Summer’s here, and Deacon Reginald Patterson, who directs the senior ministry of Chicago’s New Covenant Church, anticipates fraudsters and scammers to descend upon parishioners’...
KOREAN AMERICANS TO LEGISLATORS – DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS NEED PERMANENT FUNDING STREAM
Jennifer Oh, Deputy Director of Korean American Family Services (Los Angeles)Also available in Korean. By Jennifer Oh, Ethnic Media Services As deputy director of Korean American Family Services (KFAM) in Los Angeles, I welcomed news last week that the Senate and...
Ethnic media reporters recognized for covering 2020 epic events
California Governor Gavin Newsom opened the California Ethnic Media Awards on Thursday, June 3, with a special tribute to the sector for covering the epic news stories of 2020Also available in Spanish. By: Jenny Manrique, Ethnic Media Services Some 30 ethnic media...
Ethnic businesses in the post pandemic: Catch the boom or left behind?
From left to right: Everett Sands, CEO, Lendistry; Ro Khanna (D), Representative, California’s 17th Congressional District; Virginia Ali, Co-founder, Ben’s Chili Bowl Also available in Spanish. Since the pandemic started, 200,000 small U.S. businesses have closed...
California Senate revisits ‘death in prison’ law – Judges would regain discretion in cases overwhelmingly affecting young people of color
By Mark Hedin, Ethnic Media Services A little-known provision of California’s criminal code condemns an average of three people per week – typically young adults of color -- to spend the rest of their lives behind bars for being unwitting accomplices to crimes they...
Hesitancy and lack of access contribute to low rates of kids vaccinated
From left to right: Dr. Jose Perez, Chief Medical Officer, South Central Family Health Center, Los Angeles; Dr. Grace Lee, Professor of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine; Matthew Simonson, Researcher, Covid States ProjectAlso available in Spanish....
County expands free vaccine program – No appointments needed, but you have to be at least 12 years old
Valentina Pereda, LA-based communications expert and documentary filmmaker (left); Eloisa Gonzalez, M.D., M.P.H., Director for Cardiovascular and School Health, LA County Department of Public Health (right) By Mark Hedin, Ethnic Media Services LOS ANGELES -- COVID-19...
New Immigration Bills Open the Door for Scammers
By Nina Mohan President Biden’s proposed immigration reforms could provide a pathway to citizenship for over 11 million undocumented immigrants, but the proposed changes also offer fresh opportunity for scammers who know how to exploit the complicated and sometimes...
Experts advocate for global vaccine production
From left to right: Dr. Marc Lipsitch, Professor of Epidemiology and Directo, Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, Harvard School of Public Health; Peter Maybarduk, Director, Public Citizen's Access to Medicines Group; Dr. Ben Newman, Chief Virologist at the...
COVID VACCINATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO ATTEND K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOL IN CALIFORNIA
Also available in Korean. By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor California teens ages 12-15 can start getting vaccinated for Covid as of May 13, but getting the shot will not be required for attending K-12 public schools in the state, said California Health and...
How communities can heal post-pandemic
Dr. Manuel Pastor (left), Distinguished Professor of Sociology and American Studies & Ethnicity, University of Southern California; Leslie Cooper Johnson (right), Vice President of Organizational Development, Community CoalitionAlso available in Spanish. Experts...
Los Angeles County Battles Hunger with CalFresh – Solis, community groups encourage applying
Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, First District of the Los Angeles County Board of SupervisorsAlso available in Korean. By Mark Hedin, Ethnic Media Services Among the many problems made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic in Los Angeles County is a familiar one: hunger. For the...
CAN INDIA EMERGE FROM ITS COVID CATACLYSM?
By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor The eyes of the world are focused on India, as the country experiences a brutal second wave of the Covid pandemic, with an average of 400,000 new daily infections and 3,000 daily deaths. Public health experts say the numbers...
Appreciate Nurses–We Can All Do Our Part to Help End the Pandemic
Also available in Chinese, Vietnamese, and Korean. By Raynald Samoa, M.D., Endocrinologist, City of Hope and Clinical Lead for the National Pacific Islander Covid-19 Response Team (NPICRT) Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, I have been inspired by the strength and...
Colombian Government Chooses Force Over Dialogue as Protests Continue
A young protester draped in an ACAB Colombian flag plays football with a seminary student in Plaza BolivarAlso available in Spanish. Deadly protests which have claimed the lives of 34 show no signs of slowing By Joshua Collins Joshua Collis is a freelance journalist...
Multi-ethnic Survey Finds Support for California’s COVID Work – Widespread fear of racial bias clouds positivity about vaccines
By Mark Hedin, Ethnic Media Services Californians report improved finances and growing confidence that they won’t get COVID-19, according to a new survey by a coalition of nonprofit organizations. In this fourth poll by Hispanas Organized for Political Equity (HOPE),...
CALIFORNIANS HAVE ‘MET THE MOMENT’ BY GETTING VACCINATED, SAYS STATE EPIDEMIOLOGIST ERICA PAN
Dr. Erica Pan, state epidemiologist for the California Department of Public HealthAlso available in Chinese and Korean. By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor Californians have “met the moment” to help save countless lives by getting the COVID-19 vaccine, said Dr....
A DOCTOR’S WORD ON VACCINES
Also available in Spanish. Dr. Eloisa Gonzalez, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Q: Can I get the Pfizer vaccine for my 1st dose and Moderna for my 2nd or vice versa? A: No. You must get the same type of vaccine for both doses. The efficacy of the...
Arizona’s odd audit has election watchers worried – Traditional safeguards fall victim to partisan theatrics
By Mark Hedin, Ethnic Media Services As Arizona processes a new audit of Maricopa County’s 2.1 million November votes, the nonprofit National Task Force on Election Crises hosted a panel discussion of the unusual process. Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman has an...
CELEBRATE YOUR MOM THIS MOTHER’S DAY, BUT PROTECT HER BY KEEPING MASKS ON
By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor Carmela Bernal vividly remembers “El Dia de la Madre” Mother’s Day celebrations of her childhood. “The whole family would get together in my uncle’s backyard: 20, 30 people and lots of kids,” said the fledgling artist, who...
Fight to secure the freedom to vote heats up in Congress
From left to right: Thomas A. Saenz, President and General Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund; John C. Yang, President and Executive Director, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC; Jacqueline De León, Staff Attorney, Native American...
“IT’S NOT HESITANCY, IT’S ACCESS” UMOJA HEALTH VOLUNTEERS TARGET VACCINE ACCESS
Kim Rhoads on creating access to vaccines By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor SAN LEANDRO, Calif. — As rap music joined the whoosh of nearby BART trains on a recent Saturday morning, Umoja Health Founder Dr. Kim Rhoads and her army of volunteer health care...
State Streamlines COVID-aid Grants to Small Businesses – Simplified applications to $2 billion program due by May 4
From left to right: Everett Sands, CEO, Lendistry; Pleshette Robertson, CEO and Founder, Sac Cultural Hub; Lamar Heystek, President, ASIAN, Inc.; Julian Cañete, President and CEO, CA Hispanic Chambers of Commerce By Mark Hedin, Ethnic Media Services As the COVID-19...
A Doctor’s Word – Keeping Kids Safe as They Return to School
Brian Lee, pediatric infectious diseases specialist, University of California San FranciscoAlso available in Spanish and Chinese, and Korean. By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor Children can and should safely return to schools even before they are vaccinated,...
Waging a Battle for Workers’ Rights – LA County, free legal team fight to protect jobs and wages
Rose Basmadzhyan (left), Chief of the Wage Enforcement Program & Investigation Division, LA County Department of Consumer & Business Affairs; Yvonne Medrano (right), Program Attorney of the Employee Rights Program, Bet Tzedek Legal ServicesAlso available in...
Restorative Justice Seeks to Heal Families Facing Domestic Violence
From left to right: Rev. Aleese Moore-Orbih, Executive Director, California Partnership to End Domestic Violence; Monica Khant, Executive Director, Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-based Violence; Tina Rodriguez, Restorative Justice Practitioner and Board President,...
COMBATING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REQUIRES A DECRIMINALIZED, HEALING-CENTERED APPROACH
Dr. Aleese Moore-Orbih, incoming Director, California Partnership to End Domestic Violence By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor Combating domestic violence requires a healing-centered approach which doesn’t always remove an abuser from the household nor...
Generous Irvine Foundation award vital to nonprofit empowering California youth – Applications open for new round of $250,000 awards
Yammilette Rodriguez, upper right, of the Fresno Youth Leadership Institute, met in February with Madera Community College’s new Student Advocacy Council. (Photo courtesy Youth Leadership Institute)Also available in Spanish. By Mark Hedin, Ethnic Media Services For...
“Frontline workers have earned and deserve the path to citizenship”
Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA)Also available in Spanish. With his first bill, Senator Alex Padilla also wants to honor his parents, who migrated from Chihuahua in search of the American dream. By: Jenny Manrique Five million essential workers, who have put their lives at...
The fate of 11 million immigrants is in the hands of the Senate
Clockwise from top left: Theresa Cardinal Brown, Managing Director of Immigration andCross-border Policy, Bipartisan Policy Center; Joseph Villela, Director of Policy and Advocacy, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles; José Alonso Alonso Munoz,...
CAN CALIFORNIA SAFELY RE-OPEN JUNE 15 BEFORE REACHING HERD IMMUNITY? PERHAPS, IF MASKS REMAIN ON
California Governor Gavin Newsom By Sunita Sohrabji, Ethnic Media Services Can California safely fully re-open its economy June 15, even without reaching herd immunity, the point at which 60 to 70 percent of the population is resistant to the COVID virus and its...
LA County Helps Homeowners Hit by COVID Costs – New program offers up to $20,000 relief
From left to right: Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, Third District, LA County Board of Supervisors; Eloisa Gonzalez, MD, MPH, Director of Integrative Medicine, LAC+USC Historic General Hospital Wellness Center & COVID-19 vaccine spokesperson for Spanish-language media;...
The American Rescue Plan and your taxes: What you need to know
From left to right: Susan Simon, Director, Customer Assistance, Relationships and Education, Wage and Investment Division, Internal Revenue Service; Kenneth Corbin, Commissioner, Wage and Investment Division, Internal Revenue ServiceAlso available in Spanish and...
TIME-TESTED PHONE TREE HELPS LAOTIAN COMMUNITY GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT MASKS, VACCINES
Also available in Chinese, Vietnamese, and Korean. By Isabella Bloom, Ethnic Media Services Richmond, Ca. -- Public health officials anxious to reach linguistically isolated communities about the need to wear masks, practice social distancing and get vaccinated are...
No Place in Montana is Too Remote for Scammers – Reaching tribal residents with the swipe of an iPhone
By Khalil Abdullah, Ethnic Media Services For a family in Billings, Montana, a personal apocalypse rode into their lives over the telephone. The voice was indistinct, but the circumstances were clear. Her grandson was in jail; didn’t want his parents to know just yet...
COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COVID-19 VACCINE
Also available in Korean. Dr. Dali Fan, Health Science Clinical Professor at UC Davis, is also a volunteer vaccinator at a clinic on the California Northstate University campus in Elk Grove, California. In this FAQ, Dr. Fan addresses the most common questions asked by...
Delay in census results threatens 2021 redistricting
From left to right: Thomas A. Saenz, President and General Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund; Leah C. Aden, Deputy Director of Litigation, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund; Terry Ao Minnis, Senior Director of the Census and Voting...
Georgia’s Voting Rights Rollback Faces New Lawsuit
Sophia Lin Lakin,Voting Rights Project Deputy Director, ACLU S.B. 202 makes it a crime to give water to people waiting to vote By Mark Hedin, Ethnic Media Services Less than a week after the state of Georgia enacted new voting rules, a third federal lawsuit is seeking...
Common Cause focuses on 2021 redistricting – Voting districts set this year will last a decade
Kathay Feng, National Redistricting Director, Common Cause By Mark Hedin, Ethnic Media Services Armed with nearly-completed 2020 Census data, states soon will begin adjusting how their communities are represented in U.S. politics. Population losses or gains trigger...
New Rent Relief Program Tries to Help Small Landlords
From left to right: Maeve Elise Brown, Executive Director, Housing and Economic Rights Advocates; Jung Hyun Choi, Senior Research Associate, Urban Institute; John Yen Wong, Founding Chairman, Asian Real Estate Association of AmericaAlso available in Spanish and...
Mass vaccination seeks to win the race against new strains of COVID-19
From left to right: Nirav R. Shah, MD, MPH, Senior Scholar, Stanford University’s School of Medicine; Dr. Kim Rhoads, UCSF; Dr. Daniel Turner-Lloveras; Dr. Dali Fan, Health Science Clinical Professor, UC DavisAlso available in Spanish. The B117 mutant variant, more...
VACCINE VS. VARIANTS: WHICH WINS THE PANDEMIC RACE?
From left to right: Nirav R. Shah, MD, MPH, Senior Scholar, Stanford University’s School of Medicine; Dr. Kim Rhoads, UCSF; Dr. Daniel Turner-Lloveras; Dr. Dali Fan, Health Science Clinical Professor, UC DavisAlso available in Korean. By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS...
Archdiocese Steps Up – Vaccines Are Coming. Until Then, Be Careful, Doctors Warn
From left to right: Eloisa Gonzalez, M.D., M.P.H., Director for Cardiovascular and School Health, LA County Department of Public Health (DPH); Isaac Cuevas. Director of Immigration and Public Affairs, Archdiocese of Los Angeles; Dr. Erika Flores-Uribe, Resident,...
ASIAN AMERICANS REFLECT ON COMMUNITY’S VULNERABILITY AFTER SIX WOMEN MURDERED IN GEORGIA
By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor Asian Americans across the U.S. reflected on their community’s vulnerability to racist attacks, after 21 year-old Robert Aaron Long killed six Asian American women at three locations in Georgia on March 16. Long, who told...
Vaccination Rate Spurs Hope for ‘Herd Immunity’
From left to right: Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell, Second District, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors; Dr. Muntu Davis, County Health Officer, Los County Department of Public Health; Dr. Sarah Lopez, Patient Safety Officer, Los Angeles County Department of Health...
THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN: WHO WINS? MOST AMERICANS. WHO LOSES? UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS
From left to right: Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, 8th District of Illinois, United States House of Representatives; Chad Stone, Chief Economist, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; Elaine Maag, Principal Research Associate, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center,...
COVID Scams on the Rise Amid Chaotic Vaccine Rollout and Distribution Delays
By Nina Mohan Scammers are taking advantage of the confusion surrounding the COVID-19 vaccine distribution and using it as an opportunity to prey on consumers anxious to get their shots. Because distribution varies state by state and changes are announced almost...
EQUITY DRIVES SACRAMENTO COUNTY’S COVID VACCINE DISTRIBUTION PLAN
Clockwise from top left: Dr. Olivia Kasirye, MD, MS, County Health Officer, Sacramento County Public Health; Rachel Rios, Executive Director, La Familia Counseling Center; Britta Guerrero, Chief Executive Officer, Sacramento Native American Health Center; Nancy Xiong,...
COVID Case Rates Drop and Schools Reopen – LA County Focuses on Students’ “Lost Year”
From left to right: Supervisor Kathryn Barger, Los Angeles County’s 5th District; Eloisa Gonzalez, MD, MPH, Director of Integrative Medicine, LAC+USC Historic General Hospital Wellness Center; Debra Duardo, Los Angeles County Superintendent of Schools; Nathan Kuo,...
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