In 2009, the BLU Education Foundation was founded in response to the challenges families with limited income and limited opportunities face in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. BLU now offers several civic engagement and education programs with the goal of building healthy, productive communities in the region. In its Inland Empire Black Agenda report, a...
Four UCLA research teams were awarded a total of more than $560,000 in grants from the AAPI Data project at UC Riverside. The awards will support social science research on the needs of California’s Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities. The grants are funded by a $10 million allocation to AAPI Data provided...
A recent UCLA study found that the COVID-19 pandemic led to economic hardship, negative health outcomes and rising incidents of hate and violence for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. The study, which was conducted by researchers from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, AAPI Data and researchers at UC Riverside, aimed to dig deeper...
Food and housing security — or a lack thereof — are a growing focus of awareness and action on college campuses. Research on basic needs in a college environment, though, has not kept pace, leaving significant gaps in knowledge about who is using such services and why, or why not. Hoping to help fill those...
One of the most striking statistics to emerge from recent electoral campaign cycles in the United States is the marked increase in the voter turnout of Asian Americans. Following the 2018 midterm elections, the U.S. Current Population Survey estimated that the voting rate among adult citizens belonging to the Asian American community rose from 28...
One of the most striking statistics to emerge from recent electoral campaign cycles in the United States is the marked increase in the voter turnout of Asian Americans. Following the 2018 midterm elections, the U.S. Current Population Survey estimated that the voting rate among adult citizens belonging to the Asian American community rose from 28...
Biden and Harris have focused on South Asians and the Indian community as well, with Biden releasing an agenda for the Indian American community prior to the 2020 election and both him and the vice president including cultural celebrations as part of administration events. Numbers illustrate how Asian American voters, and Indian voters, can be...
After Haley’s announcement, some are eager for more Asian American Republicans to join — or rejoin — the political fray. Haley is a “sharp, bright” person, said M.R. Rangaswami, a software executive from San Francisco who founded the nonprofit Indiaspora to encourage Indian American political involvement. “This is fabulous for our community, that we’re being...
Healthcare President Biden committed to making prescription drug prices affordable for all, and used the high cost of insulin as an example of how the recent Inflation Reduction Act will guarantee more affordable drug prices through Medicare. Given the unfortunate reality that South Asians are at a disproportionately higher risk for diabetes, President Biden addressed...
About 350 Inland Empire high school students participated in the SoCal Youth Futures Summit at the University of California, Riverside, where they envisioned what they wanted for their futures and outlined steps to achieve their visions. The event on Feb. 10 featured townhall type talks by elected officials, including California Assembly members Corey Jackson and...
During the first Southern California Youth Futures Summit, students discussed policies and future solutions to problems facing society in the daylong event hosted by California 100 and UCR’s Center for Social Innovation, a news release states. Their suggestions will be shared in Sacramento during California 100’s Statewide Youth Futures Summit in March. Read More Here
Despite being less than one-and-half per cent of the US population, Indian Americans are more active and participative in the countrys democratic political process, Karthick Ramakrishnan, a professor at the University of California, has said.The professor of public policy and political science observed that Indian Americans, as a group, are growing fast growing and tend...
Within the Asians, people of Korean origin reported the highest level of fear of gun violence, with 70 percent saying they were very worried or somewhat worried about it. This was followed by 66 percent of people of Filipino and Chinese origin, and 62 percent of people of Vietnamese origin, according to the report. Several...
Economic hardship was another overwhelming issue for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in California. Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, each saw higher poverty rates in 2021, compared to 2019. According to the study, more than half of respondents indicated that they had difficulty accessing high-quality or affordable housing due to financial...
On Saturday, Jan. 21, a gunman fatally shot 11 victims and injured several more at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey. Within 48 hours, another mass shooting took place in Half Moon Bay, taking the lives of seven individuals. Many of the victims were AAPI, as were the shooters; there has been no evidence...
"Our Davos panel being first-ever shows the magnitude of the opportunity to find action-based metrics to make inclusivity not just a concept but part of operations," said Najoh Tita-Reid, Global Chief Marketing Officer, LOGITECH The purpose of the study is to give inclusion champions the hard data needed for budgeting processes around diversity and inclusion...
The Lunar New Year event was part of White House outreach efforts to the Asian American community and was “an important symbol of access and inclusion during a time of shock and sadness,” said Janelle Wong, professor of American studies and government and politics at the University of Maryland in College Park. “The Biden administration...
Gun violence, experts note, is not inherent in the Asian diaspora's culture. When looking at countries with comparable income levels to the U.S., several East Asian countries rank among the lowest incidence of gun violence, including Japan, Korea and Taiwan, which have some of the strictest gun laws in the world. And while China’s population...
The piece of legislation amends a previously-adopted series of statutes that details requirements to teach historically significant events across history, including the history of the United States, the history of the Holocaust, and African American history. If passed, adopted curricula would involve teachings of contributions made by Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to American society...
The type of data collected and how much progress has been made in the implementation of this bill was outlined in the webinar, which started with a welcome from Maral Farsi, deputy director of legislative and governmental affairs at CDPH. Attending and speaking were a variety of experts tasked with working together in and towards...
