The Center for Social Innovation at UCR has partnered with the Southern California News Group to create the SoCal Policy Forum, an online platform that will host the opinions of experts on a wide array of issues. Each month a new topic will be unveiled and each of the 34 contributors will have 300 words...
“In an effort to elevate policy discourse in the region and bring down the usual silos, the Southern California News Group, in partnership with the Center for Social Innovation, UC Riverside (CSI-UCR), is launching the SoCal Policy Forum.” Many times it is difficult to gather everyone to the table to discuss the many issues involving...
Our nation’s capital continues to see growth in diversity with respect to some of the most highly coveted positions in our country being occupied by diverse groups of people. Kamala Harris is currently in the midst of challenging for the nomination of the Democratic Party and The Economist highlights the growing success the Indian-American population...
The spotlight on actors in Hollywood movies has been shiftly lately with movies such as Black Panther. It has created a movement where it provides a platform for a typically underrepresented communities. Progress has also been made for the Asian American community with blockbuster movies such as The Farewell, Crazy Rich Asians, Always Be My...
Indian Americans are a growing political force, donating more than $3 million to 2020 presidential campaigns. With just over 1% of the population, more than two thirds of those donations have gone to Democratic candidates with Sen. Kamala harris of California whose mother was born in India; Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, a practicing Hindu...
President Trump recently went on a Twitter call out four non-white congresswomen for critiquing America by asking “why don’t they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.'' In response, Karthick Ramakrishnan wrote an opinion article on CNN that details his struggle with growing up in his...
The Illinois state legislature has prevented a local county and village from completing a contract with a private company who was planning on housing Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees. The Center for Social Innovation’s Co-Director of the Civic Engagement Group, Francisco Pedraza, states “What you are seeing is the different levels of government - federal...
UC Riverside Political Scientist Karthick Ramakrishnan cautioned people not to read too much into Google trend data and only consider it alongside other information, including survey data, campaign contribution data and how much candidates are spending on advertising. Read article here
People typically correlate the Golden State to the cities and landmarks surrounding the coast. The attention is driven towards places like the Bay, Hollywood, and Disneyland. A new coalition of Inland California counties is aiming towards changing that narrative. Inland California Rising, co-founded by CSI’s Karthick Ramakrishnan, united nearly 200 leaders from Inland Southern California...
Inland California, comprised of the Inland Empire and Central Valley, have always been overlooked when comparing itself to Coastal California. This is quickly changing as the long serving industrial and agricultural backbone of the state are becoming the employment, innovation, and opportunity center of the United States. Riverside hosted the second regional summit between leaders...
Residents of Redlands and the Inland Empire are being urged to participate and engage in the 2020 Census. The census efforts reached San Bernardino as the Regional Implementation Workshops concluded at San Bernardino Valley College. California authorities are noting that census participation is key to government funding and political representation. Karthick Ramakrishnan details how undercounted...
The 2020 Census will coincide with the 2020 Presidential Election’s battle between President Trump and Democrats. In California, Democrats and Gov. Newsom are prepared to combat the President’s fear tactic of attempting to add a citizenship question by investing more in the 20202 census efforts. Karthick Ramakrishnan notes “Immigrants are very skilled at avoiding government...
The 2020 Census will be particularly tough for California and its big immigrant population. Fears of the citizenship question being added to the census questionnaire have sparked more concerns from those impacted along with regional leaders. The Trump Administration’s Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who oversees the Census Bureau, says he wants to add a census...
Last week sparked the formation of the Inland Empire Complete Count Committee, a leadership committee comprised of community organizations, government officials, and educators with the focus on spreading awareness about the 2020 census. The 80 member committee will be a historic collaboration between San Bernardino and Riverside counties, two of the nation’s most difficult-to-count counties...
The 2020 Census will be particularly tough for California and its big immigrant population. Fears of the citizenship question being added to the census questionnaire have sparked more concerns from those impacted along with regional leaders. The Trump Administration’s Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who oversees the Census Bureau, says he wants to add a census...
