On Monday, UC Davis faculty, staff, and students are coming together to protest higher student fees and slashed funding for existing programs, including funding for Latina research.
At a time when Latinas make up nearly 40 percent of California"s population, the University Office of the President is cutting Latina research funding nearly 100 percent.
"Both health care and education are incredibly important to Latinos," said Lorena Oropeza, acting director of the Chicana/Latina Research Center at UC Davis. "State statistics show that Latinos are nearly twice as likely to be uninsured than any other ethnic or racial group in California. At the same time, we are underrepresented as students and faculty within the UC-system. This educational gap among Latinas starts as early as elementary school. The implications of both these problems for the entire state of California is precisely why we need Latina research." READ FULL STORY
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