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May 28, 2015
One of the most concerning narratives for any democratic nation state is the extent to which sub-populations of its citizenry are “living in the shadows”. Living in the shadows or social exclusion (i.e. lack of access to a state identification card, bank accounts, and healthcare) is the process in which individuals are reluctant to fully engage in public life in order to avoid scrutiny because of their minority status (ethnicity, citizenship, religious beliefs, and/or sexual orientation). In this analysis, we examine Latino populations who are living in the shadows within the United States, and to the extent to which they may be avoiding public life because they do not want to be discriminated against due to their citizenship status, and/or the citizenship status of their loved ones.
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April 1, 2015
One in Four Latinos Uninformed About Healthcare Options
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March 26, 2015RWJF Center for Health Policy at UNM releases major national survey of Latino Health and Immigration
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February 19, 2015
Check out this great video of Nancy López, PhD, Director, Institute for the: Study of "Race" & Social Justice at the February 19, 2015 Smithsonian Showcase: "What's Your Street Race-Gender?". This 40-minute video presentation is followed by 30 minutes of questions and answers.
Dr. Nancy López talks about the analytical importance of collecting multiple measures of Hispanic origin and race as well as intersectionality (examining race, gender, class, sexual orientation, disability, as overlapping systems of inequality) for the creation and implementation of targeted equity-based policy making in health, education, criminal justice, voting rights, housing and employment.
See also article on Dr. Nancy López, Ph.D. in Hola Cultura, Latino Arts and Culture, March 11, 2015, "Talk: The Complexity of Latino Identity and it's Consequences": http://www.
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February 9, 2015
In the February 9, 2015 New York Times article, Climate Is Big Issue for Hispanics, and Personal, RWJF Center for Health Policy Gabe Sanchez was quoted on the subject of Hispanic stereotypes on environmental issues. Read the article here.
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December 31, 2014
Andrea López, RWJF PhD Fellow, successfully defended her dissertation, The Paradoxes of Poverty: Gendered Ideologies of Intervention in the “compassionate city” of San Francisco, on September 4, 2014, and graduated on December 12. Congratulations, Dr. López!
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April 29, 2014
Gabriel R. Sanchez has been named executive director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Center for Health Policy at the University of New Mexico.
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February 4, 2013
On January 24, 2013, the RWJF Center for Health Policy coordinated and convened a series of presentations to a joint session of the NM State Legislature.
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January 22, 2013
Professor Nancy López, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, and Director of the Institute for the Study of “Race” & Social Justice housed in the RWJF Center for Health Policy, was recently featured as a guest commentary in the National Institute for Latino Policy (NiLP) Census Network.
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September 17, 2012
Professor Celia Iriart, Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, and RWJF Senior Fellow, was recently featured in UNM Today. Her work with Latino children and the nutritional and health challenges they face addresses the connection between social determinants and health, as well as the quality of nourishment and how it contributes to overall health. To read the article in full, click here.