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Through Shared Ownership, Community Land Trusts Can Help Retain Housing Affordability
The prospect of homeownership remains out of reach for many Latinos as incomes fail to keep up with rising property values. The community land trust model is a shared ownership model designed to protect people, neighborhoods, and ...
Apply Now: Éxito! Latino Cancer Research Training and Internships!
Apply now for the 2021 Éxito! Latino Cancer Research Leadership Training program and optional $3,250 internships from ...
Christina Duarte: Creating Virtual Health Classes to Fight the Pandemic in Laredo, Texas
Since childhood, Christina Duarte has wanted to help people. Helping people is why she became chief of health education ...
New Tobacco-Free Schools Initiative Fights Youth Vaping Through Supportive Environment
The CVS Health Foundation, American Heart Association, Alliance for a Healthier Generation have launched a new initiative to ...
Get Help Quitting Smoking for the Great American Smokeout on Nov. 19!
You don't have to stop smoking in one day. Start with Day 1. On Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, you can join thousands of people ...
5 Key Takeaways about Latino Voters in the 2020 Presidential Election
As Latinos became the largest racial/ethnic minority in the U.S., researchers expected them to have a larger turnout in the ...
9 Amazing Latino Contributions to Urban Space, Presented by James Rojas
Since James Rojas was child, he has been fascinated with urban spaces like streets, sidewalks, plazas, storefronts, yards, ...Browse our articles
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Salud America! is daily curating toolkits, data, webinars and other educational materials to support you in creating obesity-reducing changes in your area. These curated resources are great nuts-and-bolts guides to change, as well as helpful content and data that can help you build a case for a decision-maker.
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Salud America! focuses on topics of potential change to promote a healthy environment and weight for Latino kids. Each topic has a scientific research review and bilingual issue brief, video, and infographics.
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They are people like you—children, parents, teachers, health workers—who learn of childhood obesity, get an idea to do something about it, mobilize support, and drive policy and system changes in schools and communities.
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Salud America! is daily curating toolkits, data, webinars and other educational materials to support you in creating obesity-reducing changes in your area.
These curated resources are great nuts-and-bolts guides to change, as well as helpful content and data that can help you build a case for a decision-maker.
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President-Elect Biden Adds Latinos to COVID-19 Taskforce
Since the start of coronavirus’ spread throughout the country, Latinos have lacked the resources ...
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Héctor Rodríguez: Bringing Latino Representation to the Comic Book World
To his students, he’s Mr. Rodríguez. To his fans, he’s the creator and author of the comic ...
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Update: Coronavirus Case Rates and Death Rates for Latinos in the United States
The coronavirus COVID-19 can affect anyone. But reports show Latinos and other people of color are ...
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