Congratulations Professor Abel Valenzuela Jr on being appointed to serve as interim Dean of Social Sciences at UCLA🎉 UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute looks forward to working with you to continue strengthening our UCLA campus community!

We are hiring a PhD level researcher at the California Policy Lab's Berkeley site to develop and lead impactful research projects with our state and local agency partners - please share with your networks: capolicylab.org/careers/resear…

Via Los Angeles Times: In 2020, UCLA experts showed that L.A. could generate an entirely local water supply if it implemented the storm-water capture plan and did a few more things such as treating 100% of the city’s wastewater. latimes.com/opinion/story/…

Happy #TipTuesday Bruins! With Fall quarter nearly one month away, here is one change you can make each upcoming week to smoothen your transition from summer vacation to Fall Quarter 🍂

Following the #studentloans news? CPL's May 2022 policy brief with the Student Loan Law Initiative shows how the "pause" impacted borrowers, and projected what might happen if/when the pause was lifted. Thread of key findings ⬇️

LPPI Shines at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Conference lasocialscience.ucla.edu/2022/10/05/lpp… UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute

New post: UCLA LPPI Shines Bright at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Conference lasocialscience.ucla.edu/2022/10/05/ucl…

New post: Engaging with the world: Q&A with Abel Valenzuela, interim dean of social sciences lasocialscience.ucla.edu/2022/10/06/eng…

Book series! Trash Talk: Anti-Obama Lore & Race in the 21st Century lasocialscience.ucla.edu/2022/10/18/tra… @ucla_afam UCLA College

New! UCLA LPPI Policy Fellows Fight for an Inclusive Democracy lasocialscience.ucla.edu/2022/10/25/ucl… UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute

New! LPPI Staff Bring Insights and Accountability to Policymaking lasocialscience.ucla.edu/2022/10/31/ucl… UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute

Book series! The Trump Paradox -w author Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda (video) lasocialscience.ucla.edu/2022/11/21/the… UCLA Chicana/o and Central American Studies UCLA College

New! The Role of Hispanic Serving Institutions in Preparing the Leaders of Tomorrow lasocialscience.ucla.edu/2022/11/22/the… UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute

Book series! Cartographic Memory - w author Juan Herrera (video) lasocialscience.ucla.edu/2022/12/13/car… UCLA Geography @uclacollege

New! UCLA LPPI Centers Latinas in the Struggle for Reproductive Freedoms lasocialscience.ucla.edu/2022/12/19/ucl… UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute

New post: Episode 8: The Soul of Music: Exploring Chief Xian’s ancestral memory lasocialscience.ucla.edu/2023/02/21/epi…

UCLA Labor Center partners w California Labor Commissioner’s Office to strengthen state career pathways for students lasocialscience.ucla.edu/2023/04/18/ucl…

Video! Racial Equity at Work w CA Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas Los Angeles Black Worker Center UCLA Labor Center @UCLA_Careatwork lasocialscience.ucla.edu/2023/06/20/rac…

Book Series! “What Sorrows Labour in My Parent’s Breast: A History of the Enslaved Black Family” - an interview w author Dr. Brenda Stevenson lasocialscience.ucla.edu/2023/07/11/wha…