Facts About...
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Below are a plethora of resources that we highly recommend you read to find out about the community we serve. Even within our state, city, and neighborhoods, hardships persist for many. Get a taste for the statistics that they are up against – statistics that we are fighting to change. To help you navigate through all of these articles, try clicking on the topic below that you are most interested in learning about to see those articles.
Digital Divide
- Just the Facts: California’s Digital Divide (Public Policy Institute of California, August 2010)
- The Latino Digital Divide: The Native Born versus The Foreign Born (Pew Hispanic Center, July 2010)
- Latinos Online (Pew Hispanic Center, March 2007)
- Latinos and the Digital Divide (Latino Issues Forum, 2007)
Education
- Latinos and Education: Explaining the Attainment Gap (Pew Hispanic Center, October 2009)
- Latinos in Higher Education: Many Enroll, Too Few Graduate (Pew Hispanic Center, September 2002)
- Latinos in School: Some Facts and Findings (ERIC Digest, February 2001)
- Young Lives on Hold: The College Dreams of Undocumented Students (CollegeBoard Advocacy, April 2009)
- Hispanics, High School Dropouts and the GED (Pew Hispanic Center, May 2010)
Employment
- Latino Workers in the Ongoing Recession: 2007 to 2008 (Pew Hispanic Center, December 2008)
- Despite Jobs Crisis, Latinos Working Hard to Strengthen America's Economy (National Council de la Raza, 2010)
- Putting Our Communities on the Map: The Road to Economic Recovery for Latinos and Other Communities of Color (National Council de la Raza, September 2009)
- Employment Status December 2009 (National Council de la Raza, December 2009)
Immigration
- 10 Myths About Immigration (Christians for Comprehensive Immigration Reform)
- Immigrants in the San Francisco Bay Area Region (California Immigrant Policy Institute)
- Raising the Floor for American Workers: The Economic Benefits of Comprehensive Immigration Reform from Center for American Progress and IPC (January 2010)
- What Part of Legal Immigration Don't You Understand? (Reason Foundation)
- Just the Facts: Illegal Immigration (Public Policy Institute of California, December 2010)
- Just the Facts: The Immigration & Citizenship Process (Public Policy Institute of California, December 2010)
