Elizabeth G. Hill, a veteran budget analyst, was quoted in a Los Angeles Times article about Governor Schwarzenegger’s State Budget. Ms. Hill, addressed over six-hundred Latina leaders from across the state at Latina Action Day in Sacramento on Tuesday, April 22nd. There Ms. Hill made powerful comments about the budget process and how this year’s [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Latina Action Day Speaker Quoted in LA Times
Posted in Civic Participation on April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Latina Action Day 2008
Posted in Civic Participation on April 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hispanas Organized for Political Equality (HOPE) celebrated its 14th Annual Latina Action Day, Sacramento on Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008.
Hundreds of Latinas from across the State of California joined together to celebrate Latina leadership, voter empowerment, and will advocate on issues related to the state budget, education, and healthcare reform. The event kicked-off with a Rally [...]
Latino Birth Rates in California
Posted in Health Care on April 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Fertility rates are higher in California than in any developed country in the world. Latina fertility rates are particularly important because Latinas make up a large and growing share of the state’s women.
In 2005, Latinas made up 38 percent of women ages 15 to 44, whites 40 percent, Asians 13 percent, and African Americans [...]
