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COVID-19 has a destructive impact on women in many ways
Most of us are already familiar with the impact that the coronavirus (COVID-19) has had on countries around the world. We get news daily about how it has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths worldwide,.... Read more by clicking here.
Is there more Covid cash coming to help Californians?
Gov. Newsom presented his May Revision budget for the 2020-2021 fiscal year to the California State Legislature last week on May 14....Read more by clicking here.
Fighting against hate crimes targeted at Asian Americans in the aftermath of COVID-19
When it comes to being the victims of hate crimes, few if any ethnic groups are exempt. Nearly 400 participants from across the U.S. took part in an online meeting to address the anti-Asian hate crimes that are increasing throughout the country.....Read more by clicking here.
Help defeat COVID-19
COVID-19 hit the Bay Area on January 31 in Santa Clara County. Nearly three months later, the “novel Coronavirus” that originated in China has caused a statewide shut-down unprecedented in living memory....Read more by clicking here.
Tracking California’s census response rate – who’s ahead and who’s behind?
Less than a month after the first invitations to participate in the 2020 census were mailed out, 44.8% of California’s known households have completed the questionnaire, putting the Golden State just slightly behind the country’s 45.1% rate.....Read more by clicking here.
DACA and TPS recipients qualify for federal coronavirus relief
Undocumented immigrants affected by the coronavirus are not at risk of being arrested by immigration agents when they request medical services, while access to health will not be considered a public charge when applying for a permanent residency or certain non-immigrant visas....Read more by clicking here.
The worst is yet to come, medical exports tell reporters at Ethnic Media Services Briefing
The United States, currently leading the world in the number of people infected with coronavirus, is at the crest of fully experiencing the pandemic, a panel of medical experts and community health advocates told reporters March 27. Read more here.
Pacific Islanders promote their own identity in 2020 census – separate from wider Asian category
Despite mounting worries over the COVID-19 pandemic, more than a dozen Pacific Islander activists and media representatives gathered in San Mateo March 14 to anchor an online conference about the 2020 census and their collective stake in an accurate count.... Click here to read more.
Civil rights leaders encourage diverse California communities to 'sanitize and self-respond'
In the time of Coronavirus, the state's diverse communities are told that participation in the U.S. Census is still crucially important, aside from safe and secure....Read more here.
Civil rights groups offer toll-free multilingual census hotlines for questions, concerns
As the 2020 Census gets underway, a group of four civil rights organizations is providing telephone hotlines in a range of languages to give people information and, when needed, legal referrals if they’re unsure about filling out the questionnaire....Read more here.
Federal Trade Commission lists biggest scams targeting U.S.
A veteran lawyer for the Federal Trade Commission briefed ethnic media reporters on 2019’s biggest frauds, what the agency is doing about them and some things everyone should know to protect themselves from becoming victims.....Read more here.
Making your vote count on Election Day
Are you registered to vote in the March 3, 2020 Presidential Primary Election? The deadline to register on-line or by mail was February 18, 2020. However, don’t despair, if you missed the February 18, 2020 voter registration dead-line....Read more here.
Fight over public charge rule change is not over; advocates seek to calm fears
Advocates gathered on a teleconference call for ethnic media on Jan. 31 agreed that despite a Supreme Court ruling earlier in the week that lifted an injunction blocking its implementation, the fight over the Trump administration's effort to change the public charge rule will continue.....Read more here.
Facts to know about Census 2020 to avoid census frauds and scams
The 2020 Census will not start in the U.S. until next spring – specifically on April 1, 2020. But the scams around the census have already begun, leaving federal and local officials to get accurate information out about the census and about some of the scams that are already taking place.....Read more here.
DACA beneficiaries could stay in the U.S. for years
While hundreds of thousands of immigrants with DACA permits await the decision of the Supreme Court on the future of the program, lawyers and immigrant advocates argue that the vast majority of them have sufficient legal rights to remain in this country for several years and maybe, indefinitely.....Click here to read more.
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