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s 2 2 Q. < 0, A % - -iwvasK ■---iff *5*"?.<-.i*i;'-i.' MALDEFs policy analyst program encourages Hispanics to participate in public policy decision-making by introducing them to the policy-making process MALDEFs three policy- analysts are based in Washington D C . Sacramento, California, and Austin/San Antonio, Texas. The policies made in these capital cities affect the vast majority of Hispanics in this country MALDEFs policy analysts research the effects of proposed policy on the Hispanic community, conduct public education on policy issues and serve as a resource to policy-makers on Hispanic issues Washington, D.C. Public education problems have reached crisis proportions for Hispanics who suffer from a 49% high school dropout rate Understanding the growing need for a skilled and educated work force, MALDEFs Washington, D.C, policy analyst Martha limenez worked to raise national awarem >f the need to improve education for Hispanics. limenez presented testimony before the Department of Education on Hispanic higher education concerns and formed a coalition of organizations to plan for the upcoming reauthorization of the Higher Education Act in 1992. In addition, limenez regularly briefed the staff director of the President's newly-created national Task Force on Hispanic Education on MALDEFs proposals to improve education for Hispanics, such as increasing the numbers of bilingual education teachers and dropout prevention programs With a number of English- only" policy proposals in the nation's capital threatening the rights of language minorities, limenez also educated the public on the importance of language diversity In numerous television and radio interviews limenez explained how language restrictions are dangerous to public safety and jeopardize basic employment, voting and education rights for many Hispanics Sacramento, California In the state with the largest Hispanic population, California, MALDEF's policy analysts. Eric Vega and his successor Dennis Lopez, had a full range of issues to address. Vega assisted the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) in organizing a successful hearing on immigration- related employment discrimination. Vega testified at the hearing, explaining how the new immigration control law discriminates against Hispanics who are eligible to work, including citizens and legal residents. As a result of the hearing, the California DFEH concluded that the law had caused widespread employment discrimination Set-aside programs, which provide a portion of government contracts to minority- owned businesses, help Hispanic businesses thrive and promote Hispanic economic growth. But a 1989 Supreme Court decision questioned the validity of such programs Vega testified before state policy-makers on the need to retain minority set-aside programs to remedy identified discrimination. San Antonio/Austin, Texas Texas policy analyst Gloria Moreno monitored the historic merger of wealthy public college and university systems throughout the state with several poor South Texas colleges and universities A MALDEF lawsuit prompted policy-makers to adopt the merger, which will provide for the first time a range of graduate programs in colleges and universities that primarily serve Mexican Americans Both Moreno and her successor R Elena Ri'os analyzed and monitored ludicial selection reform measures for state policymakers, and concluded that increasing the number or ludges appointed rather than elected, would be harmful to Hispanics who are under- represented in appointment- making positions Moreno and Ri'os educated the community on the need to elect ludges to ensure that Hispanics have a voice in the selection process Tfie policy analyst program is funded by a generous grant from Anheuser- Busch Companies, \nc
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Title | Written statements submitted by witnesses scheduled to speak at the May 1, 1991 public meeting of the Independent Commission of the LAPD |
Description | Written statements submitted by witnesses scheduled to speak at the May 1, 1991 public meeting of the Independent Commission of the LAPD: ❧ Section 1: Statement of Stewart Kwoh, executive director of Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California (APALC) ❧ Section 2: Testimony of Vibiana Andrade, regional counsel of Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) ❧ Section 2: Exhibit A - letter - from: Antonia Hernandez, MALDEF president and general counsel ❧ Section 2: Exhibit B - MALDEF Annual Report, 1989-90 ❧ Section 3: Summary of testimony of R. Samuel Paz on behalf of the Mexican American Bar Association of the LA County ❧ Section 3: Exhibit 1 - Superior Court of the State of California for the County of LA, Adelaido Altamirano v. The City of Los Angeles, et al. (deposition of Lt. William D. Hall) ❧ Section 3: Exhibit 2 - Superior Court of the State of California for the County of LA, Adelaido Altamirano v. The City of Los Angeles, et al. (deposition of Det. Jerry L. Mount) ❧ Section 3: Exhibit 3 - Investigation of officer-involved shootings ❧ Section 3: Exhibit 4 - R. Samuel Paz - resume ❧ Section 3: Exhibit 5 - Newspaper Clippings ❧ Section 4: Testimony of Citizens in Support of the Chief of Police (CISCOP) ❧ Section 5: Summary of testimony of Roger Coggan, esq., director, legal services department, Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center ❧ Section 5: attachment 1 - Superior Court of the State of California for the County of LA, Mitchels Grobeson, et al. v. The City of Los Angeles, et al. (deposition of Kenneth G. Bickman) ❧ Section 5: attachment 2 - letter - from: Roger Coggan, director, legal services, LA Gay and Lesbian Community; to: Ira Reiner, LA County district attorney, and James Hahn, LA city attorney ❧ Section 5: attachment 3 - Article - "How bad are relations between gays and the LAPD?" ❧ Section 5: attachment 4 - "Declaration of Thomas J. Coleman, Jr." ❧ Section 5: attachment 5 - "Testimony of Christopher Commission" ❧ Section 6: "Report to Independent Commission" by Louis A. Custrini, vice-president-communications, Merchants and Manufacturers Association ❧ Index. PART OF A SERIES: Materials in the series fall into one of several categories related to the Independent Commission's work product: (1) Commission meeting materials, which include meeting agendas, work plans, memoranda, and articles about police misconduct that were circulated and reviewed during the Commission's internal meetings; (2) public correspondence, which includes citizen complaints against the LAPD in the form of written testimony, articles, and an audio cassette tape, as well as letters drafted by citizens in support of the LAPD; (3) summaries of interviews held with LAPD officers regarding Departmental procedures and relations; (4) public meeting materials, which include transcripts, supplementary documents, and witness statements that were reviewed at the Commission's public meetings; (5) press releases related to the formation and work product of the Commission; and (6) miscellaneous materials reviewed by the Commission during its study, including LAPD personnel and training manuals, a memorandum of understanding, and messages from the LAPD's Mobile Digital Terminal (MDT) system. |
Coverage date | 1991-05-01 |
Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California |
Date created | 1991-05-01 |
Type | texts |
Format | 141 p. |
Format (aat) | presentations (communicative events) |
Format (imt) | application/pdf |
Language | English |
Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
Part of collection | Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department, 1991 |
Series | Independent Commission File List |
File | Public Sessions |
Box and folder | box 24, folder 24 |
Provenance | The collection was given to the University of Southern California on July 31, 1991. |
Rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. |
Physical access | Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@dots.usc.edu |
Repository name | USC Libraries Special Collections |
Repository address | Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 |
Repository email | specol@dots.usc.edu |
Filename | indep-box24-24 |
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Title | Written statements submitted by witnesses scheduled to speak, p. 44 |
Format (imt) | image/tiff |
Physical access | Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@dots.usc.edu |
Full text | s 2 2 Q. < 0, A % - -iwvasK ■---iff *5*"?.<-.i*i;'-i.' MALDEFs policy analyst program encourages Hispanics to participate in public policy decision-making by introducing them to the policy-making process MALDEFs three policy- analysts are based in Washington D C . Sacramento, California, and Austin/San Antonio, Texas. The policies made in these capital cities affect the vast majority of Hispanics in this country MALDEFs policy analysts research the effects of proposed policy on the Hispanic community, conduct public education on policy issues and serve as a resource to policy-makers on Hispanic issues Washington, D.C. Public education problems have reached crisis proportions for Hispanics who suffer from a 49% high school dropout rate Understanding the growing need for a skilled and educated work force, MALDEFs Washington, D.C, policy analyst Martha limenez worked to raise national awarem >f the need to improve education for Hispanics. limenez presented testimony before the Department of Education on Hispanic higher education concerns and formed a coalition of organizations to plan for the upcoming reauthorization of the Higher Education Act in 1992. In addition, limenez regularly briefed the staff director of the President's newly-created national Task Force on Hispanic Education on MALDEFs proposals to improve education for Hispanics, such as increasing the numbers of bilingual education teachers and dropout prevention programs With a number of English- only" policy proposals in the nation's capital threatening the rights of language minorities, limenez also educated the public on the importance of language diversity In numerous television and radio interviews limenez explained how language restrictions are dangerous to public safety and jeopardize basic employment, voting and education rights for many Hispanics Sacramento, California In the state with the largest Hispanic population, California, MALDEF's policy analysts. Eric Vega and his successor Dennis Lopez, had a full range of issues to address. Vega assisted the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) in organizing a successful hearing on immigration- related employment discrimination. Vega testified at the hearing, explaining how the new immigration control law discriminates against Hispanics who are eligible to work, including citizens and legal residents. As a result of the hearing, the California DFEH concluded that the law had caused widespread employment discrimination Set-aside programs, which provide a portion of government contracts to minority- owned businesses, help Hispanic businesses thrive and promote Hispanic economic growth. But a 1989 Supreme Court decision questioned the validity of such programs Vega testified before state policy-makers on the need to retain minority set-aside programs to remedy identified discrimination. San Antonio/Austin, Texas Texas policy analyst Gloria Moreno monitored the historic merger of wealthy public college and university systems throughout the state with several poor South Texas colleges and universities A MALDEF lawsuit prompted policy-makers to adopt the merger, which will provide for the first time a range of graduate programs in colleges and universities that primarily serve Mexican Americans Both Moreno and her successor R Elena Ri'os analyzed and monitored ludicial selection reform measures for state policymakers, and concluded that increasing the number or ludges appointed rather than elected, would be harmful to Hispanics who are under- represented in appointment- making positions Moreno and Ri'os educated the community on the need to elect ludges to ensure that Hispanics have a voice in the selection process Tfie policy analyst program is funded by a generous grant from Anheuser- Busch Companies, \nc |
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