Institute for Latino Studies
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- Author(s):
- Magda Banda, Alejandra Cano, Martha Zurita
- Abstract:
Este informe presenta un resumen de los hallazgos de un estudio llevado a cabo por el Instituto de Estudios Latinos y la Universidad de Notre Dame concerniente a subvenciones otorgadas por La Fundacion Comunitaria de Chicago (CCT) para fomentar el desarrollo del liderazgo latino.
- Date Created:
- 2005-09-01
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- Author(s):
- Magda Banda, Alejandra Cano, Martha Zurita
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Study of 17 Chicago Community Trust grants issued between 2001 and 2003 to foster Latino leadership development. Identifies challenges in developing Latino leadership, recommends programs to develop Latino leaders and finds that leaders who participated in such programs and received grants had significant success. Based on 73 interviews with grantee staff, community leaders, policymakers, and civic leaders.
- Date Created:
- 2005-09-01
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- Author(s):
- Magda Banda, Martha Zurita
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Research on Latino civic participation and role of immigrant community-based organizations in promoting civic engagement in Chicago. Based on data from the Institute’s 2003 Chicago-Area Survey of 1500 households and U.S. Census.
- Date Created:
- 2009-01-01
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- Author(s):
- Martha Zurita
- Abstract:
Analyzes U.S. Census data to highlight major demographic changes from 1990-2000 in Metropolitan Chicago and Illinois. Examines implications for delivery of quality educational, health, and social services to school-aged children.
- Date Created:
- 2003-05-01
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- Author(s):
- Magda Banda, Martha Zurita
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Chicago area non-profit organizations’ reactions to changing immigrant demographics and needs. Focus on racial/ethnic distribution, poverty, and nativity. Based on interviews and surveys conducted in 2005.
- Date Created:
- 2009-01-01
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- Author(s):
- Martha Zurita, Timothy Ready
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Research on the continued segregation of low-income and minority students from more affluent White students and the obstacles to programs aiming to eliminate race- and class- based student achievement gaps. Based on data from Illinois State Board of Education.
- Date Created:
- 2003-12-01
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- Author(s):
- Verónica Castro, Martha Zurita, Eva Serrano, Sylvia Puente
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Discusses Latinos’ access to education and effects on upward mobility. Explores why Latinos are the least formally educated group in the nation today, and why many Latino youth lack basic skills and knowledge required for economic and social mobility. Case study in Cicero, Ill.
- Date Created:
- 2004-03-01