Civic Engagement

Throughout history we have heard about racial profiling and discrimination by law enforcement officers against Black Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) The Latino community does not escape this situation when they report arbitrary detentions, excessive use of force, and deportations.

Gender inequalities remain robustly entrenched in society. Women encounter obstacles when trying to
obtain respectable jobs, and face workplace discrimination and a gender pay gap. Often, they cannot
access basic education and medical care. Women suffer violence and discrimination all over the world.
They are underrepresented in the decision-making of political and economic processes. The Latino
population in the Minnesota metropolitan area does not escape this reality. Being a unique and rapidly
growing community, it is often invisible to legislators, as well as to the agencies and organizations that
serve women. This is why HACER created the Minnesota Latina Leadership Academy. The goal is to get more Latinas living in the Twin Cities area involved in leadership positions.

This report seeks to describe the experience of participants through
leadership training called “CreAndo Lab: Latino Leaders innovating for
community betterment.” It highlights the main lessons learned from this
experience and provides some recommendations to consider for future implementation.

The following report presents the results of the final evaluation performed to assess the Stand Up Participate (SUP) program lead by Asian Media Access (AMA). Initially, we explain the program context considering racial breakdown in the corresponding sites. We then explain the SUP program’s intended outcomes, our evaluation methods, and project results. Lastly, we will
discuss the dissemination plan and the lessons that were learned through collected qualitative data, following up with recommendations based on the results of our assessment, and a
sustainability plan to aid in towards continuing the work of SUP.

The following report presents the results of the evaluation performed to assess the Stand Up Participate (SUP) program. Initially, we offer a context analysis that contains some of the
foundations of this community-based program. We then explain the SUP program by providing some background information, describing a stakeholder analysis and explaining the logic behind the programming. We also go through the evaluation framework which includes a statement of the evaluation questions, methodology, and limitations of the evaluation process. Lastly, we discuss the evaluation findings and provide some recommendations based on the results of our assessment.

With the idea of having a deeper and comprehensive understanding of how the Latino communities in Red Wing live under a rather though political environment, a group of leaders
were called by Hispanic Outreach (HO) to discuss the best ways in which business leaders, political representatives, police leaders, and community members and leaders could collaborate in facilitating better conditions among members of the different Latino communities who live in the city.

This report is a joint effort between Waite House and HACER and consists of a summary of a study on the issues that interest and concern the Latino and Chicano communities in Minnesota. This research provides real data from a survey of 123 respondents regarding Latino health issues, education, drivers’ licenses, immigration reform and housing. We present an overview of the results of the interviews, the study process, brief overview of the methodology, and the key findings and conclusions.

The purpose of this report is to evaluate and discuss the “Statewide Latino Round Table Discussion,” an event planned by the Minnesota Latino Caucus (MNLC), a nonpartisan coalition of Latino leaders, which took place for the first time in Minnesota between June 6th and June 7th 2012. This report will not only serve as a reflection on the event but will also serve as a guide and resource for planning future events among other things. The evaluation process provides an opportunity to make a critical assessment, to state lessons learned, and to identify outcomes of an event.

Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services (SMRLS) contracted with HACER to assess the accuracy of available migrant enumeration counts, and to propose a protocol to better assess migrant legal services needs in Minnesota and North Dakota. Specifically, HACER was asked to conduct a review of the current literature on migrant enumeration and examine available population estimates to assess the accuracy of these numbers and report limitations and uncertainties found in the data. Moreover, HACER was asked to develop a survey instrument and a key-informant interview protocol to assess the legal services needs of migrants in Minnesota and North Dakota.