PUBLICATIONS & REPORTS
2024Education and Youth Supporting Latino Parents in Addressing Bullying Among Latino Youth
Project Background Bullying is an act that still affects many people today and that has deep emotional long-lasting impacts. Bullying is defined as an act that happens “when someone aggressively uses...
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2024Public Health Insights and Best Practices from HACER’s COVID-19 Response
Executive Summary Impacts of COVID-19 on the Latino Population In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to a national lockdown in the United States that...
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2024Public Health Pathway Towards Independent Living
Executive Summary The Latine community with a disability makes up an average of 9.1% of the Southeastern Minnesota population. This number has increased in the last decade. Although literature is...
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2024Environment Creating Sustainable Futures
Introduction Overview of HACER’s StudyThis study emerges from the findings gathered in a recent HACER investigation, Perceptions of climate change in Latino Minnesotans, highlighting substantial concerns within the Latino community...
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2023Arts and Culture Sanar Creando – Healing through Art Therapy
Executive Summary Anchored in the pillars of the therapeutic effects of art activities and the muralist tradition in Latin American culture, the project Sanar Creando (Healing Through Art) was designed to...
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2023Economic Development and Entrepreneurship Undocumented Latino Workers in MN
Executive Summary Undocumented Latino immigrant workers in the United States have historically been at the center of controversial discussions surrounding immigration policy and reform. At a time where our country is...
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2022Economic Development and Entrepreneurship Creando Ando 2.0
Background Creando Ando 2.0 is a reiteration of Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment through Research’s (HACER) project Creando Ando that took place in Rochester, Minnesota. The purpose of Creando Ando...
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2022Economic Development and Entrepreneurship Improving the security in our community
Executive Summary Background The goal of this descriptive research study was to better understand the experiences with scams of the Latine community in Minnesota and North Dakota. The primary questions this study...
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2022Arts and Culture Latine Artists of Minnesota
Artistry, Culture, and Society: Latine Artists of Minnesota Executive Summary Background The Minnesota State Arts Board is a state agency that stimulates and encourages the creation, performance, and appreciation of the...
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