PUBLICATIONS & REPORTS
Civic Engagement2020 Race to Equity Final Evaluation Report
Police and the Latino communityThroughout history we have heard about racial profiling and discrimination by law enforcement officersAgainst Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC). The Latino community does not...
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Economic Development and Entrepreneurship2020 Creando Ando 2020
Project background and MethodsHispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment through Research (HACER) designed and applied this Creando Ando Program in Rochester to increase self-confidence and foster an entrepreneurial mindset among the...
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Public Health2020 Impact of COVID-19 on Latino-Owned Firms in Minnesota
The COVID-19 pandemic has had sweeping economic repercussions. Evidence shows it has had disparate effects on both minority populations and people of color. To measure the economic impact of the...
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Education and Youth2019 Leaders of Tomorrow 2019
The Leaders of Tomorrow is a leadership camp for Latino teens from the age of 13 to 17. The goal of this 4-day program is to empower students to become...
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Education and Youth2019 Talking it Through
In the fall of 2019, Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment through Research (HACER) put on a program called Talking it Through, which was aimed at creating a dialogue between police...
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Public Health2019 Learning-By-Doing
Many Latinos, especially more recent immigrants, benefit from a healthier lifestyle in their country of origin. There they ate more natural, less processed foods and had more physical activity in...
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Civic Engagement2019 Minnesota Latina Leadership Academy
Gender inequalities remain robustly entrenched in society. Women encounter obstacles when trying to obtain respectable jobs, and they face workplace discrimination and a gender pay gap. Often, they cannot access...
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Education and Youth2018 Leaders of Tomorrow 2018
2018 was the second year of HACER’s Leaders of Tomorrow (LOT) program. This program is a four day summer camp at Macalester College for Latino and Latina teenagers. Through a...
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Civic Engagement2018 CreAndo Lab: Latino Leaders Innovating For Community Betterment | Final Report
The CreAndo Lab held three sessions where participants took part in activities based on the design thinking approach through the following steps: During the workshops, the participants were divided into...
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