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UnidosUS Helen Rodríguez-Trías Health Award Application Open
UnidosUS Helen Rodríguez-Trías Health Award Application Open
Application deadline: April 28, 2023, by 11:59 p.m. ET
We are happy to announce that UnidosUS is now accepting applications for the 2023 Helen Rodríguez-Trías Health Award! To celebrate the 20th-year anniversary of the Helen Rodríguez-Trías Health Award launch, UnidosUS will award a $20,000 cash prize to one Affiliate organization that demonstrates exemplary community strategies centering on health equity.
To be considered for the 2023 Helen Rodríguez-Trías Health Award, all applicants must submit their applications using this electronic form by April 28, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. ET. Email attachments will not be considered. To review eligibility, award criteria, and application instructions, please click here.
For questions, email: [email protected] with the subject line “2023 HRT Health Award [name of your organization]”
Nominations Open: FW Affiliate Council Male Representative
| We are pleased to invite you to the 2023 UnidosUS Annual Conference “The Power of US” taking place in Chicago, IL, a city where Latinos are making powerful contributions!
Each year the UnidosUS Annual Conference is the premier event that brings together the power of the Latino community across all sectors. Save the dates from Saturday, July 22, to Monday, July 24, at the McCormick Place Convention Center for three days of collaboration, innovation, and thought leadership. |
UnidosUS Events and Opportunities
UnidosUS Events and Opportunities
Teaching the Untold Stories of Latino Contributions in U.S. History
Date: May 16, 2023
Time: 2 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. CT / 11 a.m. PT
The UnidosUS and Johns Hopkins University Institute for Education Policy is hosting a webinar to celebrate the launch of a new report: Inclusion of Latino Contributions in U.S. History Textbooks.
The webinar will share insights from the report and unpack key findings about how teachers, educators, and regional policymakers can support making changes to existing curricula, reframing how Latino contributions to the United States are taught in K-12 schools and inspire an understanding of the unique role Latinos play in U.S. History.
Medicaid Unwinding Monthly Meetings
Since, protections to Medicaid UnidosUS is holding monthly virtual meetings to provide a forum for Affiliates to share what they see in their states, learn more about Medicaid unwinding, and hear updates about federal policy changes and new resources. These meetings allow Affiliates to share new resources, tactics, and strategies they are using to keep Latinos covered and to brainstorm with other groups about how to protect Latinos families during the unwinding.
To access resources and social media content or share more about what you are seeing as your state begins the Medicaid unwinding, visit our website here.
Fact Sheet: "Additional Work Requirements in SNAP Would Hurt Latino Families"
As Congress moves toward consideration of raising the debt ceiling and the Farm Bill, House Republicans have revived calls for work requirements for families receiving SNAP.
Using the threat of reaching the debt ceiling as leverage, House Republicans hope to vote this week on a debt ceiling bill that will slash SNAP spending by expanding already harsh work requirements to parents of children ages 7 and up and to older Americans ages 50 to 64. About 4 million school-age children and 2 million older Americans live in households that face these cuts. Read the full Fact Sheet to learn more about how additional work requirements will harm Latino families.
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