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Reconstituted commission to map 40 years of Latino policy work, hire intern to compile timeline
Summary
At a Massachusetts commission meeting (date not specified in the transcript), commissioners reviewed archival reports from the 1985 commission, agreed to hire an intern or short-term contractor to assemble an asset map and timeline, plan listening tours with the Governor’s Latino Empowerment Council, and track implementation of recent legislation including a $4 billion economic development bill.
At a meeting of the Commission on the Status of Latinos and Latinas in Massachusetts (meeting date not specified in the transcript), commissioners and invited researchers reviewed archival material from a 1985 Hispanic commission and agreed to immediate steps to gather and synthesize four decades of research and policy work.
Dr. Rivera, who described recent documents obtained from the Massachusetts State Archives and the Gaston Institute’s holdings, told commissioners that the earlier commission established task forces on migration, education, employment, housing, health and youth and left comprehensive research and policy recommendations. "There was some really rich information that I invite both the public and our committee members ... to look at," Dr. Rivera said, urging the group to use existing reports before commissioning new studies.
The commission agreed it should begin by asset mapping and compiling a timeline of work from the 1980s to the present to identify both gaps and…
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