Issues Addecting Latino Communities

Education Crisis

In New Jersey zip codes determine more about the education a child receives than the child’s parents. This is because school district boundaries are drawn to mirror municipal boundaries and, by law, a parent must send their child to the assigned school without regard to whether that school is a success or a failure. In almost all of the New Jersey cities and towns where large percentages of Latinos live, the public schools serving Latino children have lengthy track records of educational failure. And although significant gains have been realized for our children at the fourth grade level as the result of intensified early literacy programs, including universal preschool in the special needs districts, Department of Education data reveals the complete loss of these gains by 8th grade.

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Immigration Reform

Immigration has become the great social and civil rights issue of our time. New Jersey has maintained its population number and all the sectors of the society continue to benefit from the contributions of immigrants from all around the world. Latino immigrants are a vital component of the New Jersey society, yet they do not received equal treatment due to their legal status in the U.S.

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Health Disparities

Issues relating to the health of Latinos have received increasing attention over the past three decades in the United States. The issue of improving the health of Latinos, the largest non-white population group in New Jersey, remains a challenge. There are huge disparities in education, prevention and management of health issues in New Jersey’s Latino community.

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