25 March 2022
Hispanic Access Applauds DOI Secretary Visit to Castner Range
Today, the U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland visited Caster Range and met with Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX 16th District) during the peak of poppy season to discuss permanent protections for Castner Range in…
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23 March 2022
Fabiola Torres-Toledo: Becoming One of Nature’s Ambassadors
Stony coral tissue loss disease is a waterborne disease that began threatening corrals in Florida, then expanded to the Caribbean. To protect these organisms and stop the disease from spreading, divers must apply amoxicillin paste…
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18 March 2022
Hispanic Access Launches ‘Unity in Community’ COVID-19 Vaccination Project
Hispanic Access Foundation is partnering with the Health Resources and Services Administration to launch a Health program with the goal of establishing nine vaccination sites across the nation to encourage local Latino communities to either…
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17 March 2022
THE HILL: Clean water is Key to Conservation Equity
This week my mind is on clean water. While the Biden administration is designing new programs for conservation like America the Beautiful, Congress continues to negotiate a bill to make historic investments in climate and…
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16 March 2022
Proposed Riverside County National Wildlife Refuge Gains Valuable Congressional Allies, Broad Community Support
At a hike within the boundaries of the proposed National Wildlife Refuge in western Riverside County, representatives from Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-CA) and Rep. Ken Calvert’s (R-CA) offices joined community members, the Hispanic Access Foundation…
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16 March 2022
Margarita Flores: Intrinsic Discoveries
“We were at church one day and I remember I told my grandmother, ‘mom [we used to call my grandmother, mom], I want to be like him’ and pointed at the priest, and she just…
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