The Western Regional Minority Supplier Development Council has recognized OSI engineering for providing hard to find candidates like Latinos and Hispanics in the different business sectors.
COVID-19 has hit minorities harder. Indeed, the disproportionate effect of this pandemic on Latino and black communities has turned out to be a defining part of this global health crisis.
A new Department of Health and Human Services report indicates that a lower number of Latinos than expected are seeking medical coverage through Obamacare. Out of all the people who reported their race after selecting plans on the federal exchange, only 10.7 percent were Latino. In contrast, 63 percent of new signups were white, 16.7 percent were black, and 7.9 percent were Asian.
Southeast Raleigh High School senior Selina Garcia is only 17-years-old, yet, she spent three weeks in an adult jail because the foster care system could not find a place for her. Last Thursday, Garcia was freed after she plead guilty to misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct and battery that stemmed from an incident on a school bus.
Stanford and UC Berkeley joined forces with UC Los Angeles and the California Institute of Technology, forming the California Alliance for Education and Professoriate (CAEP). In partnership, the institutions, intend to tackle minority under-representation in math and science Ph.D. programs, and in faculty positions.
