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Dear PERE/CSII Friend,

As November draws to a close, we highlight new publications and upcoming events, including an article and report on the metrics of movement building, a book talk about the work of Mexican immigrants, and a look back at the importance of immigration in the midterm elections. Read on!

http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/33/11/1890.abstract

HEALTH AFFAIRS JOURNAL ARTICLE
Integrating Public Health And Community Development To Tackle Neighborhood Distress And Promote Well-Being

By Manuel Pastor and Rachel Morello-Frosch

This article in the November issue of the Health Affairs journal links public health to urban planning and community development, emphasizing the need for a multi-layered approach that includes democratic participation on every level.

View abstract >>

https://www.ncrp.org/publications/responsive-pubs/rp-archive/responsive-philanthropy-fall-2014/metrics-for-movement-building

FEATURED STORY
Co-Creating Movement Metrics that Matter: Resources, Reflection and the Right Data

PERE Program Manager Jennifer Ito shares key lessons about co-creating movement metrics in this cover article for the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy’s newsletter. Her piece spotlights a case study (and forthcoming report) on the National Domestic Workers Alliance’s Strategy, Organizing, and Leadership (SOL) Initiative, and outlines ideas for the field moving forward.

View this article on NCRP >>

Read on to learn more about the NDWA SOL Initiative case study below.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Transforming Lives, Transforming Movement Building

PERE's upcoming report will document the impacts and lessons from the National Domestic Workers Alliance's SOL Initiative – a transformative leadership and movement-building program to strengthen the domestic worker movement. This Executive Summary offers an overview of the full report to come in early 2015.

Download the executive summary (PDF) >>

Visit www.soltransforminglives.org for updates and check out www.domesticworkers.org to learn more about NDWA.

http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520283732

BOOK EVENT
#CSIIBookSeries: December 2nd

Join us for the final CSII book event of the semester! Guest panelists, Professor Jacqueline Hagan (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and Luis Sandoval (Building Skills Partnership) will engage in a discussion about the often misunderstood labor market contributions and mobility pathways of migrants. Hagan explores these issues in her book, Skills of the "Unskilled:” Work and Mobility Among Mexican Immigrants.

Tuesday, December 2, 2014
12:00 PM-1:30 PM
Friends of the Library Room 240
Doheny Library, USC

RSVP online >>

http://www.dailynews.com/social-affairs/20141111/immigration-is-rising-concern-for-latinos-in-the-us-survey-finds

IN THE NEWS
Immigration is rising concern for Latinos in the U.S., survey finds

In the wake of the midterm elections, this article discusses the salience of immigration for Latino voters and the results of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s “The State of the Latino Family 2014 Survey.” Manuel Pastor offers insight into the significance of immigration and deportation to electoral politics moving forward.

" 'In the current atmosphere, I think immigration is a particularly salient issue,' Pastor said. 'There’s a lot of people waiting on pins and needles with regard to executive action' from Obama."

"The survey’s results should be taken as 'a warning sign' to politicians not to dismiss the significance of immigration as a political issue, Pastor said."

LINKS

Job Opening: The Rockefeller Foundation/100 Resilient Cities is hiring a City of Los Angeles - Chief Resilience Officer >>
Congratulations: CSII ally Marcia Drew Hohn, EdD, retired last week after leading The Immigrant Learning Center, Inc. (ILC) Public Education Institute for over a decade. We applaud her 40 years of service to the health, education, and immigration fields. Best wishes on the new chapter in your life!
#NIIC2014: We are excited see folks who are attending the National Immigrant Integration Conference on Dec. 14th in L.A.! Join us for a Discover L.A. tour of South Los Angeles: "Conflict, Consensus, Coalition: African-American and Immigrant Neighborhood Transitions" (co-hosted by Community Coalition and CSII). Details and registration >>

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