Latino Leadership Network Updates!
LLN to join hundreds in state gathering of allies
Members of the Latino Leadership Network will join an online panel discussion and introduce the mission and vision of our state business resource group (BRG) to hundreds of fellow state employees on August 26.
The State of Washington has six active BRGs available for employee participation. Our BRGs are critical partners in the work we do to provide the best possible service to all Washingtonians while supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion.
BRG-ICSEW Allyship Gathering: Lifting Every Voice will support unity across all groups and prepare all communities to collaborate to achieve shared goals. The gathering will take place 1 to 3 p.m. on the Zoom platform.
NY Times analysis shows pandemic taking severe toll on Hispanics nationwide
“Latino and African-American residents of the United States have been three times as likely to become infected as their white neighbors, according to the new data, which provides detailed characteristics of 640,000 infections detected in nearly 1,000 U.S. counties. And Black and Latino people have been nearly twice as likely to die from the virus as white people, the data shows.”
Source: The New York Times
Rare COVID-19 related condition hitting Hispanic children in Washington State the hardest
55 percent of cases involve Hispanic children
On August 7, the state Department of Health (DOH) announced 11 cases of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19 in the state. The rare but serious condition affects a patient under the age of 21 with a fever, inflammation, and severe illness involving more than two organs that requires hospitalization.
How you can take action during the pandemic
In addition to following guidelines to wear a mask and apply physical distancing, tap into the multilingual resources provided by the state Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control & Prevention.
Latinx? Not so much
The Pew Research Center's national survey of Latinos queried more than 3,000 respondents about the term Latinx and found only three percent identify as Latinx. Find out which term people identify with most: Hispanic or Latino.
Source: National Public Radio