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Conversatorios About Inequality And Social Mobility In The Latino Community, Lourdes Gouveia, Jasney Cogua-Lopez, Claudia Lucero, Claudia García, Yuriko Doku

Latino/Latin American Studies Other Publications

OLLAS has reported on the socio-economic characteristics of Latinos in Omaha and Nebraska for many years. For the past couple of years, OLLAS and other organizations have shared concerns about the barriers that may block the full deployment of this population’s talents and abilities, and their full and equitable integration into the city of Omaha. To explore these concerns, we organized a series of conversations (conversatorios) in March 2015 with proportionate participation of Latinos at the grassroots and in leadership positions. Eventually, these conversations were to be extended to include a wider array of stakeholders from the larger community.