Tag: Latino
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Brett Hendrickson, Lafayette College – Latinos and the U.S. Catholic Church
The Catholic Church will soon have a Latino majority congregation. Brett Hendrickson, associate professor of religious studies at Lafayette College, looks to understand more of the culture and heritage of these church goers. Brett Hendrickson is an associate professor of religious studies at Lafayette College, where he studies and teaches on religion in the Americas,…
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Luis Zayas, UT Austin – Latina Suicide Rates
One segment of the population commits suicide more than any other: Hispanics teens. Dr. Luis Zayas, Dean of the School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin, shares some numbers and dissects the factors contributing to this troubling trend. Dr. Luis H. Zayas is the Dean and Robert Lee Sutherland Chair in…