The Bay Votes 2024: The Growing Influence of Latino Voters

Latino voters represent the second largest ethnic voting group in the country. "Fitting neither the stereotype of the aggrieved minority voter nor the traditional assimilating immigrant group, Latinos are challenging both political parties' notions of race, religious beliefs, economic success, and the American dream," notes Mike Madrid, author of The Latino Century.

El Tecolote and KALW invite you to join us for a panel featuring Latino community leaders and advocates about the growing power of this vital group of voters. Moderated by Hana Baba, host of KALW's Crosscurrents. and featuring speakers Mike Madrid, Fátima Ramírez, and Marco Durazo.

There is a $10 - $20 sliding scale suggested donation for this event. Nobody will be turned away for lack of funds. We're hosting this gathering to help inform the electorate.

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Mike Madrid has been a nationally recognized political consultant and authoritative voice on Latino voters for three decades. As a pioneer in Latino communications and outreach strategies for state, local, and national political campaigns, Madrid is one of the few consultants who has successfully worked for major campaigns on both sides of the aisle.
In 2020, Madrid co-founded the Lincoln Project, a Republican anti-Trump organization. He served as an adjunct lecturer on Race, Class, and Partisanship at the University of Southern California in Spring 2021. In 2023, he was awarded the Capitol Award by UnidosUS for a lifetime of service dedicated to the Latino community. Currently, Mike is a Senior Fellow at UC Irvine's School of Social Ecology.
Madrid is also the author of The Latino Century, published by Simon & Schuster on June 18, 2024.

Fátima Ramírez began her work at Acción Latina as a member of the Juan R. Fuentes Gallery Curatorial Committee, and she joined the staff as the Cultural Arts Manager of the gallery in 2019.

She held roles as Deputy and Interim Executive Director before becoming Executive Director in 2021. She studied Media and Latin American Studies in addition to Journalism at the University of San Francisco, and also earned a Master’s in Family and Community Education in Museums from Columbia University.

She is passionate about the intersection of art and media that bring families and multiple generations into conversation with one another. Raised in the Mission, Ramírez is committed to bilingual storytelling that uplifts Latinx communities in San Francisco and beyond through community media, cultural arts and civic engagement.

Marco Durazo is a political scientist whose research and teaching focuses on race, immigration, the military, war, and U.S. Foreign Policy. He is currently working on a book manuscript that examines the experiences of deported U.S. service members. His courses include: Latino Politics, Chicanx/Latinx Cultural & Society, Security & Terrorism, and the department’s non-profit Internship course.

Hana Baba is an award-winning radio journalist and host of "Crosscurrents," the daily newsmagazine on NPR member station KALW Public Radio in San Francisco. She is also co-host/co-producer of The Stoop podcast, telling stories from across the Black Diaspora.

A Sudanese American, she enjoys exploring intersectionality and the richness of diaspora and immigrant community experiences. Her work also appears on NPR, PRI, BBC, and others, and she has interviewed personalities like Levar Burton, Jimmy Carter, Stacey Abrams, David Oyelowo, Uzo Aduba and more.

Hana regularly speaks and consults with communities on how to enter media fields to affect change in current media narratives about African, Arab and Muslim communities. She also teaches radio journalism, is a lecturer of the UC Berkeley Podcast Bootcamp, and is a voice and narration coach.

Her work has won awards by the National Association of Black Journalists , The Goldziher prize, the Religion News Association, the San Francisco Press Club, the Society of Professional Journalists, she is a Webby honoree and was named a Bay Area African Cultural Icon by the California Legislature.

📍 220 Montgomery St., San Francisco, 2 blocks from BART/MUNI
🚪 Doors open at 5:00
🗣️ Program begins at 6:00
🍕 Free snacks
🍷 Refreshments for donation (and KALW members get their first one on the house)
🆓 The event is free with an RSVP — and you are welcome to donate what you want

Please note:

• The event space is just to the left of the main entrance to the Mills Building at 220 Montgomery Street
• We recommend taking BART/MUNI, exiting at Montgomery, and walking two blocks north
• Ride-shares can drop off and pick up directly in front of the venue
• If you drive, there are several garages within two blocks of the event location

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