PARTNERS

The idea of creating a Puerto Rican Research and Data Consortium of university-based centers, institutes, programs and initiatives that study Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans grew out of a conversation between Carlos Vargas Ramos (CENTRO, Hunter College), Fernando Rivera (Puerto Rico Research Hub, UCF) and Charles R. Venator-Santiago (UConnPRSI).

This conversation took place during a meeting in the 2024 Biennial National Convention of the National Puerto Rican Agenda (NPRA). The NPRA Convention took place on March 15 & 16, 2024 in Philadelphia, PA.

In that meeting it became apparent that, although there are several sources of data, research, and policy documents addressing the inequalities that Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans experience, there is no centralized repository to inform public policy with relation to Puerto Rican issues both stateside and on the archipelago.

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The Puerto Rican Research and Data Consortium is a collaboration among research centers, hubs, programs and initiatives that study the Puerto Rican experience. Central to this collaboration is an effort to share and disseminate data, information and research, develop standards for collection, use and analysis of data, and develop research partnerships. Our goal is to provide data driven research that can be helpful to the community at large including students, policy makers, community leaders, community-based organizations, elected officials, the press, civic leaders, fellow scholars and educators, and the public more generally.

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