Demographics and Equity reporter

Victoria Ivie

Victoria Ivie is a demographics and equity reporter covering Southern California as part of the California Local News Fellowship with UC Berkeley. She graduated from Cal State LA with a bachelor’s degree in journalism in 2023. Ivie has covered underrepresented communities throughout her journalism career, from BIPOC-run businesses to LGBTQ+ groups.

Hair stylists across Southern California are leading the charge in centering LGBTQ+, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming people, at a time when gender-affirming care is being challenged nationwide.

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How Southern California stylists are providing safe spaces for queer and transgender clients

November 8, 2023 at 5:45 p.m.

Hair stylists across Southern California are leading the charge in centering LGBTQ+, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming people, at a time when gender-affirming care is being challenged nationwide.

Topics in the virtual series include understanding DEI, levels of racism, de-escalating conflict, exploring implicit biases, and combating toxic masculinity.

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Groundswell’s “Shaping Tomorrow” free anti-hate webinar series starts Oct. 25

October 21, 2023 at 7:32 a.m.

Topics in the virtual series include understanding DEI, levels of racism, de-escalating conflict, exploring implicit biases, and combating toxic masculinity.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations and community partners organized the vigil honoring "all victims of Islamophobia and war."

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Muslims come together in Orange County to mourn boy stabbed to death in Illinois

October 19, 2023 at 3:54 p.m.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations and community partners organized the vigil honoring "all victims of Islamophobia and war."

Studies show Latinos in the U.S. have the fifth largest GDP in the world, with a fast-growing spending and purchasing power overall.

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How Latino-owned businesses and entrepreneurs are driving the U.S. economy

October 17, 2023 at 1:28 p.m.

Studies show Latinos in the U.S. have the fifth largest GDP in the world, with a fast-growing spending and purchasing power overall.

Even the state gets its first landmark honoring LGBTQ+ history, many say the community's rights are in danger across Southern California.

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The Black Cat in Silver Lake, ‘where pride began,’ gets historic state recognition

October 2, 2023 at 10:27 a.m.

Even the state gets its first landmark honoring LGBTQ+ history, many say the community's rights are in danger across Southern California.

The story of 72 Thai workers, held captive in a makeshift garment factory, is considered one of the earliest known cases of modern-day slavery in the U.S.

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Thai sweatshop workers, enslaved for years in El Monte, are now honored

September 30, 2023 at 7:12 a.m.

The story of 72 Thai workers, held captive in a makeshift garment factory, is considered one of the earliest known cases of modern-day slavery in the U.S.

Victoria Ivie

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How Southern California stylists are providing safe spaces for queer and transgender clients

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Groundswell’s “Shaping Tomorrow” free anti-hate webinar series starts Oct. 25

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Muslims come together in Orange County to mourn boy stabbed to death in Illinois

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How Latino-owned businesses and entrepreneurs are driving the U.S. economy

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The Black Cat in Silver Lake, ‘where pride began,’ gets historic state recognition

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Thai sweatshop workers, enslaved for years in El Monte, are now honored

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Temecula student passes out pride flags to protest ‘targeted’ school policies

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pitches tough immigration policies to LA Latinos

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New Jewish mezuzah at OC hospital brings comfort ahead of the high holidays