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Lauren Santa Cruz

Washington, D.C.
As seen in: Center for American Progress
producer, editor, advocate, Miami native🌴❤️ Senior Director of Digital Creative at @CAPAction. Past: Hub Project, @JorgeRamosNews, @TIMEVideo. Opinions my own.

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Lauren Santa Cruz is currently working as a Digital Video Producer/Editor for the leading progressive think tank in Washington, D.C, the Center for American Progress. Since she began at CAP in May 2012, Lauren's videos have racked up over 30,000 hits. Recently in 2013, her video "Oil and Ice: The Risks of Drilling in Alaska's Arctic Ocean" was chosen as an official selection of the San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival, the Dam Short Film Festival, and the Colorado Environmental Film …

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Oil and Ice: The Risks of Drilling in Alaska's Arctic Ocean

Oil and Ice: The Risks of Drilling in Alaska's Arctic Ocean

As offshore oil drilling edges ever closer to becoming a reality in the Arctic Ocean, the Center for American…

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How the Defense of Marriage Act Is Harming One Military Couple

How the Defense of Marriage Act Is Harming One Military Couple

The repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" created a pathway for gays and lesbians to serve openly in our armed fo…

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Hanging in the Balance: A Head Start for Low-Income Kids

Hanging in the Balance: A Head Start for Low-Income Kids

Head Start is a program of the Department of Health and Human Services that provides comprehensive education,…

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Pink Light Burlesque: Breast Cancer Survivors Strip Down and Celebrate

Pink Light Burlesque: Breast Cancer Survivors Strip Down and Celebrate

Jennifer Burke used to prize her breasts as her best feature. But it wasn't until she had a double mastectomy…

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Sights and Sounds from Occupy Wall Street's "Action Day"

Sights and Sounds from Occupy Wall Street's "Action Day"

The Occupy Wall Street movement celebrated its two-month anniversary with a Day of Action. Crowds took to the…

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Video Series: Unions Make the Middle Class

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By Lauren Santa Cruz
| The Center for American Progress Action Fund
Millions of Americans exercise their right to participate in a union every year. Unions make the middle class strong by ensuring that workers have a strong voice in our economy and our democracy. But union membership is declining, and the middle class is shrinking. The Center for American Progress Action Fund produced a video series documenting what is at stake in three real stories of how unions make the middle class.
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3 Ways Sequestration Is Taking a Toll on Struggling Americans

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By Lauren Santa Cruz
| Center for American Progress
Issues » Poverty 3 Ways Sequestration Is Taking a Toll on Struggling Americans By Lauren Santa Cruz and Erik Stegman | May 7, 2013 Congress recently sprang into action to save air travelers from flight delays brought on by sequestration.
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