Vaccination Clinics In Escondido

Do you still need your vaccine against COVID-19 or know someone who does? 

We can help you! 

Universidad Popular in collaboration with Cal Fire Operation Collaboration, San Diego County and Escondido World Marketplace is hosting vaccination clinics in Escondido on the following days:

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COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic in Escondido

Universidad Popular in collaboration with Palomar Health, the Office of Supervisor Terra Lawson- Remer, San Marcos City Councilmember Maria Nuñez, Escondido World Marketplace, and Salud Sin Fronteras will be offering free vaccines to San Diego County residents on Sunday, May 16, 2021 from 9am to 2pm inside the Escondido World Marketplace (Escondido World Marketplace 635 W Mission Ave. Escondido, CA 92025).

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We joined the efforts to #GetToImmunity

Universidad Popular is firmly committed to ensuring that everyone in our community has access to a vaccine. Continuing to inform, educate and motivate our friends, family, and neighbors to follow safety guidelines and to get vaccinated are important steps in the effort to overcome this pandemic that has disproportionately impacted Latinx, immigrants, frontline essential workers, and many more vulnerable members in our communities.

We are continuously assessing, monitoring, and advocating for equity in COVID-19 relief and recovery strategies. Our team is present in meeting rooms with decision makers and on the ground providing vaccine education to community members in their language. We are growing partnerships and coalitions with county officials to vaccinate hard to reach and vulnerable members of our community including farmworkers to ensure that together we #GetToImmunity

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Black and Brown Frontline Workers Disproportionately Affected by COVID-19 in San Diego County

Universidad Popular and the Employee Rights Center invite all our partners to join us for a meeting to learn about COVID-19 Workplace Outreach Project (CWOP),  a statewide educational campaign, with the focus of reaching frontline workers and employers disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 to provide information and resources on COVID-19 safety guidance, vaccination, and workers’ rights.

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Going Back to Basics

Almost a year ago the world came to a complete halt as the worst pandemic in over one hundred years ravaged our communities altering what we do and how we do it at home, schools, work sites, medical facilities, businesses, recreation facilities, places of worship and every other place where we interact with one another. 

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Universidad Popular Continues Fighting for True Representative Democracy

Trump issued a Presidential Memorandum on Tuesday, July 21, 2020 ordering the Secretary of Commerce to exclude undocumented immigrants from being included in the apportionment process.

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Controversy over Escondido teachers wearing sombreros, fake mustaches in yearbook photos

Sociology professor Marisol Clark-Ibanez says she doesn't believe the teachers intentionally set out to be offensive but says their actions show a lack of cultural intelligence.

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UPRISE Will Help Undocumented Students Rise Up

Salvador was docked in Newport, Ore., midway through a two-week summer internship at sea doing geological research through the STEMSEAS program when he checked his email and noticed a message on a topic very near to his heart. 

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California colleges get funding to expand services to undocumented college students

Legal aid, mental health services, and career support among services offered

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CSUSM, MiraCosta College Get Grant Funds to Support Undocumented Students

Cal State San Marcos and MiraCosta College Tuesday announced the schools received a shared a private grant to support undocumented students.

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