Latinos in the Heartland

Eleventh Cambio de Colores Conference
Latinos in the Heartland
At the Crossroads: ¿Incorporation or Marginalization?

June 13-15, 2012
Stoney Creek Inn
Columbia, Missouri

Library

Conference Proceedings

Information on state-of-the-art research and best practices in Education, Civil Rights, Health care, Community Change and Integration, Demographic data. A must-have for people working with immigrant issues in Missouri and the Heartland.

NEW! June 2011

Stephen Jeanetta and Corinne Valdivia (eds.)
Cambio de Colores: Latinos in the Heartland. Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Conference: Latinos and Immigrants in Midwestern Communities Columbia, Missouri | May 24-26, 2010
Published by the Cambio Center, University of Missouri, June, 2011 (95 pp.)

Review the Table of Contents (PDF)

It is available for free download from the Cambio Center website.

The printed version of the Proceedings will be sent upon request to all participants in the 2010 Cambio de Colores conference, free of charge.

Stephen Jeanetta and Corinne Valdivia (eds.):  Cambio de Colores - Latinos in the Heartland. Proceedings of the 2009 annual conference

Published by the Cambio Center, University of Missouri, April, 2010 (80 pp.)

Table of Contents (PDF)

The printed version will be distributed free to all participants at the Cambio de Colores 2010 conference. It will also be sent upon request to all participants in the 2009 conference, free of charge.

It is available for free download from the Cambio Center website.

April 2010

Stephen Jeanetta and Corinne Valdivia (eds.):  Cambio de Colores Conference Abstracts. Latinos in Missouri: Beyond Borders, 2006. Latinos in Missouri: Everyone Together—Todos Juntos, 2007. Latinos in Missouri: Uniting Cultures—Uniendo Culturas 2008.

Published by the Cambio Center, University of Missouri, April, 2010 (72 pp.)

Table of Contents (PDF)

The printed version will be distributed free to all participants at the Cambio de Colores 2010 conference.

It is available for free download from the Cambio Center website.

Stephen Jeanetta and Corinne Valdivia (eds.):  Cambio de Colores - Latinos in Missouri. Proceedings of the 2005 annual conference

Published by the Cambio Center, University of Missouri, April, 2009 (82 pp.)

Table of Contents (PDF)

The printed version will be distributed free to all participants at the Cambio de Colores 2010 conference. It will also be sent upon request to all participants in the 2009 conference, free of charge.

It is available for free download from the Cambio Center website.

Stephen Jeanetta and Corinne Valdivia (eds.): Cambio de Colores. Latinos in Missouri: Gateway to a New Community. Proceedings of the 2004 annual conference including selected papers from 2003.
Published by University of Missouri Extension in cooperation with the Cambio Center, University of Missouri-Columbia, March 2007. (132 pp.)

The book is available to the general public. Visit the Cambio Center website to obtain a copy. Order online a printed copy ($10), or download electronic PDF for free.
(Table of Contents available.)

Sylvia R. Lazos Vargas, School of Law & Stephen C. Jeanetta, Community Development Extension Program, University of Missouri-Columbia: Cambio de Colores. Immigration of Latinos to Missouri, MU Extension, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002. Foreword by Dr. Manuel Pacheco. (Available online for free download, or from Extension Publications, phone 1-800-292-0969.)

Access to Past Conference Materials

Besides accessing the available presentations, abstracts and reports following the sequence of the corresponding annual programs, you can now access the material organized by theme and author:

• By Main Author's surname (through 2005)

• By Theme (through 2005)
   

By Program sequence:  

• Cambio de colores 2011 (Kansas City) program
• Cambio de colores 2010 (Columbia) program
• Cambio de colores 2009 (St. Louis) program
• Cambio de colores 2008 (Columbia) program
• Cambio de colores 2007 (Kansas City) program
• Cambio de colores 2006 (Columbia) program
• Cambio de colores 2005 (Columbia) program
• Cambio de colores 2004 (St. Louis) program
• Cambio de colores 2003 (Kansas City) program
• Cambio de colores 2002 (Columbia) program

Additional Summaries

Summaries of the theme discussions of the third day of the 2004 (St. Louis) conference:

• Change & Wellbeing
• Civil Rights
• Education
• Health
• Youth, Families, and Communities

"A call to action!" summary workshops from 2002 (Columbia):

• Community development
• Education
• Health
• Civil and Criminal Justice
• Mental Health and Social Services

Other documents available

James B. Wirth & Susan C. Dollar: "Concerns of Hispanics and Service Providers in Southwest Missouri," Great Plains Research 14 (Fall 2004):253-70

Christina Vasquez Case, Rex Campbell: "A Study of Minorities in Selected Non-Metropolitan Communities in Missouri," Final Report to the Missouri Department of Social Services, from the Department of Rural Sociology, University of Missouri Columbia. (PDF format, 66 pages, 242 Kb.)

Sylvia Lazos: "Cambio De Colores (Change of Colors): Legal and Policy Challenges as Latinas/os Make Their Homes in Missouri"
A presentation about a thorough evaluation of the Cambio de colores 2002 conference.

Dolores Arce-Kaptain: "Driver’s Licenses and the Latino Immigrant. A National Issue Agenda"
A presentation-primer on a very important issue affecting newcomers.

Online documents available at the University of Missouri:

• Andes, Luanne S.
  “A Guide to Parenting Education Resources for Hispanic/Latino Families II”, Parentlink.
• Wirth, Jim
  "The Story of the Hispanic/Latino Experience in Southwest Missouri: Surveys of Latino Adults, Latino Youth, and Non-Hispanic Service Providers/ Community Residents", University of MO Outreach & Extension, Alianzas Project Surveys of the Southwest Region of Missouri, Springfield, MO, 2002. (PDF format, 104 Kb, 53 pp.)
• Office of Social and Economic Data Analysis (OSEDA)
  " Missouri Hispanic Population Doubles from 1990 – 2000", Trendletter, April, 2001.
• OSEDA Regional Profiles:
  • 2000 Missouri Hispanic Population: Much Younger than Rest of Missouri
  • Racial identification of Hispanics
  • Hispanic population change

• Latinos in Missouri, Occasional Paper Series of the Department of Rural Sociology, University of Missouri-Columbia.

• Gina López
  A Synopsis of Literature on Immigration, School of Social Work, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002.

This page updated:
7 May, 2012