Cambio de Colores (2002 : 1st : Columbia, Mo.)

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This collection includes the entire proceedings of the first annual conference of Cambio de Colores, plus two papers presented at the conference (also in the complete volume).

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Confenrece name: Cambio de Colores : Immigration of Latinos to Missouri
Editors: Stephen C. Jeanetta (State Extension Specialist for Community Development Process, University of Missouri--Columbia), Sylvia R. Lazos (Associate Professor of Law and Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution, University of Missouri--Columbia)
Dates: March 13-15, 2002
Place: Columbia, Missouri

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Cambio de Colores : immigration of Latinos to Missouri : proceedings of the 1st Annual Conference, Columbia, Missouri, March 13-15, 2002
(Cambio Center, 2002) Lazos, Sylvia R.; Jeanetta, Stephen C.; Cambio de Colores (1st : 2002 : Columbia, Mo.)
Missouri has a history of diversity in geography, the economy, culture and people. The state is well known for its ability to adapt to the changes required to accommodate this diversity. Among the changes that are occurring is the influx of immigrants from around the world. The changing of the colors of Missouri is, once again, providing a set of challenges to respond to. The most notable change in the faces and colors of Missouri in recent years is the increase of Latino and Hispanic peoples in both rural and urban areas. These new Missourians are contributing significantly to the local and state economy as well as to the social progress of the state. Because these new immigrants speak a different language and represent different cultures and values, we need to acknowledge and welcome their contributions and make an extra effort to weave and integrate them into the rich societal tapestry that results from such a change. Sylvia Lazos and Stephen Jeanetta together have studied and documented the current status of Latino and Hispanic people in the state. This critical and most timely research effort identifies the important issues that businesses, social services and community agencies need to consider in developing appropriate public policy issues that should be addressed. I urge you to use the knowledge included in this monograph to help create a Missouri that values each person and affords the equality of opportunity and individual rights that each person deserves. This is the right thing to do.
Legal and policy challenges as Latinas/os make their homes in Missouri
(Cambio Center, 2002) Vargas, Sylvia R. Lazos; Cambio de Colores (1st : 2002 : Columbia, Mo.)
Missouri communities responding to change
(Cambio Center, 2002) Jeanetta, Stephen; Cambio de Colores (1st : 2002 : Columbia, Mo.)
The community development program for the Cambio de Colores conference is a chance for people to hear the stories what community leaders in Missouri have to tell about the changes they have been going through as a result of the immigration of Hispanics into their communities. We invited participants from different parts of the state dealing with changes that follow from an influx of immigrants into a community. The following summaries were taken from meetings held with some of the panelists from each community. In visiting with each of these communities, I saw several themes that all of them seemed to be responding to on some level. One thing has become clear ? there are few public resources available for the express purpose of helping communities adjust to what are sometimes tremendous demographic changes. Most of the communities have created some sort of a multicultural council or forum to share ideas, network resources, and provide services. Each of these communities has fashioned its own unique responses that build on local resources and help leaders to tap into other resources that can be of service to their community. Issues that most of the communities share include communication, decent and affordable housing, education, cultural differences, and citizenship status. What is interesting about these stories is how they define the issues in each community and how the communities have organized themselves to address them. I hope these summaries provide a sense of what each community is working on and stimulate readers to follow up with them to find out more. They are doing some amazing work.

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