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Porous spheres: Direct observation of interethnic interaction in a small midwestern community
(Cambio Center, 2012)
Indications of community integration in rural communities, where there has been a large increase of immigrants, are largely based on survey and interview responses of community members. However, as an anthropologist, I ...
Latino Youth Involved in Urban Community Gardening
(Cambio Center, 2014)
, youth develop skills needed to achieve lifelong learning. The program includes gardening implementation in urban settings, which enhances the important role that agriculture plays in the national economy. www.cambio.missouri.edu/Library/ Keywords...
Back to Nature: Native Flora for Wildlife and People. The Lincoln University Native Plants Program
(Cambio Center, 2014)
in an ongoing research study. Recruitment was done in schools, senior centers, Boys and Girls clubs, churches, and other locations with the assistance of the LUCE Paula Carter Center on Minority Health and Aging. Flyers, emails, calls, and personal visits were...
U.S. Race Politics: Learning from the Experiences of African Americans
(Cambio Center, 2010)
, the brief history, and the environment surrounding the markers, in advancing a common ground from a critique of traditional political theory, the research thus provides direction for theory development that respects the value of pluralism despite its...
Exploring the meanings of food and agriculture for Latino youth through the use of PhotoVoice in three Iowa cities
(Cambio Center, 2013)
. Recommendations in this paper center on improving the use of PhotoVoice among Latino youth....
Of possibilities and limitations: maternal self-perceptions of agency in children's Spanish/English bilingual development
(Cambio Center, 2013)
This paper presents preliminary results of an ongoing study of the sociolinguistic experiences of a group of first-generation Latino families attempting to raise their children as Spanish/English bilinguals in the city of ...
On Being a Mexican American: An Autoethnographic Analysis of Identity Construction
(Cambio Center, 2014)
This article uses autoethnography to frame a larger conceptual/theoretical discussion of the identity categories based in the intersections of race/ethnicity, nationality, and immigration for the immigrant third generation ...
Protection for Undocumented Children Sexual Abuse Among Latino Children Living in The Heartland
(Cambio Center, 2013)
This paper is an exploration on the topic of childhood sexual abuse among the Latino population and specifically of the undocumented Latino population living in the communities that we serve. The basic child protection ...
Human Social and Cultural Capitals among Latino Gardeners in Denison and Marshalltown, Iowa
(Cambio Center, 2011)
This paper explores different community capitals among Latinos participating in community gardens and farmer starter programs in Denison and Marshalltown, Iowa. Using the community capital framework, this study describes ...
Welcoming new Americans : a perspective from South Dakota
(Cambio Center, 2020)
despite the Pew Research Center identifying it as having the fastest growing Latino/a population among all states from 2000 to 2014. Secondly, this presentation advances practices in the humanities at South Dakota State University (SDSU) that support...
Naturalization: The official integration
(Cambio Center, 2012)
While the nation has focused on the border and questions about the undocumented, the local population of both immigrants and the receiving community experience the issue of newcomers by their integration, participation ...
The policy dimensions of the context of reception for immigrants (and Latinos) in the Midwest
(Cambio Center, 2012)
Latino/as comprise approximately 16.1% of the nation's population (Grieco, 2010). Approximately 37.2% of Latino/as are foreign-born, comprising approximately 6.0% of the nation's population. Nationally, the number of ...
Examining the Health Literacy of Rural Latina Immigrant Mothers and Their Use of the Internet to Seek Health Information
(Cambio Center, 2014)
health was not related to children's or mothers' health status. www.cambio.missouri.edu/Library/ Keywords: health literacy, Latino health, Latino mothers, Internet usage...
Asset accumulation strategies in 3 new settlement communities (report Y1)
(Cambio Center, 2007)
, and their assessment of well-being. Models and indicators for asset accumulation and economic integration are tested in year 3. Results are disseminated at the Cambio de Colores Conference, summits, workshops, and publications for the academic and practice communities...
Welcoming Latino youth to California 4-H!
(Cambio Center, 2017)
The University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) invested close to $2,000,000 over a period of three years to welcome Latino youth, families and volunteers to 4-H. The counties selected ...
Latinos in Missouri : Conference Abstracts 2006-2008
(Cambio Center, 2009)
This proceedings is a compilation of the three Cambio de Colores conferences held between 2006 and 2008. In 2006, the theme "Latinos in Missouri: Beyond Borders" explored the extent to which the flow of people, goods and information is changing our...
Hispanics and Housing During the Economic Downturn
(Cambio Center, 2013)
This paper focuses on how Hispanic home ownership and population growth has evolved in the Southern United States. The theme discussed is one of change and adjustment, looking closely at the 2010 U.S. Census, along with ...
Networks and Context of Reception in Accumulation Strategies of Latinos in Rural Communities of the Midwest - A Quantitative Analysis
(Cambio Center, 2010)
Migration patterns of Hispanics changed dramatically in the 1990s from large metropolis to rural towns (Lazos and Jeanetta 2002). Migration patterns have also changed, from temporary and male to permanent male and female ...
Transnationalism and Housing and Health Risks of Rural Latino Immigrant Families
(Cambio Center, 2012)
with 78 Latino mothers in three project states (California n=33, Iowa n=28 and Oregon n=17). Families responded to questions in a semi-structured interview protocol, as well as survey questions: Adult and Child Health Survey (Richards, Pamulapati, Corson...