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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 ...
Multicultural needs assessment of extension educators
(Cambio Center, 2016)
-to-face workshops, lectures, and online activities via Adobe Connect or Desire 2 Learn (D2L) platforms....
La construcción de identidad de padres-madres y maestros en contextos bilingües
(Cambio Center, 2017)
Los programas de lenguaje dual, también llamado educación bilingüe, no sólo implican cambios pedagógico-didácticos para una comunidad, sino también importantes transformaciones culturales, que muchas veces no son dimensionadas. Tanto las familias...
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...
The construction of parent and teacher identities in bilingual settings
(Cambio Center, 2017)
The implementation of dual language programs, also called bilingual education, in a community not only involve pedagogical and didactic changes, but also offer important and often not measured cultural transformations. In ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 Latinos/as living in the United...
The dual language education program of Delavan-Darien School District: a case of Latino community leadership
(Cambio Center, 2016)
On May 19, 2014, the Delavan-Darien School Board of Wisconsin voted 5-2 in favor of installing a Dual Language Immersion Program. This victory of the Latino community in a small district was not easy and speaks of a valuable experience in advocacy...
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...
Programa de educacion bilingue del distrito escolar de Delavan-Darien : un caso de liderazgo de la comunidad latina
(Cambio Center, 2016)
etapa, los lideres de la comunidad latina se organizaron para impulsar la educacion bilingue en el contexto del plan estrategico 2011 del distrito escolar. 2. La transicion politica-administrativa del distrito y el relanzamiento de la campana: el cambio...
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 to participate in the pilot...
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 ...