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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 ...
U.S. Race Politics: Learning from the Experiences of African Americans
(Cambio Center, 2010)
This research details three markers in the history of race and ethnic relations through a theoretical lens that addresses them from an African American perspective to illustrate what Latin Americans can learn from the ...
Perceptions of Community Climate Among Latino Immigrants in Three Rural Communities in the Midwest
(Cambio Center, 2010)
The current study is part of a large-scale project that is examining the strategies that newcomers use to accumulate assets, minimize vulnerabilities, and to integrate into their communities. Using focus group data, this ...
Programa de educacion bilingue del distrito escolar de Delavan-Darien : un caso de liderazgo de la comunidad latina
(Cambio Center, 2016)
El 19 de mayo de 2014, el Consejo Escolar Delavan-Darien de Wisconsin obtuvo una votacion de 5-2 a favor de la implementacion de un programa de educacion bilingue. Esta victoria de la comunidad latina en un distrito pequeno ...
Moving up : communities, institutions, and plural societies
(Cambio Center, 2016)
The 2010 Census estimated that the United States will become a minority-majority country by 2043. Acting Census Director, Thomas L. Mesenbourg, noted that steady immigration, increased interracial marriages, and continued ...
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 ...
Multicultural needs assessment of extension educators
(Cambio Center, 2016)
Oklahoma State University's College of Human Sciences and the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service (OCES) have developed a multicultural and community engagement program to determine intercultural training needs. The ...
Technologies to Watch: Top Emerging Technologies for Archives and Special Collections
(2011)
Whether building stronger relationships with patrons, highlighting collections and exhibits in new and creative ways, or preserving digital information for future generations, the following emerging technologies will help ...
Peasant Households Strategies in the Andes and Potential Users of Climate Forecasts: El Niño of 1997-1998
(2010-11)
Production strategies pursued by households and individuals in a peasant community of the Bolivian Altiplano are shaped by access to resources, social networks and institutions, wealth, and the ability to develop urban ...
Rural Livelihoods and Agroforestry Practices in the Missouri Flood Plains
(2010-11)
Agroforestry practices, new to many small farms in the United States, may offer many economic and environmental benefits. Small farmers in Northeast and Southeast Missouri were interviewed to understand the relationship ...
Effective library promotion: empowering patrons to discover and create
(2011)
The message chosen to promote the library will
inevitably influence the tools selected for marketing and outreach. The tools presented here were chosen to represent a broad
spectrum of library types, and would be ...
Svatbarska muzika and chalga : the fusion of music genres that contributes to a social change
(2011)
The first place prize for the 2011 Undergraduate Research Paper Contest was awarded for this paper by Alexandria Dimitrova which examines the emergence and development of two contemporary genres of Bulgarian music and their ...
I Found it at the Library
(2010)
Ron Powers describes his view of libraries during a talk to the Friends of the University of Missouri Library.
The importance of social networks on Latino Immigrants' Well-being in Rural Missouri
(Cambio Center, 2010)
Latino immigrants have been changing their settlement and migration patterns. Recent immigration has seen a different breed of immigrants headed to rural areas, composed of both genders and settled longer in receiving ...
Representation of immigrants and other social actors in a local Missouri newspaper: A linguistic analysis
(Cambio Center, 2010)
Each summer hundreds of migrants, the majority of whom were born in Spanish-speaking countries, arrive in Lafayette County (Missouri) to work on the apple orchards in the towns of Lexington, Waverly, Dover and Wellington. ...
Reexamining Citizenship: Best Practices of St. Louis Spanish Immersion Schools
(Cambio Center, 2010)
When introducing the concepts of citizenship in our schools, how an American citizen looks, speaks, and thinks is often presented in assumptions and stereotypes. As the demographics of the nation have shifted, these ...
Developing Social Capitals Latino Immigrants in Three Rural Missouri Communities
(Cambio Center, 2010)
The current study employs the sustainable livelihoods strategies model to examine the integration process in three rural communities in Missouri. Community development specialists and rural economists have widely used SLSM, ...
Counterterrorism and the Latino Community since Sept. 11
(Cambio Center, 2007)
Ensuring the Health of Women and Children in the 21st Century
(Cambio Center, 2007)