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Cambio de Colores: Latinos in the Heartland : Migration and Shifting Human Landscapes : Proceedings of the 10th Annual Conference: Kansas City, Missouri, June 8-10, 2011. Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri.
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Dropout Prevention with Latino Families The Juntos Program
(Cambio Center, 2012)Attendees will learn about the educational challenges and opportunities of Latino youth. They will be introduced to the program Juntos para una Mejor Educación/Together for a Better Education: an experiential program that ... -
Latina's educational endeavors past, present and future
(Cambio Center, 2012)Thirty years ago, MANA de Kansas City was established as a grassroots organization promoting social capital and educational development for Latinas in the Kansas City metropolitan area. This grass roots organization promotes ... -
Involving Immigrant Latino Farmers in Local Food Systems A Community Capitals Approach
(Cambio Center, 2012)Using the community capital framework, this study analyzes two projects that engage immigrants (Latinos) in gardening. The first project focuses on creation and implementation of a farm incubator program for both immigrant ... -
The Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX III)
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Transnationalism and Housing and Health Risks of Rural Latino Immigrant Families
(Cambio Center, 2012)In-depth interviews with rural low-income Mexican immigrant mothers explored "How, if at all, do the housing and health issues of rural Latino immigrant families vary based on level of transnationalism?" Transnationalism ... -
Mental health response to Spanish-speaking telephone callers: Secret shopper study
(Cambio Center, 2012)Our past information-gathering on public mental health agencies in Jackson County, Missouri identified 12 agencies who reported providing Spanish-language mental health services. To look more closely at these agencies' ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Exploring individual, family, and community factors predicting business success in Hispanic and Latino experiences
(Cambio Center, 2012)This research examines what selected individual, family, and community factors best predict Hispanic/Latino male and female entrepreneurs? engagement in entrepreneurial activities and business success. In this study, ... -
Immigration enforcement in America's Heartland
(Cambio Center, 2012)America's Heartland is now home to surging immigrant populations that buoy state and local communities. Rather than explore how to integrate foreign-born newcomers, state and local leaders (e.g., legislators, law enforcement ... -
Reducing racial and ethnic disparities in the Juenile Justice System: A blueprint for community engagement and action
(Cambio Center, 2012)This presentation will discuss the approach we have taken as part of a statewide initiative to reduce Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) in the Missouri Juvenile Justice System. DMC looks at the experiences of minority ... -
A success program that involves Latino volunteers
(Cambio Center, 2012)Hispanics represent the fastest growing ethnic group with a culturally, demographically, and geographically diverse population. For opportunities to be beneficial to the Latino community, it is essential to provide ... -
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 ... -
Latinos in the Heartland : Migration and Shifting Human Landscapes: Proceedings of the tenth annual conference Kansas City, Missouri, June 08-10, 2011
(Cambio Center, 2012)This is the book of proceedings for the tenth annual conference of Cambio de Colores, Change of Colors, Latinos in the Heartland, that took place in Kansas City June 8-10th 2011. The theme of this year's conference was ...