Cambio de Colores 2005

Latinos in Missouri:
Connecting Research to Policy and Practice
Hoy y Mañana

Reynolds Alumni Center, University of Missouri-Columbia,
March 30, 31 & April 1st, 2005

Conference Organizers

Executive Committee:

  • Co-Chairs
    Linda M. Espinosa, College of Education; Vice President, Hispanic and Latin American Faculty and Staff Association (HLAFSA); University of Missouri-Columbia (MU)
    Stephen Jeanetta, Community Development, Cambio Center, & HLAFSA, MU & University of Missouri Extension
  • Executive Coordinator
    Domingo Mart�nez Castilla, Cambio Center & HLAFSA, MU
  • Financial Chair
    Christiane Quinn, Cambio Center& HLAFSA, MU
  • Content
    Corinne Valdivia, Agricultural Economics � Division of Applied Social Sciences, Cambio Center, & HLAFSA, MU

Theme Chairs

  • Change & Wellbeing
    Gwen Richtermeyer, BRIDG, University of Missouri - Kansas City (UMKC)
  • Civil Rights
    Philip Peters, MU School of Law
  • Education
    Dar�o Almarza, MU College of Education & HLAFSA
    Alejandra Gudi�o, MU College of Education, Cambio Center & HLAFSA
  • Health
    Kay Conklin, MU School of Medicine, Cambio Center
    Kym Hemley, Missouri Foundation for Health, St. Louis
    Santosh Krishna, Saint Louis University
  • Youth, Families & Communities
    Anne Dannerbeck, MU School of Social Work, Cambio Center

Coordinators

  • Conference Manager: Cindy Hazelrigg, MU Conference Office
  • Kansas City Coordinator: Katy Haas, Alianzas, University of Missouri Extension; and Institute of Human Development, UMKC
  • Sponsorship: Rafael Nun Mar�n, President, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan St. Louis.

Planning Committee

  • V�ctor Argilagos, Greene County, Springfield
  • Christina Vásquez-Case, Alianzas, UMKC
  • Mar�a Cepeda, Department of Health and Senior Services, State of Missouri
  • Carol Conway, Literacy Consultants, Springfield
  • Lorenzo Covarrubias, Saint Louis University
  • Jeanne Crane-Smith, Kansas City, KS, Community College
  • Jos� Luis Garc�a, MU Rural Sociology , Cambio Center, & HLAFSA
  • Jinny Hopp, University of Missouri Extension, Carthage
  • Karen Johnson, Migrant English Language Learner, Monett
  • Barbara Jones, MU School of Medicine
  • Hortencia Kayser, Saint Louis University
  • Nancy Malugani, Columbia Public Schools & HLAFSA
  • Danny Moritz, Department of Social Services, State of Missouri
  • Jane Mosley, MU Truman School of Public Affairs
  • Sergio Mu�oz, St. Patrick Center, St. Louis
  • Huyen Pham, MU School of Law
  • Ana Pizarro, Southside Catholic Community Services, St. Louis
  • Ann Rynearson, International Institute, St. Louis
  • Jaime Torres-Rivera, St. Louis Community College, Hispanic Leaders Group, St. Louis
  • Pendy Trujillo, Cooperating School Districts, St. Louis
  • Pat Williams, University of Missouri Extension, Springfield
  • Tamra Wilson-Setser, MU School of Law