Latinos in the Heartland

“Latinos and Immigrants
in Midwestern Communities”

May 24-26, 2010
Stoney Creek Inn, Columbia, Missouri

Program

Detailed program schedule below

About the Plenary Sessions Speakers:

Civil Rights and Political Participation: Mary Giovagnoli, J.D., is the Director of the Immigration Policy Center, a division of the American Immigration Council (formerly American Immigration Law Foundation), in Washington, D.C.  Previously, she was an attorney with the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security, in which she became associate chief counsel for the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. She was also a USCIS Congressional Fellow, serving for a year in Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s office where she worked on comprehensive immigration reform and refugee issues.

Education: Kathryn B. Chval, Ph. D., is Co-Director of the Missouri Center for Mathematics and Science Teacher Education, at the University of Missouri, and Co-Principal Investigator for the Center for the Study of Mathematics Curriculum and the Researching Science and Mathematics Teacher Learning in Alternative Certification Models Project, both funded by the National Science Foundation, where she worked before coming to Mizzou.

Entrepreneurship and Economic Development:

• Lena T. Rodríguez, Ph.D., Director of Development, Communications and Government Relations for the Urban Entrepreneur Partnership Inc. (UEP), a national program of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. She previously served at San Diego State University, in the College of Business. An entrepreneur herself, she consults in the private and nonprofit sectors.
• Michelle J. Word, Manager of Supplier Diversity Burns & McDonnell, in Kansas City. She is a member of the Missouri Women’s Council. She also belongs to the MidAmerica Minority Business Development Council, the Hispanic Chamber of Greater Kansas City, the Asian American Chamber of Commerce, the Minority Contractors Association, and the Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council.
• Richard Zárate is Director of the Business Development Program at the Hispanic Economic Development Corporation. He is a certified national facilitator of the Kauffman Foundation FastTrac course and hosts "El Momento Empresarial" (The Entrepreneurial Moment) radio show, a weekly live call-in Spanish language business program. Mr. Zárate is also adjunct instructor in the Organizational Leadership program at Donnelly College, Kansas City, Kansas.
  
  

Health: Donald E. Eggerth and Michael A. Flynn, researchers of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, OH. Dr. Eggerth is an internationally recognized researcher on health and immigrant labor topics. Mr. Flynn has has an extensive history of working with the Latino community in Ohio, California, Mexico and Guatemala. They both have presented their work nationally and internationally.

Change and Integration:

• Domingo Martínez Castilla is the director of the Cambio Center (Research and Outreach on Latinos and Changing Communities) at the University of Missouri. He has been involved in the “Cambio de Colores (Change of Colors) – Latinos in Missouri” (now "Latinos in the Heartland") annual conference since its inception. He was co-Chair of the 2004 and Chair of the 2009 meetings, both held in St. Louis. He is interested in the process of demographic change, the integration of immigrants, and in comparative immigration studies in the Americas.
• Matt Foulkes, Ph. D. is Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Missouri. He studies migration and demographic processes at both the macro and micro scale: at the state and national level, he explores how migration brings about demographic change; at the local level, he investigates how residential mobility impacts communities. Recent research projects have included an analysis of large scale Hispanic migration in the US, poverty migration in Illinois, and community studies of highly mobile, poor rural communities.
• Stephen Jeanetta, Ph. D. is Assistant Extension Professor in Rural Sociology at the University of Missouri, where he serves as coordinator for the Community Development Academy and provides leadership to programs in Organizational Development and Nonprofit Management, Community and Economic Planning and Building Inclusive Communities. A Cambio Center fellow, he has also been involved with the Cambio de Colores conference from its inception.

Presenters

Please refer to the current list of biographic information, which includes all the bios submitted by the conference presenters. (PDF file) 

Program Schedule

Day 1 - Monday May 24

8:00 - 11:00 am
Exhibitors and Table Displays Set up

10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Registration Open

1:00 - 1:50 pm

Conference Welcome Session

Welcoming Words: Domingo Martínez, Cambio Center, University of Missouri-Columbia
Remarks: President Gary D. Forsee, University of Missouri System
Remarks: Chancellor Brady Deaton, University of Missouri-Columbia   (could not attend due to other duties)
Remarks: Prof. Roger Worthington, Assistant Deputy Chancellor & Chief Diversity Officer, University of Missouri-Columbia 

2:00 - 3:00 pm
Plenary Session 1: Change and Integration Panel

Latinos and Immigrants in the Heartland. Demographics, Push, Pull, and Community: A Status Report

Presentation Handout (PDF)

Domingo Martínez, Cambio Center, University of Missouri-Columbia
Matt Foulkes, Department of Geography, University of Missouri-Columbia
Stephen Jeanetta, University of Missouri Extension

3:15 - 4:15 pm
Plenary Session 2: Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Panel

Latinos/Hispanics in Entrepreneurial and Economic Development Ventures

Moderator: Christina Vasquez-Case, Alianzas, University of Missouri Extension, Insitute for Human Development, University of Missouri- Kansas City

“A proven model of entrepreneurial education; coaching”
Lena T. Rodríguez, Ph.D., Director of Development, Communications and Government Relations for the Urban Entrepreneur Partnership Inc. (UEP), Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

“Diverse Business Entrepreneurship”
Michelle J. Word, Manager of Supplier Diversity Burns & McDonnell, in Kansas City; Missouri Women’s Council

“Grassroots business programs that work”
Richard Zárate, Hispanic Economic Development Corporation, Kansas City

4:15 - 4:45pm
Break/Encuentros (Extended break time for networking)

4:45 - 6:00 pm
BREAKOUT SESSIONS I  (Concurrent)

Breakout 1:  Latinos/Hispanics in Entrepreneurial and Economic Development Ventures -Discussion of the Plenary

Lena Rodríguez, Michelle Word, Richard Zárate

Breakout 2: Change and Integration Workshop - Immigration stories: Understanding the emotional impact of crossing the border

April Dirks-Bihun, Mount Mercy College, Iowa
Presentation Handout (PDF)

Breakout 3: Health Panel – Voices of Immigrants in the Heartland: Barriers to Accessing Quality Health Care from Childhood to Old Age

 “Health and Health Services:  The Voices of Older Latina Women in Rural Missouri”
M. Kay Libbus, University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing
Presentation Handout (PDF)

“Unbandaged wounds:  Why Latinas are Unable to Access Maternal Healthcare”
Brandi N. Geisinger, Cheryl Davidson, Flor Romero de Slowing & Jennifer Vázquez, Iowa State University
Presentation Handout (PDF)

“Cancer Health Disparity Predictors Among Rural and Urban Hispanic/Latino Medically Underserved:  A Systematic Review”
Keila E. Peña-Hernández, University of Missouri

Breakout 4: Change and Integration Panel –  The Construction and Integration of Communities: Effects of Theology, Psychology and Ethnic Inclusion

“Afro-Latino Identity and Relational Cultural Discipleship: A Dialogue Between Theology and Psychology”
José Martínez, Saint Paul School of Theology, Kansas City
[Cancelled due to military obligations.]

“Building a Community of the Nations: Interactions Between Non-immigrant Churches and Latino Immigrant Residents”
Jennifer Tello-Buntin, Julian Samora Research Institute, Michigan State University

Breakout 5: Health Workshop - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS): Legislative and Program Updates

Nancy Ríos, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Breakout 6: Education Research & Panel: Utilizing Culturally-Appropriate Educational Curriculums: Bonding and Connecting with Latino Families

“Bienvenidos: Creating Familial Bonds”
Gerardo Rodríguez,  TRIO - Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program
[Cancelled]

“Strengthening the Values of Latino Families: Working with the Right Curriculum”
Alejandra Gudiño, University of Missouri Extension
Kimberly Allen, North Carolina State University
Presentation Handout (PDF)

Breakout 7: Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Research- Networking, Well-Being,  Latino Business Innovations

“An Assessment of the Impact of Social Networks on Well-Being: Evidence from Latino Immigrants in Non-urban Missouri Communities”
Pedro Dozi, University of Missouri
Presentation Handout (PDF)

“Latino Business Entrepreneurs and Social Innovators in four Iowa Communities”
Cornelia B. Flora, Jan Flora, Claudia M. Prado-Meza, & Diego Thompson, Iowa State University
Presentation Handout (PDF)

6:00 - 7:00 pm
Cash bar

7:00 - 8:30 pm 
Dinner & Entertainment

La Movida, the best Latin Band in mid-Missouri played for the Cambio de Colores participants and guests.

Day 2 – Tuesday, May 25

8:30-9:45 am
Plenary Session 3: Education

Latino English Language Learners Can Be Successful in Mathematics:  Learning from an Effective Teacher

Moderator: Lisa Flores, University of Missouri

Kathryn Chval, Ph.D., Co-Director of the Missouri Center for Mathematics and Science Teacher Education, University of Missouri.

9:45-10:00 am
Break/Encuentros
(Extended break time for networking)

10:00 - 11:30 am
BREAKOUT SESSIONS II (Concurrent)

Breakout 1:  Education-Discussion of the Plenary

"Latino English Language Learners Can Be Successful in Mathematics:  Learning from an Effective Teacher"
Kathryn Chval, Ph.D., Co-Director of the Missouri Center for Mathematics and Science Teacher Education, University of Missouri.

Breakout 2: Change and Integration Workshop – Two Mexican Initiatives: Ventanilla de Salud program, a Gateway to the Healthcare System, and Financial Education for Mexicans Abroad

Jacob Prado, Consulate of Mexico, Kansas City

Breakout 3: Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Research – Examining the Context: Community Transformation and Immigrant Job Satisfaction

“Latinos Transforming Midwestern Communities: Examining Social, Economic, and Demographic Trends at the County Level”
Jennifer Tello-Buntin & Jean Kayitsinga, Julian Samora Research Institute, Michigan State University

“Factors Affecting the Job Satisfaction of Latino/a Immigrants in the Midwest”
Lisa Flores & Corinne Valdivia, University of Missouri
Presentation Handout (PDF)

Breakout 4: Health Promising Practices and Research – Promotores de Salud:  Improving Health Literacy and Access for Immigrants through Assessment and Community-based Training Curriculum

“Community-based Training Curriculum for Promotores de Salud”
Irazema Mendoza, Lisa Sanderson Cox, Cielo Fernández, Elizabeth Reynoso, Susan Garrett, Natalia Suárez, A.Paula Cupertino, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City

“Promotores de Salud:  Assessing the Health of Their Community”
Natalia Suárez, A. Paula Cupertino, Lisa Cox, Cielo Fernández, Aura Morgan, Susan Garrett, Irazema Mendoza & Edward Ellerbeck, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City
Presentation Handout (PDF)

“Promotoras de Salud: A Health Literacy Approach to Improving Immigrant Access to Health Care”
Stephen Jeanetta, University of Missouri Extension
Eduardo Crespi, Sandra Zapata & Karina Campos, Centro Latino
Jamie Christianson, University of Missouri

Breakout 5: Change and Integration Research – Understanding Settling In and Out for Immigrants in Metropolitan Midwestern Communities: Perceptions and Interactions over Time

“Fear of the Unknown: Views on Immigrants in Metropolitan St. Louis”
Emily Hager, Lisa Dorner & Joel Jennings, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Presentation Handout (PDF)

 “Oral Histories of the Settling Out Process:  Latinos in Lansing”
Ruben Martinez & Ana Rocío Escobar, Julian Samora Research Institute, Michigan State University

Breakout 6: Education Best Practices Panel – The Empowerment of Youth in Utilizing Technology–Increase Tech Competency and Safety

“Looking Back, Moving Forward: A Way to Move Hispanic Youth from Users to Producers of Computer Games”
German Cutz & Emma Theuri, University of Illinois Extension

“Safe Sexting: You May Want to Think Before You Hit the Send Button!”
Alejandra Gudiño, University of Missouri Extension
Kimberly Allen, North Carolina State University
Presentation Handout (PDF)

Breakout 7: Health Workshop – Tomando Control de su Salud; Spanish Chronic Disease Self Management

Beth Richards, Missouri Arthritis & Osteoporosis Program, University of Missouri
Presentation Handout (PDF)

12:00 - 1:30 pm
Lunch

Remarks from Ms. Sydnee Chattin-Reynolds : The 2010 Census
Deputy Director of the Kansas City Regional Office, United States Census Bureau
The Kansas City region includes Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri and Oklahoma.

1:30 - 3:00 pm
Plenary Session 4: Civil Rights

Is the Melting Pot Boiling Over?   The Flash Points in the 2010 Immigration Debate

Presenter: Mary Giovagnoli, Ph.D., Director of the Immigration Policy Center, American Immigration Council,  Washington, D.C.

Dr. Giovanoli's participation is possible thanks to the support of the the Immigration Policy Center, Washington, D.C.

Commentator: Jennifer Rafanan, Missouri Immigrant and Refugee Advocates (MIRA), St. Louis

3:00 - 3:30 pm
Break/Encuentros
(Extended break time for networking)
 

3:30 - 5:00 pm
BREAKOUT SESSIONS III (Concurrent)

Breakout 1:  Discussion of the Plenary

Moderator: Jennifer Rafanan, Missouri Immigrant and Refugee Advocates (MIRA), St. Louis

"Is the Melting Pot Boiling Over?   The Flash Points in the 2010 Immigration Debate"

Mary Giovagnoli, Immigration Policy Center, American Immigration Council,  Washington, D.C.

Breakout 2: Education Panel – Promoting the Adjustment of Children and Adolescents in the Midwest: Research and Clinical Applications

Patton Garriott, Marlen Kanagui, David Aguayo, Megan Strawsine, Lisa Flores & Keith Herman, University of Missouri

Breakout 3: Health Panel –  Casa de Salud: A Community and University Partnership

Mary Ann Lavin, Stephanie O'Donnell & David Schneider, Casa de Salud, St. Louis, and Saint Louis University
Presentation Handout (PDF)

Breakout 4: Change and Integration Research – Lifestyles, Cultural Practices and Beliefs for Immigrant Latinas in Rural Midwest Communities

“A Comparative Study of the Life of the Immigrant Women in Rural Illinois and in the North of Mexico”
María Galarza-Heras, Angela Wiley & Marcela Raffaelli, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

“How Does Life for Immigrant Latinas in Rural Illinois Communities Differ by Time in the US?”
Marcela Raffaelli, Steve Tran, María Galarza-Heras & Angela Wiley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

“Child Care Practices and Cultural Beliefs Among Immigrant Latinas in Rural Illinois Communities”
Angela Wiley, María Galarza-Heras, Marcela Raffaelli & Diana Rodríguez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Breakout 5: Education Workshop – Teaching Educational Technology to Hispanics/Latinos: What to Teach and How to Do it

German Cutz, University of Illinois Extension

Breakout 6: Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Panel – Impact of Community Capital, Economic Integration and Market Segmentation on Acculturation and Diversity

“Acculturation, Context of Reception and Capitals Affecting Economic Integration of Latino Newcomers to the Midwest in 2009”
Corinne Valdivia & Pedro Dozi, University of Missouri
Presentation Handout (PDF)

“Human, Social, and Cultural Capitals among Latino Gardeners in Denison and Marshalltown, Iowa”
Diego Thompson, Iowa State University
Presentation Handout (PDF)

“Who are Hispanics?  Understanding the Hispanic Community and its Diversity through Segmentation.”
Robert J. Barrientos, RJ  Barrientos & Associates, Kansas City

Breakout 7: Civil Rights Workshop – Identifying and Protecting Immigrant Victims of Human Trafficking

Carrie Tyler, Centro Latino de Salud, Educación y Cultura
Karla Klingner-Diaz, Simon, Diaz & Ellis Law Firm
Helen Fehlig Tatum, Law Offices of Fehlig & Fehlig Tatum
Presentation Handout (PDF)

Day 3 – Wednesday, May 26

8:30-9:30 am
Plenary Session 5: Health

Occupational Safety and Health of Immigrant Workers

"Occupational Safety and Health of Immigrant Workers: Scope of the Problem"
Donald E. Eggerth & Michael A. Flynn, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, OH
Presentation Handout (PDF)

"Occupational Safety and Health of Immigrant Workers: Barriers and Recommendations"
Michael A. Flynn & Donald E. Eggerth, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, OH
Presentation Handout (PDF)

These presentations were made possible through the cooperation of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
 

9:30 - 9:45 am
Break/Encuentros
 (Extended break time for networking)

9:45 - 11:00 am
BREAKOUT SESSIONS IV (Concurrent)

Breakout 1:  Discussion of the Plenary

"Occupational Safety and Health of Immigrant Workers"
Donald E. Eggerth & Michael A. Flynn, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, OH

Breakout 2: Civil Rights Workshops - Changes from All Walks of Life: From Immigration Reform to Shaping a More Positive Atmosphere

"Grassroots Movement for Immigration Reform - Sí se puede?"
Angela Ferguson, American Immigration Lawyers Association
[Could not attend due to Court duties. Jennifer Rafanan delivered Ms. Ferguson's main talking points.]

“The Welcoming Missouri Initiative (WMI)”
Jennifer Rafanan, Missouri Immigrant and Refugee Advocates (MIRA), St. Louis

Breakout 3: Education Panel – Navigating Around Higher Education: Engage and Support the Underrepresented and Undocumented Students on Campus.

“I did not know he was Undocumented?  Best Practices and Challenges Working with Undocumented Students”
Robert J. Barrientos, RJ  Barrientos & Associates, Kansas City

“Moving from Access to Quality Access:  Growing Latino Learning Communities on College Campuses”
Ethriam Cash Brammer & Rudy Alcalá, Center for Chicano-Boricua Studies, Wayne State University
Presentation Handout (PDF)

Breakout 4: Health Panel - Binational Health Week in Missouri: A brief Summary of the 2009 Evaluation Report

Christina Vasquez-Case & Mercedes Saint Elin, Alianzas, University of Missouri Extension, Insitute for Human Development, University of Missouri- Kansas City
Presentation Handout (PDF)

Carmen Vallejos, Binational Health Week volunteer in Kansas City Metropolitan area
Presentation Handout (PDF)

Mary Meinhardt, Binational Health Week Planning Committee and Volunteer for Sacred Heart Church, Troy, Missouri
Presentation Handout (PDF)

Breakout 5: Change and Integration Research – Settlement Challenges in a Brave New World: Mobility, Motivation & Political Participation

“Moving Around to Get By and Try to Get Ahead: Immigration Experiences in New Settlement Communities of the Midwest”
Anne Dannerbeck Janku, Missouri Office of State Courts
Presentation Handout (PDF)

“Musings for Hispanic Communities:  The Literature of Nature, Democracy, and Immigration”
Kenneth M. Burke, Washington University, St. Louis

Breakout 6: Health – Overview of Disparities: Substance Abuse & Children's Health

“Latinos Substance Abuse and Mental Health. A Literature Review”
Pilar Horner, Daniel Velez Ortiz & Jennifer Tello-Buntin, Julian Samora Research Institute, Michigan State University
Presentation Handout (PDF)

 “Poverty and Health of Children from Racial/Ethnic Minority and Immigrant Families in the Midwest”
Jean Kayitsinga, Julian Samora Research Institute, Michigan State University
Presentation Handout (PDF)

11:00 am -12:00 pm
Closing Plenary Session

Looking forward: A Town Hall Meeting

Facilitator: Stephen Jeanetta, University of Missouri

A panel and open discussion about the future of research, outreach, and best practices.

Adjourn

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7 September, 2010