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· January 31st, 2011: Abstract submission starts (Online)
· February 13th, 2011: Deadline for submitting abstracts - EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 16TH.
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February 28th, 2011: Notification of accepted abstracts
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May 2nd, 2011: Deadline for submission of papers for
publication in Proceedings
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June 8-10, 2011: Tenth Cambio de Colores – Latinos in the Heartland
conference
The deadline for submitting abstracts is February 13th, 2011.
Cambio de Colores (Change of Colors) is an annual conference that, since 2002, brings together researchers, practitioners, decision-makers, and community members to discuss the issues that Missouri and all the Heartland states face as a result of the demographic changes reflected since the 2000 Census, which clearly showed large numbers of immigrants—most of them Latino or Hispanic, but including significant numbers of migrants and refugees from Asia, Africa, and Europe—settling in rural and urban areas of every state in the region.
Cambio de Colores is a collaborative effort of the University of Missouri and Extension, other educational institutions in the Midwest region, as well as government and private organizations.
The 2011 meeting will be a special multi-state conference that will showcase research and best practices from Midwestern and Southern states of the country. The last two conferences benefited from the cooperation of the University of Missouri's Cambio Center with the interstate initiative on “Latinos and Immigrants in Midwestern Communities,” North Central Education and Research Activity 216 (NCERA 216). For 2011, the cooperation has been extended to include the Southern Extension and Research Activity 37 (SERA 37) “The New Hispanic South,” an initiative that brings together a large number of universities and institutions addressing similar changes in that region.
The planning committee wants to stress that while native and foreign-born Latinos may constitute the majority of new arrivals in most communities in these regions of the country, it is important to note that immigrants from other areas of the world are also settling in these regions, mostly to work on jobs made available through the significant aging of the population and the decline in numbers of the younger demographic segments. The integration of these very diverse groups is being studied by academics and pursued by stakeholders, as the new arrivals seek to become part and parcel of the social, economic, and cultural fabric of the South and the Heartland.
The conference program builds on the sharing of university, government, and community resources, ranging from academic studies to the more applied perspective of people and institutions working at the heart of the changing communities.
The 2011 conference aims to bring state-of-the-art research and best practices that benefit the participants and inform decision-makers and policy-makers of the multiple ways in which Midwestern and Southern stakeholders are addressing the most significant and transformational demographic and cultural change in decades. The conference will provide a platform to present, discuss, share, learn, and identify critical areas where the development of information and promising practices will facilitate the successful transition of all newcomers into our communities, while providing these communities with the tools necessary to address these changes in sustainable and beneficial ways to all. It will also be a timely event to see the effects that current national and statewide discussions about immigrants and immigration are having in this transition.
This is a call for abstracts for scholarly and applied research and best practices presentations and papers.
The following themes provide the conference framework:
1. Change and Integration
2. Civil Rights and Political Participation
3. Education
4. Health
5. Entrepreneurship and Economic Development
All submitted abstracts should relate to one or more of these themes. For a detailed explanation of these topics, please refer to the Description of Themes included in this document.
If your abstract is accepted, you will be able to present your work at the conference, and to submit a paper for publication in the 2011 Cambio de Colores proceedings, that will later be distributed to all participants. Please see paper submission guidelines for details on preparing papers for the proceedings book.
The Tenth
Cambio de Colores conference will publish a book of proceedings that will show
the state-of-the-art in research and best practices in the conference themes.
Thus, special consideration will be given to submissions that include a
commitment to submit papers for publication.
Proceedings books from previous years are available in electronic form at the Cambio de Colores website at www.cambiodecolores.org, where you will also be able to review each year's Program in the Archival Site and the Library page, both containing links to past presentations.
Please submit your
abstract online from January 31st through February 13th, 2011.
Authors of papers and presentations
selected for the conference will be notified by February 28th, 2011.
Paper authors selected for the program will be requested to provide the paper in electronic format by May 2nd, 2011.
All
presenters will be responsible for their own travel expenses and conference
registration fees ($200 regular, $175 early bird). More detailed registration and hotel
information will be available at the conference website in January, 2011.
Submissions will be made online.
If you have difficulties uploading your
abstract, or if you have any questions, please send a message to decolores@missouri.edu .
Committees have been formed around each theme, and they will evaluate and select the abstracts that best fit the needs of their respective tracks. Additional information will be sent to the presenters of the accepted abstracts with instructions for the conference.
The
following information will be needed to successfully complete a submission:
A.
TYPE OF SUBMISSION
Please indicate if you will submit a paper for publication in the 2011 Book of Conference Proceedings (Deadline: May 2nd, 2011)*
Please select the type of presentation:
□ Organized panel presentation (20 minutes each speaker; 3 speakers)
□ Research paper presentation (15 minutes)
□ Best practice paper presentation (15 minutes)
□ Workshop (up to 75 minutes)
*Please note that special consideration will be given to abstract submissions that include a commitment to submit papers for publication.
B.
ABSTRACT CONTENT
The abstract should be 500 words or less. If your abstract
includes citations please follow APA style guidelines (available at www.apastyle.org)
Please include the following in the abstract:
Please upload your abstract to www.cambiodecolores.org,
starting on January 31st, 2011. The deadline for
submitting abstracts is February 13th, 2011.
Presenters
chosen to participate in the conference will be notified by February 28th.
All presenters will be responsible for their own travel expenses and conference registration fees ($200 regular, $175 early bird). More detailed registration and hotel information will be available at the conference website.
PAPER SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
The following
information is for authors who are also submitting papers for the conference’s
book of proceedings.
Submission Date: Please
submit the paper by May 2nd, 2011 in order to be included in the 2011
conference proceedings.
Length: Limit the length of the paper to eight pages maximum. References
should be included and do not count against the eight-page limit. Papers should
be double-spaced with one-inch margins in Times Roman or equivalent 12 pt.
font. Include title of the paper and name and affiliation of each author
beginning with the primary and contact author.
Format: Electronic text formats only, including .doc, .docx, .rtf and .ods.
Please do not submit pdf
files.
Citation: Please follow APA style guidelines (www.apastyle.org).
All graphic elements, including diagrams and charts and graphs, must be submitted with the paper as .jpg, .gif, or .png files. They must be high-quality images at no less than 300 dpi and be at least 3.5 inches wide.
The increasing population of Latinos and immigrants arriving from all the globe into the Midwest and the South of the United States, has affected communities, organizations and institutions, and given birth to many programs and practices across the region. The goal of the Conference is to utilize both the research and the experience of best practices, to better understand the settlement of the newcomer population and define the characteristics of the immigration phenomenon, as well as to identify effective tools for integrating new populations in our places. For communities to thrive and prosper, they need to ensure that the growing newly arrived population becomes integrated. Integration, in this context, means full participation of the newcomers in the economic, social, cultural and political fabrics of the communities they live in, while preserving diversity and culture. We seek to learn from the experiences of communities in the Midwest and beyond. We encourage submissions related to the strategies communities take to address issues of immigration, measure the effects of the raids in rural Midwestern communities, and explore the opportunities, vulnerabilities, uniqueness, and commonalities associated with urban and rural Latinos and other immigrants. There is growing interest on studies about bridging diverse groups, settled and recently arrived, as well as in cultural diversity, and policy leadership. Demographic studies also are part of this conference theme, especially in light of the 2010 United States Census.
The goals of this conference theme are to raise awareness and to share initiatives about the legal issues that Latino and other immigrants face in the South and the Midwest. The Civil Rights theme of the Cambio de Colores conference invites the submission of abstracts for presentations and workshops that will increase knowledge about legal and political matters facing Latino and other immigrants, and that describe Midwestern experiences in the application of specific legal tools to address those topics. We encourage submissions that deal with appropriate legal changes, as well as training and information dissemination programs that strengthen the ability of immigrants and supporting organizations to respond to legal, political and cultural challenges. The present situation, albeit difficult and uncertain, offers hope for better policies both locally and nationally. Cambio de Colores is especially interested in presentations/ workshops about outreach programs and legislative efforts that have improved (or might improve) the climate in communities receiving Latino and other immigrants, and in presentations on current and historical research about the factors that favor or preclude integration of immigrants in the receiving communities.
Education plays an important role in the lives of Latinos in the United States, and the academic success of newcomers will benefit all members of the community. The 2011 Cambio de Colores Conference is interested in exploring educational issues, policies and practices that impact Latino and other immigrant learners of all ages. Special attention will be given to submissions that emphasize the experiences of Latinos and other newcomers in the Heartland – in comparison to coastal cities and states – as they become more important and prominent throughout this region of the U.S. The education committee would like to examine both the challenges that educational organizations may face in providing the best education for Latinos and all newcomers of varying immigration status, as well as their strengths and what they contribute to the educational system. Key educational research, policy and best practice topics include: the relationship of culture and achievement; English language learners; multicultural competencies in teacher training; implications of federal, state, and local statutes; parental involvement; after-school programs; effects of national and state policies on achievement; retention in high school and universities; community education programs and resources; preparing for and access to post-secondary education; and programs in rural and urban school districts. Access to and success in higher education are also important topics, especially when comparing first and second generation newcomers.
Environment, genetics, medical care, and behavior are the primary variables determining physical and mental health and well-being. What is the effect of these factors on the health of Latinos and other newcomers in the Midwest, the South and other new destination areas? Topics to be discussed should include comparison of immigrants’ health status to other groups; translating research into practice (best practices); and policies which support or inhibit healthy behaviors. Key research themes may include: Community and research related to health care disparities: barriers to health care access and strategies to overcome them, networking for health care, community-based health care programs; cultural gaps and bridging: positive and negative consequences of acculturation and health behavior modification, influence of race or ethnicity on doctor-patient relationship, cultural competence, traditional practices; health literacy: patient and provider education, policies and community education programs.
Involvement by Latinos and immigrants in entrepreneurial and economic development activities is key to the expansion of the regional economy and to the integration process by and into the receiving communities. Research on factors that hinder and/or promote their involvement in these essential activities is important to inform policy development, enhance service delivery, and provide additional support that takes into account the risk-taking and eager mindset that always characterizes all migrant peoples, as well as how to better use the newcomers’ own cultural and social capital assets to further their success as entrepreneurs. Comparative studies that take into account these issues will be of special interest, as well as workshops about best practices that could be applicable through the South and the Heartland.