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February 1st, 2012: Abstract
submission starts (Online)
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February 20th, 2012:
Deadline for submitting abstracts
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March 7th, 2012: Notification of accepted abstracts
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April 20th, 2012: Author registration deadline. At least one author per abstract must register
by this date to ensure the integrity of the program.
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May 8th, 2012: Deadline for submission of papers for
publication in Proceedings
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June 13th-15th, 2012: Eleventh Cambio de
Colores – Latinos in the Heartland conference
The
deadline for submitting abstracts is February 20th, 2012.
Cambio
de Colores (Change of Colors) is an annual meeting
that, since 2002, brings together researchers, practitioners, decision-makers, and
community members, to discuss the issues that Missouri, the Heartland, and
other states face as a result of the demographic changes made evident by the
2000 Census. That Census clearly showed
that large numbers of immigrants—most of them Latino or Hispanic, but including
significant numbers of migrants and refugees from Asia, Africa, and Europe—were
settling in rural and urban areas of every state in the region. These dramatic changes
are also happening in new destination states in the South, the Pacific
Northwest, and New England.
Led by the University of Missouri, Cambio de Colores is a collaborative
effort that includes University of Missouri Extension, other educational
institutions in the Midwest and the Southern regions, as well as government and
private organizations.
The last three conferences benefited from
the cooperation of the University of Missouri's Cambio Center for Research
& Outreach on Latinos and Changing Communities, and the interstate
initiative on “Latinos and Immigrants in Midwestern Communities,” North Central
Education and Research Activity 216 (NCERA 216). In 2011 and 2012, 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 2012 meeting will be a multi-state
conference showcasing research and best practices mainly but not exclusively
from Midwestern and Southern states in the U.S.
While native and foreign-born Latinos may
constitute the majority of new arrivals in most communities in these regions of
the country, the conference organizers stress 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 consequent
decline in the numbers of the younger demographic segments. The integration of these very diverse groups
is being studied by academics and pursued by stakeholders, as the newcomers 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. This particular and much
needed synergy is the signature characteristic of this annual conference.
The 2012 conference will provide
state-of-the-art research and best practices that will inform participants,
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 provides a unique 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. Abstracts
are limited to 500 words.
If your abstract submission is approved,
you will be able to present your work at the conference, and to submit a paper
for publication in the 2012 Cambio de Colores proceedings, that will later be published
and distributed to all participants. Please see the paper submission guidelines—in
the following pages— for details on preparing articles for the proceedings
book. 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.
Each conference’s Program is also available on the archival sites and the
Library page, which has links to past presentations.
Please submit your abstract online from February
1st through February 20th, 2012.
Authors of papers and presentations
selected for the conference will be notified by March 7th, 2012.
Authors
of selected papers will be requested to provide the paper in electronic format
by May 8th, 2012.
Please
note that all presenters will be responsible for their own travel expenses and
conference registration fees ($200 regular, $175 early bird). At least one author per presentation must
register by April 20th. More detailed registration and hotel information will
be available at the conference website in February, 2012.
Abstract submissions will be made online.
If you have difficulties uploading your
abstract, or if you have any questions regarding this call, please send a
message to decolores@missouri.edu .
Committees have been formed around each
theme that 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 select the type of presentation:
□ Organized panel presentation (20 minutes each speaker;
3 speakers)
□ Research paper presentation (15 minutes)
□ Best practices paper presentation (15 minutes)
□ Workshop (up to 75 minutes)
Please indicate if you will submit a paper
for publication in the 2012 Conference Proceedings book (Deadline: May 8th, 2012). 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 February 1st, 2012. The deadline for
submitting abstracts is February 20th, 2012.
Presenters
chosen to participate in the conference will be notified by March 7th,
2012.
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.
The organizers do not offer scholarships or fee waivers.
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 8th, 2012 in order to be included in the 2012
conference proceedings.
Length: Limit the length of the paper to eight pages maximum. References
should be included and do not count against the 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, and must be high-quality images of no less
than 300 dpi and be at least 3.5 inches wide.
The increasing population of Latinos and
immigrants arriving from all over 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 this
theme 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 rural and urban places. For
communities to thrive and prosper, they need to ensure that the growing newly
arrived population becomes integrated. Integration, in this context, means newcomers’
full participation 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 federal, state, and local
policies and regulations in rural and urban communities, and explore the
opportunities, vulnerabilities, uniqueness, and commonalities associated with
urban and rural Latinos and other immigrants. There is urgent need of studies about
bridging diverse groups, settled and recently arrived, as well as in cultural
diversity, and policy leadership. How
can the receiving population be engaged? Demographic studies also are part of
this conference theme, especially regarding the growing data from 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 immigrant groups 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 about legal and political matters facing Latino and
other immigrants, and that describe experiences in the application of specific legal
tools to address those topics. While few changes have taken place on the
federal level there have been many recent attempts by state and local
policymakers to address issues of immigration. 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 and 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 construction
of our future society, and the academic success of the younger newcomers will be
a requirement for a prosperous community. The 2012 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; measuring the impact of pre-school programs; effects
of national and state policies on achievement; retention in high schools 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.
The environment people live in, genetics,
medical care, and behavior are the primary variables determining physical and
mental health and well-being. For
newcomers, issues of access to health care resources, cultural and linguistic
differences also are important factors. What are the effects 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 usually characterize 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. On the
opposite side, studies about the effects—negative or positive—of state
immigration laws on the local economies and fiscal receipts will be very
important to have a fuller picture of the impact of immigrants.