Latinos in the Heartland

Eleventh Cambio de Colores Conference
Latinos in the Heartland
At the Crossroads: ¿Incorporation or Marginalization?

June 13-15, 2012
Stoney Creek Inn
Columbia, Missouri

Other meetings hosted by the Conference

Plenary Speakers Bios

All Speakers Bios(PDF)

Conference Program Schedule

NOTE: Highlighted items represent updates produced after the program was printed

Program

(Updated as of 2 May, 2013)

NOTE: Highlighted items represent updates produced after the program was printed

Day 1 – Wednesday, June 13, 2012

10:00 – Noon
Exhibitors and Exhibitor Table Displays Setup

11:00 am
Registration Opens

1:00 – 1:50 pm
Plenary Conference Welcome Session

Welcoming Words: Domingo Martínez, Cambio Center, University of Missouri
Welcome to Columbia : Michael Matthes, City Manager, Columbia, Missouri
Remarks: Chancellor Brady Deaton, University of Missouri
Remarks: President Tim Wolfe, University of Missouri System
Remarks: Provost Brian Foster, University of Missouri

2:00 – 3:00 pm
Plenary Session 1: Civil Rights and Political Participation

The Fiscal and Economic Impact of State Immigration Control Laws

Presenter: Michele Waslin, Senior Policy Analyst, Immigration Policy Center, Washington, D.C.

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

3:15 – 4:15 pm
Plenary Session 2: Change and Integration

Latino Immigrant Youth: Invisible Facilitators of Integration

Presenter: Alejandro Morales, Cambio Center Fellow; Department of Education and Counseling Psychology, University of Missouri - Columbia

4:15 – 4:45 pm
Break/Encuentros

4:45 – 6:00 pm
Breakout Sessions I (Concurrent)

Breakout 1: Discussion of the Plenary – Civil Rights and Political Participation
The Fiscal and Economic Impact of State Immigration Control Laws

Michele Waslin, Immigration Policy Center, Washington, D.C.

Breakout 2: Change and Integration Research Panel
Community Voices and the Welcome Mat

Corinne Valdivia, University of Missouri - Columbia
Lisa Y. Flores, University of Missouri - Columbia
Stephen Jeanetta, University of Missouri - Columbia
Alejandro Morales, University of Missouri - Columbia

Breakout 3: Health Research Panel
Family Nutrition; Culturally Competent Service Providers

“Family Nutrition Education Program in Missouri”
Candance Gabel, University of Missouri - Columbia
Jo Britt-Rankin, University of Missouri - Columbia

“Beyond Bilingual and Bicultural: How Service Providers in a New Growth Community Work with Latinos”
Deirdre Lanesskog, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Lissette Piedra, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Stephanie Maldonado, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Breakout 4: Education Promising Practices Panel
Methods and Issues for Latino Success in Higher Education

“Creating Opportunities for Latino Youth: Juntos it is Possible!”
Kim Allen, North Carolina State University
Cintia Aguilar, North Carolina State University
Andrew Behnke, North Carolina State University

“A Closer Look at the Latino BSN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing) Student”
Eve McGee, University of Missouri - Kansas City

“Latino Families are College Ready! Adjustment of the ‘Juntos Curriculum’ to Missouri”
Alejandra Gudiño, University of Missouri - Columbia
Alison Copeland, University of Missouri - Columbia
Jim Ronald, University of Missouri - Columbia
Kayce Nail, University of Missouri - Columbia

Breakout 5: Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Promising Practices Workshop
Developing Latino Entrepreneur Support Networks: The Wapello County Microloan

Himar Hernández, Iowa State University

Breakout 6: Promising Practices Workshop
Trauma Exposure during Immigration: Important Considerations for Professionals Working with Latina Immigrant Populations

Sarah May, University of Missouri - Columbia
Danielle Quintero, University of Missouri - Columbia

6:00 – 7:00 pm
Cash Bar

7:00 – 8:30 pm
Networking Dinner

Day 2 – Thursday, June 14, 2012

8:30 – 9:45 am
Plenary Session 3: Health

Jump into Action! The Need for Active and Healthy Schools

Presenter: Steve Ball, Associate Professor of Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri - Columbia

9:45 – 10:00 am
Break / Encuentros

10:00 – 11:30 am
Breakout Sessions II (Concurrent)

Breakout 1: Discussion of Plenary - Health
Jump into Action! The Need for Active and Healthy Schools

Presenter: Steve Ball, University of Missouri - Columbia

Breakout 2: Higher Education Promising Practices Workshop
Chicanos: Beyond the Border (A New College Course Offering)

Mercedes M. Stephenson, Webster University, St. Louis

Breakout 3: Education Research Workshop
Volunteer Study Involving the Latino Community

Sonia G. Morales Osegueda, Washington State University                                                                                                     

Breakout 4: Change and Integration Promising Practices Workshop
Barriers to Professional Integration among Latino Immigrants in Missouri

Westy Egmont, Boston College
Eva Millona, Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA), Boston

Breakout 5: Promising Practices Panels
Focus on St. Louis: Promoting Social Change and Higher Education

“Amigas en la Comunidad: Community Members for Social Change”
Meredith Rataj, Catholic Charities Southside Center, St. Louis
Judy McGrath, Catholic Charities Southside Center, St. Louis

“Working with Undocumented Students Pursuing Higher Education”
Maria Rebecchi, The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis
Virginia Braxs, Washington University in Saint Louis

Breakout 6: Change and Integration Research Panel
Social Capital, Integration & Extension

“Social Capital in Rural Southwest Kansas”
 Debra J. Bolton, Kansas State University

“Community Mobilization for Immigrant Integration: The Case of Sioux County Iowa”
Cornelia Flora, Iowa State University
Jan Flora, Iowa State University

“Exploring How to Make the North Central Education/Extension and Research Activity 216 (NCERA) Sustainable Over Time”
Diego Thompson, Iowa State University
Jan L. Flora, Iowa State University
Saúl Abarca Orozco, Iowa State University

12:00 – 1:30 pm
Lunch – Remarks and Greetings from Special Guests

1:30 – 3:00 pm
Plenary Session 4: Entrepreneurship and Economic Development

Creation and Survivability of Latino/a Business

“Does Formal Institutional Access to Startup Funds Matter to the Survivability of Latina-Owned Firms?”
Presenter: Rubén Martínez, Director of the Julián Samora Research Institute, Michigan State University

“The Experience of Business Development Programs of the Hispanic Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City”
Presenter: Bernardo Ramírez, Executive Director of the Hispanic Economic Development Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri

3:00 – 3:30 pm
Break/Encuentros

3:30 – 5:00 pm
Breakout Sessions III (Concurrent)

Breakout 1: Discussion of the Plenary – Entrepreneurship and Economic Development

Rubén Martínez, Michigan State University
Bette Avila, Michigan State University
Bernardo Ramírez, Hispanic Economic Development Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri

Breakout 2: Health Workshop
The Health Care Law and You – Provisions of the Affordable Care Act and its Impact on Consumers

Nancy Ríos, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Kansas City, Missouri

Breakout 3: Change and Integration Research Panel
Focus on Youth: Bosnian Refugees; Latino Youth and Food Systems  

“Bosnian Muslim Refugee Girls in St. Louis: An Invisible Religious Minority Asserting Themselves”
Lisa Dorner, University of Missouri - St. Louis
Alice Floros, University of Missouri - St. Louis
Midheta Mujanovic, University of Missouri - St. Louis

“Exploring the Meanings of Food and Agriculture for Latino Youth Through the use of Photovoice in Three Iowa Cities”
Jan L. Flora, Iowa State University
Diego Thompson, Iowa State University
Saúl Abarca Orozco, Iowa State University
Héctor Bombiella Medina, Iowa State University
Caroline Oliveira, Iowa State University

Breakout 4: Health and Education Research Panel
Focus on Child Wellbeing and Development

“Protection for Undocumented Children: Sexual Abuse among Latino Children Living in the Heartland”
April Dirks-Bihun, Mount Mercy University, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

“The Relationship between Immigrant Parents’ Perception of Climate and Immigrant Children’s Wellbeing”
Lisa Y. Flores, University of Missouri - Columbia
Corinne Valdivia, University of Missouri - Columbia

“Of Possibilities and Limitations: Maternal Self-Perceptions of Agency in Children’s Spanish/English Bilingual Development”
Isabel Velázquez, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Breakout 5: Education Research Panel
Transnational Issues: Educators and Professionals 

“Crossing Educational Borders: The Impact of International Experiences on Teachers”
Jennifer Stacy, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

“Creating a Dual Ph.D. Degree Program between Oklahoma State University and Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla, Mexico”
Kathleen Kelsey, Oklahoma State University
María Lupita Fabregas-Janeiro, Oklahoma State University

“Cultural Transition, Identity Crisis and Challenges of a Foreign Professional”
Reyna Jurkowski, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico

Breakout 6: Change and Integration Research Panel
Moral Development, Parenting, and Acculturation

“Disciplining Practices and Moral Development in Mexican American and European American Youth”
Cara Streit, University of Missouri - Columbia
Alexandra Davis, University of Missouri - Columbia
Gustavo Carlo, University of Missouri - Columbia
George Knight, Arizona State University

“The Roles of Parenting and Cultural Values in Prosocial Behaviors among Mexican American Youth”
Alexandra Davis, University of Missouri - Columbia
Cara Streit, University of Missouri - Columbia
Gustavo Carlo, University of Missouri - Columbia
George Knight, Arizona State University

“Integration and Acculturation through Pictures: Photovoice in Mexico and Minnesota”
Rodolfo Gutiérrez, Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment through Research (HACER), Minneapolis [Could not attend due to work reasons]
Carolyn García, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Rosa María Aguilera, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría, Mexico City

5:30 – 8:00 pm
Cash Bar, Appetizers and Live Entertainment & Dance

La Movida, a 7-piece Mid-Missouri Latin Fusion Band will play from 6 to 8 PM. Dancing is encouraged!

(La Movida website)

Day 3 – Friday, June 15, 2012

8:30 – 9:30 am
Plenary Session 5: Education

Collaborating to Succeed: Latino Student Success Depends on Us All

Presenter:  Andrew Behnke, Associate Professor of Human Development, North Carolina State University

9:30 – 9:45 am
Break/Encuentros

9:45 – 11:00 am
Breakout Sessions IV (Concurrent)

Breakout 1: Discussion of the Plenary – Education
Collaborating to Succeed: Latino Student Success Depends on Us All

Andrew Behnke, North Carolina State University
Cintia Aguilar, North Carolina State University

Breakout 2: Health Research Panel
Working with Latino Patients

“How Can I Help You?: Immigrant Reception at a Midwestern Public Health Department”
Deirdre Lanesskog, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

“The Need for Routine HIV Testing in the Latino Community: Silence is not Golden Anymore”
Maithe Enríquez, University of Missouri - Columbia

“Voces de Mujeres Emigrantes: The Lived Experiences of Immigrant Women Living with HIV/AIDS”
Yolanda Rodríguez-Escobar, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, Texas

Breakout 3: Change and Integration Research Panel
Bridging, Bonding, and Suffering among Newcomers

“The Context of Interethnic Public Social Encounters in Milan, Missouri”
 Ann Marie Kuchinski, University of Missouri - Columbia [Could not be present]

“Transnational Lives and Local Belonging: Creating New Iowa History”
Cristina Ortiz, University of Iowa

“Hay que Sufrir (Suffering is Necessary): The Hermeneutics of Suffering in the Migrant Settlement Process”
Pilar Horner, Michigan State University
Rubén Martínez, Michigan State University

Breakout 4: Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Research Panel
Latino Farmers; Housing

“Latino Farmers and USDA Agents Talk about Challenges to Access and Use of USDA Programs”
Eleazar U. González, University of Missouri - Columbia
Stephen Jeanetta, University of Missouri - Columbia

“Hispanics and Housing During the Economic Downturn”
Jorge Horacio Atiles, Oklahoma State University
Russell James III, Texas Tech University
Jonathan Douglas, Oklahoma State University

Breakout 5: Health Promising Practices Panel
Hardship Evaluations in Immigration/Deportation Cases

Megan Strawsine Carney, University of Missouri - Columbia
Marlen Kanagui-Muñoz, University of Missouri - Columbia
Constance Brooks, University of Missouri - Columbia

Breakout 6: Civil Rights and Political Participation Workshop
Reframing the Conversation on Diversity

Alejandra Gudiño, University of Missouri - Columbia
Donna Mehrle, University of Missouri - Columbia
Candace Gabel, University of Missouri - Columbia

11 am – Noon
Closing Plenary Session

Noon: Conference Adjourns

Other Meetings Hosted by Cambio de Colores 2012

The following meeting(s) are independently organized but at the same location in Columbia:

NCERA 216 annual meeting: Latinos and Immigrants in Midwestern Communities

Wednesday, June 13, 9:00 AM - Noon
Friday, June 15, 1:00 - 4:00 PM

The interstate initiative Latinos and Immigrants in Midwestern Communities (NCERA 216) brings scholars, practitioners and community leaders into a research and education network seeking to make achievements in the following areas: 1) Strengthening Families and Family Involvement in Education; 2) Entrepreneurship and Business; 3) Building Immigrant-Friendly Communities; 4) Building Diversity Competent Organizations, and 5) Civic Engagement. In its third of five years, the initiative promotes inter-university research collaboration in communities and the design and implementation of interventions that can lead to best practices in each of these areas. The Midwestern states included in the initiative are: Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

To join the network, send an email to mart1097@msu.edu.

Organizer: Rubén Martínez, Julián Samora Research Institute, Michigan State University

This page updated:
2 May, 2013