Conference Program
NOTE: Highlighted items represent updates after the program was sent to print (May 28, 2013)
(Updated as of
11 June, 2013
)
This web page contains always the latest version of the conference program. Please note that changes may occur.
| Wednesday June 12th | Thursday June 13th | Friday June 14th | |
| Morning | Conference Setup and Registration 9 AM- 12 PM: NCERA 216 Meeting 1 |
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
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8:30 AM - Noon
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| Midday | CONFERENCE CONVENES AT 1 PM | Lunch | CONFERENCE ADJOURNS |
| Afternoon | 1 PM - 6 PM
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1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
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1 PM- 4 PM: NCERA 216 Meeting 2 |
| Evening | Cash Bar |
OPEN NIGHT |
Day 1 – Wednesday, June 12, 2013
10:00 – Noon
Exhibitors and Exhibitor Table Displays Setup
11:00 AM
Registration Opens
1:00 – 1:50 PM
Conference Welcome Session
Welcoming Words: Domingo Martínez, Conference Director, Cambio Center, University of Missouri – Columbia
Remarks: Thomas F. George, Chancellor, University of Missouri - St. Louis
Remarks: Hon. Maria Chapelle-Nadal, Missouri State Senator
Remarks: Introduction to the Twelfth Annual Cambio de Colores - Latinos in the Heartland Conference. Stephen Jeanetta, Cambio Center, University of Missouri – Columbia
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Plenary Session 1: Civil Rights and Political Participation
“The Road to Comprehensive Immigration Reform. Update: Where Are We Now?”
Presenter: Guillermo Cantor, Ph.D., Senior Policy Analyst, Immigration Policy Center, Washington D.C.
Dr. Cantor'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 Panel
“Preparing Leaders through Integration and Engagement”
Presenters:
Guadalupe Martínez, Parents as Teachers, Marshall, Missouri
Bertha Mendoza, M. S. Extension Agent, Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), Kansas State University Research and Extension, Garden City, Kansas
Discussant: Miguel Carranza, Professor of Sociology and Latina-Latino Studies; Director, Latina-Latino Studies Program, University of Missouri-Kansas City
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
Guillermo Cantor, Ph.D., Senior Policy Analyst, Immigration Policy Center, Washington D.C.
Breakout 2: Discussion of the Plenary – Change and Integration
Breakout 3: Change and Integration Workshop
Latino Urban Youth Involved in Community Gardening
Sonia G. Morales Osegueda, Washington State University Extension
Breakout 4: Education Promising Practices
Tools for Children of Immigrant Families
“An ELL Binder - A Resource for the Mainstream Classroom Teacher”
Judy R. Shreves, Warren County R-III School District
“Bullying Prevention: Creating a Safe and Inclusive Environment”
Kimberly Allen, North Carolina State University
The following presentation has been moved to Thursday's morning Plenary Session (8:30 AM)
“Improving the Lives of Children through Relationship Education”
Kimberly Allen, North Carolina State University
Andrew Behnke, North Carolina State University
Breakout 5: Change and Integration Research Panel
Destinations, Integration, and Context of Reception
“Immigrant Gateways: an Empirical Examination of Primary and Secondary Destinations”
J. S. Onésimo Sandoval, Saint Louis University
Joel Jennings, Saint Louis University
“A Qualitative Exploration of Latino Immigrant Integration in Rural Midwestern Communities”
Sarah May, University of Missouri – Columbia
Lisa Y. Flores, University of Missouri – Columbia
Corinne Valdivia, University of Missouri – Columbia
Stephen Jeanetta, University of Missouri – Columbia
“Community & the Context of Reception: A Comparative View of Community and Community Factors Affecting Community Integration”
Stephen Jeanetta, University of Missouri – Columbia
Lisa Y. Flores, University of Missouri – Columbia
Alejandro Morales, University of Missouri – Columbia
Corinne Valdivia, University of Missouri – Columbia
6:00 – 7:00 PM
Cash Bar
7:00 – 8:30 PM
Networking Dinner
7:30 – 9:30 PM
Mosaico Latino
El Grupo Folclórico Colombia (Folkloric Group Colombia) of Saint Louis presents "Mosaico Latino".
Day 2 – Thursday, June 13, 2013
8:30 – 9:45 AM
Plenary Session 3: Education Panel
“Improving the Lives of Children through Relationship Education”
Presenter: Kimberly Allen, North Carolina State University
“The Academic Adaptation of Children of Immigrants in New and Traditional Settlement States: The Role of Family, Schools, and Neighborhoods”
Presenter: Stephanie Potochnick, University of Missouri
Discussant: Alejandro Morales, Cambio Center Fellow; Department of Education and Counseling Psychology, 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 - Education
Breakout 2: Change and Integration Workshop
Empowering Hispanic/Latino Families: Meeting their Needs with a Holistic Approach from Nutrition to Higher Education and Community Leadership
Bertha Mendoza, Kansas State University Research and Extension
Breakout 3: Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Promising Practices
University Extension Programs and Immigrant Entrepreneurs
“Developing Entrepreneurship Programs to Assist New Destination Latino Migrants”
Wayne Miller, University of Arkansas
Frank Farmer, University of Arkansas
Zola Moon, University of Arkansas
Christina Abreo, St. Anna's Episcopal Church, New Orleans
Stacey McCullough, University of Arkansas
“Back to Nature: Native Flora for Wildlife and People. The Lincoln University Native Plants Program”
Nadia Navarrete-Tindall, Lincoln University of Missouri
Sue Bartelette, Lincoln University of Missouri
Amy Hempen, Lincoln University of Missouri
“Financial and Community Capacity-Building among Beginning Latino Farmers and Ranchers in Missouri and Nebraska”
Eleazar U. González, University of Missouri – Columbia
Stephen Jeanetta, University of Missouri – Columbia
David O’Brien, University of Missouri – Columbia
Kathie Starkweather, Center For Rural Affairs
Wyatt Fraas, Center for Rural Affairs
Breakout 4: Health Research Panel
Health Components of Integration: Networks, Access, Literacy
“Health, Well-being, and Social Connectedness of Rural Hispanic/Latino Populations”
Debra Bolton, Kansas State University
“Challenges in Accessing Healthcare Services: Perspectives from Refugee and Immigrant Patients”
Ioana Staiculescu, Center for Health Policy, University of Missouri
Stephen Jeanetta, University of Missouri – Columbia
Karen Edison, Center for Health Policy, University of Missouri
Stan Hudson, Center for Health Policy, University of Missouri
David Zelmer, Center for Health Policy, University of Missouri
“Examining the Health Literacy of Rural Latina Immigrant Mothers and their Use of the Internet to Seek Health Information”
Kimberly Greder, Iowa State University
Kimberly Doudna, Iowa State University
“Meanings and Strategies for Good Health: The Perspectives of Latina Immigrant Mothers in Rural Iowa”
Angelica Reina, Iowa State University
Kimberly Greder, Iowa State University
Tania Lee, Iowa State University
Breakout 5: Change and Integration
Spaces for Community Action, Leadership and Dialogue
“Creating an Immigration Friendly Community in a New Destination Community: The Case of Champaign-Urbana Immigration Forum, Illinois”
Stacy Harwood, University of Illinois
Ben Mueller, Avicenna Community Health Center
Ricardo Díaz, CU Immigration Forum
Jill Capes, CU Immigration Forum
John Wilkie, Attorney at Law
“Integrative Leadership in Rapidly Diversifying Rural Communities”
Tobias Spanier, University of Minnesota Extension Center for Community Vitality
“Colorful Dialogue: Talking Towards Civic Engagement”
Kate Olson, University of Missouri – Columbia
12:00 – 1:30 PM
Luncheon
“Latino Families and the Financial Crisis”
Guest Speaker: William R. Emmons, Economist, Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
1:30 – 3:00 PM
Plenary Session 4: Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Panel
"Immigrant Livelihood Strategies: Gender, Food, and Multi-culturalism"
Presenter: Cornelia Butler Flora, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Iowa State University, and Research Professor, Kansas State University
“Latinos in the Heartland: Living in a Plural Community”
Presenter: Tim Borich, Program Director, Extension and Outreach Community and Economic Development;
Associate Dean, College of Design, Iowa State University
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
Breakout 2: Education Workshop
How to Involve Minorities in Programming
Himar Hernández, Iowa State University
José Amaya, Iowa State University
Breakout 3: Education Research Panel
New Findings in Education
“A Dream Deferred? Advancement Rates of Latino Assistant Principals into the Principalship”
Emily Crawford, University of Missouri
Ed Fuller, Penn State University
“Understanding the Role of University Context on Academic Performance of Mexican American Undergraduate Males”
Marvyn Arévalo Ávalos, University of Missouri – Columbia
Lisa Y. Flores, University of Missouri – Columbia
The following presentation has been moved to Thursday's morning Plenary Session (8:30 AM):
“The Academic Adaptation of Children of Immigrants in New and Traditional Settlement States: The Role of Family, Schools, and Neighborhoods”
Stephanie Potochnick, University of Missouri
Breakout 4: Health Research Panel
Focus on Mental Health and Aging
“Immigration and Trauma: Coping and Resiliency Amongst Latina/o Immigrants”
Danielle Quintero, University of Missouri
Oscar F. Rojas Pérez, University of California, Irvine
“Human Side of Immigration”
Pilar Horner, Michigan State University
Laura Sanders, Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights
Ramiro Martínez, Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights
Jorge Delva, University of Michigan
“Exploring Successful Aging among Foreign-born Latinos in the Context of Other Immigrant Groups in Saint Louis, Missouri”
Jennifer Hale-Gallardo, Saint Louis University
Hisako Matsuo, Saint Louis University
Lisa Willoughby, Saint Louis University
“Dimensions of Acculturative Stress and Mexican American Emerging Adults' Prosocial Behaviors”
Alexandra N. Davis, University of Missouri – Columbia
Gustavo Carlo, University of Missouri – Columbia
Cara Streit, University of Missouri – Columbia
Breakout 5: Entrepreneurial Research Panel
Latino Entrepreneurs, Capitals, and Businesses: Experiences from the Midwest
“Start-Up Experiences of Latino/a Business Owners in Lansing and Saginaw, Michigan”
Rubén Martínez, Michigan State University
Roger Calantone, Michigan State University
William Escalante, Michigan State University
“Latino Entrepreneurship in Three New Settlement Communities in the Midwest: A Comparative Study”
Corinne Valdivia, University of Missouri – Columbia
María Figueroa-Armijos, University of Missouri – Columbia
Katherine Higgins, University of Missouri – Columbia
“Latino Social Innovators and Economic Entrepreneurs in Four Rural Communities of Iowa: Comparisons using a Capitals Framework”
Jan L. Flora, Iowa State University
Saúl Abarca Orozco, Iowa State University
Diego Thompson, Iowa State University
Breakout 6: Extension Panel
New Methods of Involving Agents and Newcomers
“Cultural Competency for Working in Agricultural and Extension Education”
María G. (Lupita) Fabregas Janeiro, Oklahoma State University
“Building Community with a Certified Kitchen, Farmers Market and a Community Garden. The Sprouts and Roots Program at Lincoln University”
Nadia Navarrete-Tindall, Lincoln University of Missouri
Yvonne Matthews, Lincoln University of Missouri
Mara Aruguete, Lincoln University of Missouri
Day 3 – Friday, June 14, 2013
8:30 – 9:30 AM
Plenary Session 5: Health Research and Policy Panel
"Missouri Trends in Hispanic Health Disparities In the Last Decade"
Presenter: Ryan Barker, Vice President of Health Policy, Missouri Foundation for Health, St. Louis
"Salud de Nuestra Población: A Mixed Methods Strengths and Needs Assessment"
Presenter: Katherine Mathews, , MD, MPH, MBA. Director of the Research Division, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women's Health, Saint Louis University; Special Projects Consultant, Casa de Salud, St. Louis
9:30 – 9:45 AM
Break/Encuentros
9:45 – 11:00 AM
Breakout Sessions IV (Concurrent)
Breakout 1: Discussion of the Plenary - Health
Breakout 2: Health Workshop
Getting Latinos Covered: The Health Insurance Marketplace
Nancy Ríos, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Breakout 3: Change and Integration; Civil Rights
Analyzing our identity; comparing immigrant detention
“Mexican Immigrant Women, Identity, Body Image, and the Images of the Virgin of Guadalupe and La Malinche”
Joanna Méndez, Hand in Hand Multicultural Center
Judith González, The School of Professional Psychology at Forest Institute
“Who am I?: An Autoethnographic Analysis of the Negotiation of Mexican American Identity”
Stephen Christ, University of Missouri – Columbia
“Detention by Any Other Name: a Comparative Analysis of the Detention Processes in place to Deal with Immigrants in the Heartlands of the Russian Federation and the United States: Lessons learned from Field Visit 1”
Ricardo Díaz, UC Immigration Forum
Breakout 4: Health Research Panel
Providing Newcomers with Health Services
“Creating a Culturally Sensitive Intake Template for Latino/a Populations”
Sonia Dhaliwal, University of Missouri – Columbia
“Caring for Newcomer Patients: Provider Perspectives”
Shannon Canfield, Center for Health Policy, University of Missouri
Stephen Jeanetta, University of Missouri
Karen Edison, Center for Health Policy, University of Missouri
Ioana Staiculescu, Center for Health Policy, University of Missouri
Stan Hudson, Center for Health Policy, University of Missouri
Breakout 5: Change and Integration Research Panel
Settling in the Heartland: Isolation, Acculturation, Bridging Spaces
"Mobility and English Language Acquisition: Latino Immigrant Adjustment in the Great Plains”
Sarah Hendricks, University of Tennessee
“Measures of Subjective Wellbeing, Acculturation Strategies, Networks, and Perceptions of the Context of Reception of Latino and Latina Newcomers in Rural Communities of the Midwest”
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
Domingo Martínez, University of Missouri – Columbia
“Where Does Integration Take Place? A View of Those Places that Facilitate and Discourage Community Integration Using Photovoice”
Stephen Jeanetta, University of Missouri – Columbia
Corinne Valdivia, University of Missouri – Columbia
Alejandro Morales, University of Missouri – Columbia
Lisa Y. Flores, University of Missouri – Columbia
11 am – Noon
Closing Plenary Session
Noon: Conference Adjourns
Other Meetings Hosted by Cambio de Colores 2013
The following meeting(s) are independently organized but at the same location in St. Louis:
NCERA 216 annual meeting: Latinos and Immigrants in Midwestern Communities
Wednesday, June 12, 9:00 AM - Noon
Friday, June 14, 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 fourth 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