cambio de colores (change of colors) in missouri
a call to action
march 13-15, 2002
university of missouri-columbia
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cambio de colores (change of colors) in missouri
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march 13-15, 2002 |
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Suggestions for Next Conference |
| Please list what themes/areas you would like to see in Cambio de Colores (Change of Colores) in Missouri 2003 (unedited): |
| To evaluate sessions, it is more helpful to list the speakers so we can evaluate them. I don't think evaluating a whole session provides specific enough info to improve the sessions. Sessions ran too late each day. 10:00 at night is too late! Great to have entertainment, but earlier or without a speaker. Only one evening meeting, but have it be entertainment. |
| Have a panel or do research with the people we are trying to advocate for. Let the Latinos tell their story and tell us what we can do. |
| More cultural information about the various groups of Hispanics and Latinos. Need to have INS invoved in the planning of next year's event. |
| Needs to focus on action taken A) what has been started, implemented to meet the needs of Latinos/as in Missouri and B) what still needs to be done. We know there is a need--that's been well established this year! |
| Get speakers that are working with the people, further network. So many were connected with the University. They were great, but we need a broader perspective. |
| More information on how to help ESL students in schools. |
| More educational sessions relating to the needs and roles of teachers--how to provide incentives for ESL teacher certification; more emphasis on bilingualism; foreign language instruction; accessibility of newcomer Latino families to post-secondary education. |
| PreK-12 Public School Education Issues |
| 1) Strategies, 2) Same areas--compare progress, 3) need opportunities to attend more than one workshop. |
| Inclusiveness/acceptance |
| Focus on the second generation |
| Update on evolution of legal issues. |
| Suggest inviting and hearing from the private sector. Business/company side/small businesses. |
| I think it's important to examine the issues of acculturation, acculturative stress, and retaining ones identification w/original cultural group and how these issues impact global functioning in a new society. Also, bring back the folk dancers! |
| Business |
| Loved the smaller group breakdown w/question and answer time. |
| Less data, more on programs within the individual communities that are working. More hard information on DFS, INS, documentation. |
| Notice other colors besides Latinos-Hispanics! More involvement of State policy makers and DESE, Health, MO Bar Association, and local gov's. Fundamental decisions about "is this an academic gathering or change agent/resource for communities"? This experience has been overwhelming! |
| I think that members of the Latino community should be involved--that way those that attend the conference gain a better (more direct) understanding of those whose lives we work to help. Also, I think there should be a larger focus on 1) Business/corporate members, 2) what steps will be taken to implementation. |
| I would like to see the teaching of the Spanish language and culture (at the secondary and college levels) to U.S. students as a way of connecting (or building bridges) the American culture and the Hispanic culture(s) in the United States. For example, a panel that may discuss what's being done in the Spanish class to make U.S. students aware of the presence of the Hispanic culture in Missouri and to encourage them to learn about Hispanics in the U.S. and to interact and connect with Hispanics. I think this theme would draw a large audience from the foreign language teaching community in Missouri. |
| I would like to have a booth/table next year. In the areas of: Interpreter Development Services/Cultural Competancy Training and Immigration Counseling. |
| Please continue with the issues of health, education, and criminal justice. I would also like to see economic development. Fewer demographic overviews would be acceptable. One at the beginning of the conference would provide the framework for the remainder of the conference topics. Dive into the solutions for challenges and "best practices." |
| I would like to see topics that are attractive to law enforcement agencies. |
| I would like to hear success stories and not as many statistics. I would like to hear more as to how they are doing now or how they started the programs. |
| I would like to see more on civil/criminal justice and news media information. |
| I would like to see more on literacy issues and the interrupted education of adolescents coming to our school from Mexico. |
| I would to see programs for the children (i.e. Boy/Girl Scouts). |
| I would like to see more on language issues as it relates to Health and Mental Health Services. I would also like to see system change as it relates to access of services. |
| I would like more information/awareness and discussion on higher education and how to help students get there and be successful. |
| I would like to see a theme on other state's actions and planning, such as Texas or California. I would also like more specific training alternatives to enhance cultural competency amongst leaders and providers. I would also like more opportunites to interact and be proactive. |
| What are the ethical responsibilites of researchers working with ethnic or potentially marginalized populations? I would be willing to help on this theme. Stephen Hadwiger |
| I would like to see law enforcement involvement in the conference. |
| I would like more on Latinos in urban areas: how they do in education, what's the impact of local/national Hispanic organizations, and political issues of who represents them in Jefferson City. |
| Maybe have more concurrent workshops. These were superb! |
| Strategies for addressing structural issues such as low wages, labor laws, immigration laws, etc. How can we be advocates to change the system? Also, have a more interactive session with agency representatives and policy makers. |
| I would like to see reports on progress since 2002 and I would like to hear feedback on ideas developed in 2002 and implemented since then. I think the scope should be broadened to include all immigrants. A suggestion for a new theme is: "Becoming a welcoming community/organization/institution/agency" |
| I would like to have Keynote Speeches in the daytime schedule. |
| I would like to see medical interpretation and job services addressed. |
| I would like to see a summary of what has happened since Cambio de Colores 2002. I would like to have federal stake holders at the conference (i.e.: HHS, IWS, Justice Department, etc.). |
| I would like to have CEU's available. |
| Address the issues of foster care/adoption of Latino children. e.g.: Is there a need for foster parents? Adoptive parents? Also address other children's issues. |
| I would like more time to connect with others. |
| Continue with "Best Practices". Perhaps more consultation on how and why these programs work, and how to establish "collaborative or improve pt-provider relations for Latinos in each sector: education, health, community development, advocacy, law, etc. Consider a systems change in the way we are doing things in "Best Practices". |
| I would like more displays with resources in Spanish, resources for children and youth, parenting, mental health, and substance abuse. |
| Keep the areas we have and expand on them. Go more in-depth. |
| Have more direct addressing of differences: rural/urban, documented/undocumented. Have less people talking about numbers and less academic talk. It should be more real - how do you help? |
| I'd like to see the Friday session done first so that we could work through the issues with the people "in the know", most of whom left by Friday. We're back dealing with the really basic issues. |
| I'd like to address preparing highly trained staff that can directly deal with the most pertinent issues affecting the Latino population. |
| I'd like to highlight the community efforts going on around the state. |
| Please address ways we can push for changes in the law. Have more law makers, lawyers, and police departments involved because this problem underlies so many others (undocumentation). |
| Other areas that I would like to see addressed are: disease trends in Hispanics; disparity in care? or is it the whole system (AA/Hisp/W); solutions for language barriers; changing unworkable laws. |
| I would like to see a grassroots panel discussing policy. |
| I would like to see the issue of: We have moved on from here. We have identified changes that need to be made. Where do we go from here? |
| Please address civil rights for immigrants (landlord laws/disability) Also provide financial resources available for rural communities. |
| Please address health issues in more detail to support the communities that are in the process of forming a partnership. |
| Please address: mental health, housing, progress on driver's licenses, domestic violence, incentives for Latinos to receive education and become service providers, encouraging Spanish speaking people to improve their language skills and education, incentives for all. |
| I would to see the issues of language barriers, education, immigration, and specific actions to take after this conference. |
| How can clinics and health care agencies work with the school system to provide well-clinics and health care for indigent children. The need is escalating. The Osteopathic School offered help in our school (Trailwoods) with simple screenings. |
| More INS experts, education reps, peace officers. |