Cambio de Colores / Change of Colors
Latinos in the
Heartland:
Growing
Together in New Destination Areas
Call for AbstractsUniversity of
Missouri - Columbia Reynolds Alumni
Center
Key
dates
- January 21, 2014: Abstract submission starts
(online)
- February 24, 2014: Deadline for submitting abstracts
- March 4, 2014:
Notification of accepted abstracts
- April 18, 2014: Author/presenter registration deadline
- June 13, 2014: Deadline for submission of papers for publication in
Proceedings
- June 25-27, 2014: Thirteenth Cambio de Colores – Latinos in the Heartland
conference: Growing Together in New
Destination Areas
Information about registration,
hotels, and other details will be posted in February 2014.
About the Cambio
de Colores 2014 conference
Since 2002, the annual Cambio de
Colores (Change of Colors) Conference has brought together researchers,
practitioners, decision-makers, and community members to discuss the issues that
Missouri, the Heartland, and other states face as a result of dramatic
demographic changes. The U.S. Census clearly shows that large numbers of
immigrants have been settling in rural and urban areas of many Heartland
states.
This year’s theme, “Growing
Together in New Destination Areas,” is meant to encourage the discussion of
research and best practices that can be used by communities to assist
integration efforts in areas with a recent intake of immigrants. While native
and foreign-born Latinos may constitute the majority of new arrivals, the
conference organizers emphasize that immigrants from other areas of the world
are also settling in these regions. 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 their
new communities.
Cambio de
Colores serves as a
unique venue to share, learn, discuss, and identify critical areas where the
development of information and promising practices will facilitate the
successful transition of newcomers into communities large and small. The
conference organizers seek presentations, posters, and panels on the conference
themes described in the full call for abstracts, as well as workshops targeted
to community members, leaders, and officials with the tools necessary to address
these changes in ways that are sustainable and beneficial to
all.
Led by the University of
Missouri, Cambio de Colores is a collaborative effort that includes
University of Missouri Extension, the campuses of the Missouri system, and other
educational institutions in the Midwest and the Southern regions, as well as
government and private organizations. Since 2009, the conference has benefited
from the cooperation of the interstate initiative on “Latinos and Immigrants in
Midwestern Communities,” North Central Education and Research Activity 216
(NCERA 216).
The
conference convenes academic researchers and extension specialists, public and
private service providers, grassroots organizations, education and healthcare
providers, state and local government institutions, policymakers, corporations,
and newcomers themselves. The conference program focuses and builds on the
sharing of university, government, and community resources, linking academic
studies to the more applied perspective and best practices of people and
institutions working at the heart of the changing communities. This synergy is
the signature characteristic of this annual conference, which engages a wide array of stakeholders in
economic and social development. E-mail: decolores@missouri.edu
