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Established in the fall of 2004,
the Cambio Center main goals are:
- Provide
education and enhance the welfare of all residents of the state
of Missouri in the context of the current demographic
changes
- Develop a premier source of knowledge, scholarship, and
outreach to respond to the local effects of globalization
- Provide knowledge and best practices to facilitate the
integration of newcomers to Missouri
and the Midwest
- Provide knowledge and best practices to facilitate a smooth integration of newcomers to Missouri and the Midwest, and prepare all citizens for a diverse society
- Understand the international nature of the immigration
process, the cultures and institutions of Latin America, as a
major global partner of Missouri in the exchange of goods and
the migration of people
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010 - Noon
Cambio Center Brown Bag Movie: "Made in L. A."
A 2008 Emmy Award-Winning Documentary. (70 minutes)
Elver Pardo, Cambio Center fellow, will introduce the movie.
Movie official website: www.madeinla.com. Includes trailer and notes
Poster available (PDF).
Eyler Family Room - 110 South Memorial Union, MU Campus.
Free and open to the public.
A Cambio Center activity.
More information: Cambio Center: 882-2978. |
NEW JOURNAL ARTICLE: Corinne Valdivia and Anne Dannerbeck Janku: "Moving around to get by and try to get ahead: Immigration experiences in new settlement communities of the Midwest," Professional Development: The International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education, Vol. 12, No 3, Winter 2009 (pp. 29-41). Abstract and references.
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State News:
6 August 2009: Chris Koster, Attorney General of Missouri has unveiled a Spanish Language portal for his office. It is Missouri state government’s first Spanish language website.
6 de agosto del 2009: El Procurador General de Missouri, Chris Koster, pone a disposición del público hispanohablante su sitio web en español. Es el primer sitio web en español del gobierno estatal de Missouri.
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Proceedings 2005 (Published April, 2009)
Stephen Jeanetta and Corinne Valdivia (eds.)
Cambio de Colores - Latinos in Missouri: Connecting Research to Policy and Practice, Hoy y Mañana - Proceedings of the 2005 annual conference
Published by the Cambio Center, University of Missouri, April, 2009 (88 pp.)
You can download it free of charge.
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Promotoras de Salud, New Cambio Center Grant from the Missouri Foundation for Health
A two-year health literacy program that will serve as the bridge between the providers of health care services and the targeted Latino community, in collaboration with Columbia’s Centro Latino. PI: Cambio Center fellow Stephen Jeanetta (Project Summary).
In the news:
The Cambio Center main research project:
 Asset Accumulation Strategies in 3 New Settlements Communities
Web site of the Cambio Center's USDA-NRI research project on newcomers integration in Missouri.
A 2008 Cambio Center international event:
Coloquio Internacional "Migrantes regionales en las Américas. Casos de Argentina, Brasil, Chile y Estados Unidos"
Una iniciativa del Cambio Center.
Buenos Aires, 8 y 9 de setiembre, 2008
International Colloquium “Regional Migrants in the Américas. Cases of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and the United States”
A Cambio Center Strategic Initiatives project, in cooperation with the Centro de Estudios Migratorios Latinoamericanos (CEMLA), Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad San Martín (Argentina), Universidad de Chile.
September 8-9, 2008, Buenos Aires
(More information - in Spanish.)
New Data from the Census: Population Estimates for Missouri, April 1, 2000 and July 1, 2008, statewide and by county, showing that the Latino population grew 60 percent in that 8-year period. (PDF file, 233 pp.)
The Cambio Center is one of the International Programs at MU
Cambio Center Newsletter: January, 2010
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