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Cambio Center leads in research and outreach on Latines, immigrant integration, and communities undergoing demographic change.
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June 12, 2025
Inspiring Discovery through Mentorship
June 12, 2025 This past academic year, the Cambio Center and Director Lisa Dorner joined a mentorship program, the KC Scholars Undergraduate Research Circles, and worked closely with two undergraduates on two different research projects. Read more about their experiences here!…
March 31, 2025
Missouri Humanities Council Grant Expands Cambio de Colores Conference
March 31, 2025 $25,000 grant supports the addition of conference’s first-ever storytelling festival. The Missouri Humanities Council (MHC) has awarded a grant of $25,000 to the Cambio Center in support of the project titled “Migration and Missouri: Sharing Stories to Connect to Each Other and Our Ever-Changing Communities.” The MHC is the only statewide agency in Missouri devoted exclusively to humanities education for citizens of all ages. It has served as a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities since 1971. “Migration and Missouri” is part of the Missouri Humanities Semiquincentennial Grant program, which focuses on telling the…
March 4, 2025
An(Other) Voices – Other Stories
March 12, 2025 On March 12, at 4:00 pm, Arts & Sciences Building 114, Cambio Fellows Guadalupe Pérez-Anzaldo and Aída Guhlincozzi will lead a panel presentation about Latina social activists’ impact on U.S. history. Their discussion will focus on cross-border women — or ‘atravesadas’ as Gloria Anzaldua has called them — and how these Latina educators, journalists, and civil rights activists helped to transform many lives, especially those who are typically rendered invisible by historical accounts. This talk is graciously sponsored by the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, the Interdisciplinary…
Feb. 7, 2025
Resources for our Times
February 7, 2025 For decades, Cambio Fellows have done research on the experiences of and responses to demographic change. A recent summary of the literature by Dr. Emily Crawford-Rossi on what educators can do when there are changes to policies that impact schools can be helpful for any social service agency. In addition, one of our regional community partners, the MICA Project for Migrant and Community Action, has put together a Standing Together guide that can help newcomers and allies understand their rights. For here at the university, MU International Student and Scholar Services…