Cambio de Colores 2025
¡Vivimos Aquí! - We Live Here! Exploring the Past & Reimagining the Future of Our Changing Communities
June 4 - 6, 2025
Join us in St. Louis!
Mark your calendar for June 4-6, 2025 when we meet again, this time in St. Louis, co-hosted by SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY at their Il Monastero Banquet Center (3050 Olive Street).
The theme for 2025 — Vivimos Aquí — renews our call to action and commitment to learn about our neighbors and spark positive change, for we all live here together. Come join us to share and learn about research and promising practices on integration, the Latin American experience, and our ever changing communities.
We are excited to begin announcing our keynote speakers — keep scrolling!
Become a sponsor!
Registration
Registration will open by February, 2025. Paper and workshop presenters must be registered by April 8, 2025 to ensure a spot on the program.
Fees:
Full Conference
- $285 early bird – deadline April 30, 2025
- $340 regular – deadline May 30, 2025
- $385 late registration – deadline June 4, 2025
- $150 Student Registration
**Registration will cover meals during the conference (a reception on Wednesday evening, light snacks, lunches) and attendance at all workshops, presentations, and performances. Scholarships will be available, particularly for students and community members. Application form coming soon.
Site Visits
- $45 early bird registration – deadline April 30, 2025
- $55 late registration – deadline June 4, 2025
2024 Keynotes
Nestor "The Boss" Gomez
Nestor “the Boss” Gomez was born in Guatemala and traveled to Chicago in the 1980’s. He told his first story at a Moth story slam to get over the stuttering that plagued his childhood; since then he has won close to 100 Moth Slams. Nestor has performed and conducted storytelling workshops in multiple locations around the country. He also created his own storytelling show “80 Minutes Around the World,” featuring the stories of immigrants and refugees from different parts of the world, their descendants, and allies, all this with the aim of providing a greater understanding of the realities, struggles and dreams of the migration experience.
More about Nestor "The Boss" Gomez
Gilberto Pinela
A native of Puerto Rico, Gilberto is the first generation of his immediate and extended family who graduated with a master’s degree; he is currently working on an MBA at Webster University. Gilberto is a professional in communications with an extensive background in broadcast, media relations, public relations, and marketing. Gilberto co-owned The Greenery Plant Company from 1994 to 2009 and served as the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce president in the late 90s. He is a fierce advocate of Latine and foreign-born rights. Gilberto also hosted, directed, and co-produced “Ahora San Luis” for STLTV and is honored to be the first non-native Latino to host a Spanish-language community affairs television show in Missouri.
Daniel Morales
Daniel I. Morales, Associate Professor of Law, is a scholar and theorist of immigration law known for his work problematizing the legal underpinnings of immigration control and for identifying the progressive possibilities of decentralization as an antidote to what ails immigration law. His scholarship has appeared in leading law reviews, including the N.Y.U. Law Review, U.C. Irvine Law Review, Indiana Law Journal, and Wake Forest Law Review. Professor Morales began his academic career as a William H. Hastie Fellow at the University of Wisconsin Law School and subsequently clerked for both the Hon. R. Guy Cole Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, and the Hon. Joan B. Gottschall, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He received his J.D. from Yale Law School and his B.A., magna cum laude, from Williams College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He has practiced law at Jenner & Block LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP. He teaches Constitutional Law, Immigration Law, and seminars on legal theory.
Socorro Herrera
Dr. Socorro Herrera is the Executive Director of the Center for Intercultural and Multilingual Advocacy at Kansas State University: https://www.coe.k-state.edu/academics/departments/center-for-intercultural-multilingual-advocacy. More info coming soon!
Gracias to our Co-Host SLU & 2025 Sponsors!
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