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…
Dec. 6, 2024
Gracias, from the Director
December 4, 2024 Dear Cambio Community, During this time of giving thanks, we must say muchas gracias to our beautiful comunidad. Your work matters. You matter. Local governments and politics matter. Thank you for your continued strength, resilience, and partnerships. Many of us do our work in Missouri or nearby. As of 2022, 4.1% of Missouri’s population was classified as foreign-born, and many more are the children of immigrants. Cambio’s research has shown how newcomers contribute their assets, culture, ideas, and love to create thriving communities. And various organizations and projects work alongside them. You can support this by: Please…
Dec. 6, 2024
Welcome New Fellows
December 6, 2024 Join us congratulating our new Faculty and Student Cambio Fellows for this academic year. Click here for more information about our fellow program and a full list of our fellows. Faculty Fellows Astrid Villamil- Assistant Professor, Communication, MU Clay Hurdle- Assistant Professor, Human Development & Family Science, MU Celia Alpucho Keyser- Instructor of Spanish School of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures, MU David Crespy- Professor of Theatre, Performance Studies, MU Diana Parra Perez- Assistant Professor, Brown School, Washington University, St. Louis Lucas Willsie- Assistant Professor, Swinney Conservatory of Music, Central Methodist University Maithe Enriquez- Professor, School of…
Nov. 22, 2024
Immigrant Service Providers Network
December 5, 2024 The Cambio Center is proud to collaborate with the Immigrant Service Providers Network and share information about their upcoming conference on December 5th, 2024. The theme this year is Using Your Voice and Protecting Your Soul. They write on their website: “This year’s conference will explore the concept of self-care as community care, emphasizing the importance of nurturing the service providers who perform essential work as well as the immigrants they care for. Through a series of presentations, panel discussions, and policy roundtables, speakers will share their insights and expertise on how to prioritize…
Nov. 13, 2024
Latinx Studies Presentations
November 20, 2024 We are excited to announce our annual presentation of undergraduate researchers from our Latinx Studies course led by Dr. Dr. Guadalupe Pérez-Anzaldo. Please join us on November 20, 4:00–6:30 p.m., in 114 Arts & Sciences building, for conversations and learning. We’ll have cafe too! Read more about our Latinx Studies Minor here.
Oct. 8, 2024
Minor in Latinx Studies
October 8, 2024 MU has a vibrant degree program in Latinx Studies — fulfilling a dream of the Cambio Center from over 20 years ago! Led by MU’s School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, this transdisciplinary program was designed in partnership with the Cambio Center and faculty members from the University of Missouri in Columbia (MU) and St. Louis (UMSL). Program faculty are specialists in many disciplines: Spanish, Sociology, Political Science, Psychology, Human Development and Family Science, Women and Gender Studies, and Geography, among others. To supplement the courses offered at MU, students can also take courses online at…
Sep. 19, 2024
Becoming Good Neighbors
October 1, 2024 The Cambio Center and Missouri Annual Conference of Methodist Churches have partnered to develop an interactive workshop to discuss Becoming Good Neighbors: Research and Community-Based Responses with Newcomers. Open to faculty, staff, graduate students, and community leaders and service providers. Registration required.
Sep. 11, 2024
Study investigates international student experience at MU
September 11, 2024 By Sophie Rentschler “Beyond the Borders of Belongingness: A Study of International Students at MU” was a qualitative research study conducted by Hannah Gates, a undergraduate student at MU, completed in partnership with Cambio Center Director, Dr. Lisa Dorner, as part of the Honors College research program. Gates pushed her research beyond the forefront, investigating what may influence international students’ sense of belonging at MU. Gates’ “why” behind this study was to encourage the creation of initiatives to promote one’s well-being and feelings of belonging on campus. The voices behind this study are…