Conference Library

The University of Missouri has published, so far, seven volumes of books of Proceedings of the Cambio de Colores conferences. Also, this website has access to over 300 abstracts, presentations, and papers submitted by authors over the years.

Books of Proceedings

These books have information on state-of-the-art research and best practices in Education, Civil Rights, Health care, Community Change and Integration, Demographic data. A must-have for people working with immigrant issues in Missouri and the Heartland. Printed books are distributed during the conference and are also available to visitors of the Cambio Center. Electronic full copies are free and available for download at the Cambio Center's Publications page.

The published books are:

• Stephen Jeanetta and Corinne Valdivia (eds.): Cambio de Colores: Latinos in the Heartland. Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Conference: Latinos and Immigrants in Midwestern Communities. Published by the Cambio Center, University of Missouri, June, 2011 (95 pp.)
• Stephen Jeanetta and Corinne Valdivia (eds.): Cambio de Colores - Latinos in the Heartland. Proceedings of the 2009 annual conference. Published by the Cambio Center, University of Missouri, April, 2010 (80 pp.)
• Stephen Jeanetta and Corinne Valdivia (eds.): Cambio de Colores Conference Abstracts. Latinos in Missouri: Beyond Borders, 2006. Latinos in Missouri: Everyone Together—Todos Juntos, 2007. Latinos in Missouri: Uniting Cultures—Uniendo Culturas 2008. Published by the Cambio Center, University of Missouri, April, 2010 (72 pp.)
• Stephen Jeanetta and Corinne Valdivia (eds.): Cambio de Colores - Latinos in Missouri. Proceedings of the 2005 annual conference. Published by the Cambio Center, University of Missouri, April, 2009 (82 pp.)
• Stephen Jeanetta and Corinne Valdivia (eds.): Cambio de Colores. Latinos in Missouri: Gateway to a New Community. Proceedings of the 2004 annual conference including selected papers from 2003. Published by University of Missouri Extension in cooperation with the Cambio Center, University of Missouri-Columbia, March 2007. (132 pp.)
• Sylvia R. Lazos Vargas, School of Law & Stephen C. Jeanetta, Community Development Extension Program, University of Missouri-Columbia: Cambio de Colores. Immigration of Latinos to Missouri, MU Extension, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002. Foreword by Dr. Manuel Pacheco. (Available online for free download, or from Extension Publications, phone 1-800-292-0969.)

Available papers, abstracts and presentations

Papers, abstracts and articles of all eleven past conferences are available in the following lists:

• By surname of main author
• By theme (topic)
• By year

Programs of past conferences

The program pages of the past conferences show the breadth and depth of the research and best practices discussed annually, as well as links to much of the conference material.

• Cambio de colores 2012 (Columbia) program
• Cambio de colores 2011 (Kansas City) program
• Cambio de colores 2010 (Columbia) program
• Cambio de colores 2009 (St. Louis) program
• Cambio de colores 2008 (Columbia) program
• Cambio de colores 2007 (Kansas City) program
• Cambio de colores 2006 (Columbia) program
• Cambio de colores 2005 (Columbia) program
• Cambio de colores 2004 (St. Louis) program
• Cambio de colores 2003 (Kansas City) program
• Cambio de colores 2002 (Columbia) program