In June, the Cambio Center hosted Cambio de Colores (Change of Colors), a multistate conference focusing on the integration of Latin@s/Latinxs/Hispanics and immigrants in new destinations. This conference provides opportunities for people from various fields who work with Latin@s/Latinx/Hispanics and immigrant communities to share research and best practices that facilitate the integration of newcomers.
Mun Y. Choi, president of the University of Missouri spoke to conference attendees highlighting MU’s mission, as a land-grant university, to serve every Missourian. Choi also emphasized the importance of the partnership between the Cambio Center and MU Extension to reach every community in each of Missouri’s 114 counties.
Read more about President Choi’s visit on his blog.
(From right) Adriano Udani, Paul Costigan, Sophia Piral Lee and Laura Gutiérrez Pérez present at the Cambio de Colores Conference plenary panel entitled, “Pathways to Civic and Social Participation.”
University of Missouri President Mun Choi greets a conference attendee at lunch.
Barbara Buffaloe, mayor of Columbia, provides welcome and introductory remarks for the Cambio de Colores Conference.
A conference attendee asks a question in the plenary two session entitled, “Reducing Stigma in the Latinx Community: A Step for Achieving Mental Health Equity.”
Laura Gutiérrez Pérez, coordinator of Cambio Center, (left) and Leslie Priscilla, (right) plenary three session speaker, engage in conversation with a conference attendee.
Conference attendees engage in an activity during the plenary three session entitled “Liberating Our Lineages.”
A conference attendee responds to a question in the plenary three session entitled “Liberating Our Lineages.”
Poster winner, Nancy Jacquelyn Pérez-Flores stands by her research poster entitled “Examining Spanish-Language News Coverage of Schizophrenia and Psychosis in the U.S.”
A conference attendee responds to a question in the plenary three session entitled “Liberating Our Lineages.”
Photos of Cambio Conference taken by Morgan Jackson.