2015 Conference Organizers

Domingo Martínez Castilla, Cambio Center, University of Missouri

Stephen Jeanetta, Rural Sociology, University of Missouri

Corinne Valdivia, Agricultural & Applied Economics, University of Missouri

Change and Integration: Kate Olson (Chair), University of MIssouri, and Debra Bolton (Co-Chair), Kansas State University

Civil Rights and Political Participation: Sal Valadez, Laborers International Union of North America

Education: Jennifer Stacy, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Health: Alejandra Gudiño, University of Missouri

Entrepreneurship & Economic Development: Eleazar Gonzalez, University of Missouri

Change & Integration

Debra Bolton - Family and Consumer Sciences, Kansas State University

Stephen Christ - Sociology (Graduate), University of Missouri

Fred Garcia – University of Wisconsin Extension

Nadia Navarrete-Tindall - Lincoln University of Missouri

Kate Olson - Truman School of Public Affairs (Graduate), University of Missouri

 

Civil Rights & Political Participation

Yolanda Lorge - Grupo Latinoamericano, Springfield, MO

Sal Valadez – Laborers International Union of North America

Alisa Warren - Executive Director of the Missouri Comission on Human Rights

 

Education

Karla Blecke - Government, International Studies, and Languages, University of Central Missouri

Emily Crawford - Education Leadership and Policy Analysis, University of Missouri

Ricardo Díaz - University of Illinois Extension

Gabriela Díaz de Sabatés - Women's Studies, Kansas State University

Lisa Dorner - Education Leadership and Policy Analysis, University of Missouri

Lisa Flores - Education and Counseling Psychology, University of Missouri

Dolores Mercado - Modern Languages, University of Central Missouri

Angelica Reina - Human Development and Family Studies, Iowa State University

Jennifer Stacy - Teacher, Learning, and Teacher Education, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

 

Entrepreneurship & Economic Development

Ricardo Díaz - University of Illinois Extension

Eleazar Gonzalez - University of Missouri

Himar Hernández - Community Development Specialist, Iowa State University

Ruben Martinez - Julian Samora Research Institute, Michigan State University

 

Health

Kay Conklin - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Missouri

Axel Fuentes - Rural Community Workers' Alliance

Alejandra Gudiño - Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri Extension

Athena Ramos - Center for Reducing Health Disparities, University of Nebraska Medical Center

  

Kansas City Host Committee

Miguel Carranza - Sociology and Latina/Latino Studies, University of Missouri - Kansas City

Gerardo Martinez - Alianzas, University of Missouri - Kansas City

Erika Noguera - University of Missouri - Kansas City

 

General

Vanessa Crawford Aragón - Missouri Immigrant and Refugee Advocates (MIRA)

Leticia Seitz – Latinos en Axión, St. Louis

Eileen Wolfington – Casa de Salud, St. Louis

  

Lindsey Saunders, Cambio Center Coordinator, University of Missouri

Erica Lovercamp, Conference Coordinator

Debbi Haskamp, Administrative Assistant

Ashlie Anderson-Rice, Cambio Center, University of Missouri

Isabel Casal-Nazario, Cambio Center, University of Missouri

Tahely Garcia, Cambio Center, University of Missouri

Kanesha Hoover, Cambio Center, University of Missouri

María Senés, Cambio Center, University of Missouri