2015 PROGRAM-AT-A-GLANCE
TRACKS
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CHANGING
COMMUNITIES
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT &
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
ELL & DUAL
LANGUAGE
EDUCATION
EDUCATION
HEALTH
YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10
1 PM - 1:50 PM
2 PM - 2:50 PM
14th Cambio de Colores (Change of Colors) Conference Opening Session – UMKC Chancellor Leo E. Morton and other distinguished leaders
Plenary 1: Katherine Richardson Bruna - Harvesting The Heartland's Promise: Latina/o Learning Catalyzing School and Community Change
3 PM - 4:15 PM
Breakout
Block 1
1A - PANEL
Understanding and
Responding to
Changing
Communities
1B - PANEL
4:30 - 5:15 PM
5:30 - 6:30 PM
6:30 PM
Thematic group idea exchange
Poster session and Hors d’oeuvres
Dinner
Latino
Entrepreneurship and
Economic
Development in the
Midwest
1C - PANEL
Collaborative Model
for Access, Retention
& Academic Success
for Greater Kansas
City's Latina/o
Students
1D - PANEL
Planning Dual
Language Schools In
Rural and Urban Areas:
Promising Practices
and Considerations
1E - PANEL
Health Promotion
and Inclusion for
Farmworker Families
1F - PANEL
Prosocial/
Positive Youth
Development and
Latinos in the
Midwest
THURSDAY, JUNE 11
7:30 AM
8-9:15 AM
Breakout
Block 2
9:30-10:30 AM
10:45 AM –
1:45 PM
Coffee and Continental Breakfast
2A - PANEL
2B - WORKSHOP
2C - WORKSHOP
2D - PANEL
Extension Leadership
and Engagement:
Assessments and
Plans
DreamZone Allyship
Program: Creating Safe
Spaces for
Undocumented Young
Adults
Sparking Minds of
New Arrivals: Positive
Educational Outcomes
for Unaccompanied
Immigrant Children in
Care
ELL Research and Dual
Language Policy
Implementation
2E - PRESENTATION &
WORKSHOP
Addressing Domestic
and Sexual Violence
In The Latino
Community
2F - PANEL
Culturally
Responsive
Programs for Youth
Plenary 2: Kansas City’s Latino Civic Engagement Collaborative - Utilizing the Hispanic Needs Assessment as an Impetus for Action
A. Kansas City Hispanic Economic
Development Corporation
SITE VISITS and LUNCH
B. Alta Vista
C. Kansas City Public
Charter Schools,
Schools New American
Guadalupe Educational Academy Enrichment
Systems, Inc.
Program
D. Samuel U. Rodgers
Health Center
E. Mattie Rhodes
Center
2015 PROGRAM-AT-A-GLANCE
TRACKS
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2 - 3 PM
3:15 - 4:30 PM
Breakout
Block 3
7:30 PM
CHANGING
COMMUNITIES
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT &
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
ELL & DUAL
LANGUAGE
EDUCATION
EDUCATION
HEALTH
YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT
Plenary 3: Mario Hernández – Latino Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Lessons from Yesterday and for Tomorrow
3A - PANEL
Home on the Prairie –
Service Learning as
Inclusive Practice
3B – PANEL
Latino Civic
Engagement and
Context of Reception
3C - PANEL
Newcomer
Educational Needs
and Literacies
3D - WORKSHOP
Developing Academic
Language Proficiency
with English Language
Learners (K-12)
3E - WORKSHOP
Wrap-Around
Maternal Mental
Health Programming
for Latinas
3F - PANEL
4-H Programming
for Latino Youth - A
Collaboration
Vang: A Drama about Recent Immigrant Farmers
By Poet Laureate of Iowa Mary Swander, Pulitzer winning photographer Dennis Chamberlin, and Kennedy Center award winner Matt Foss.
FRIDAY, JUNE 12
8 AM
8:30 - 9:30 AM
Coffee and Continental Breakfast
Plenary 4: Bridget McCandless – Improving Health for Immigrant Populations: The Role of a Health Care Foundation
4A - PANEL
Inclusive and
9:45-10:45 AM
Multicultural
Breakout
Programs for
Block 4
Extension
4B - WORKSHOP
Immigrants as Assets:
Framing the
Discussion in Policy,
Media and the
Community
4C - WORKSHOP
The Impact of Cultural
Bias on Latino Youth
Educational Outcomes
11 AM - 12 PM Closing Session – Planning for the Future
14th annual Cambio de Colores (Change of Colors) www.CambioDeColores.org
www.LatinosInTheHeartland.com
The full program with details of the panels and site visits is available at
www.cambiodecolores.org/2015/Documents/Program2015.html
05/27/2015
4D - WORKSHOP
Assistive Technology to
Enhance Instruction for
English Learners
4E - PANEL
Research and Best
Practices on Latino
Access to Healthcare
4F - PANEL
Integration and the
Appreciative Inquiry
Process: Leadership
for Inclusive
Communities