Research & Outreach on Latinos and Changing Communities in Missouri

Links / Enlaces

The following brief list of links includes only some Missouri public and not-for-profit information resources related to Latino immigration and changing communities, as well as some Government information sources. There are also links to other U.S. web sites that specialize in keeping up-to-date information on issues related to the Cambio Center activities.

University of Missouri resources

• Cambio Center Publications. Articles, thesis, and reports.
• Cambio de Colores conference Library. The most extensive source of research and best practices about immigration in Missouri.
• Alianzas - a University of Missouri Extension program aimed at the growing immigrant Hispanic populations.
• Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences
• Hispanic/Latin American Faculty and Staff Association (HLAFSA) of the University of Missouri-Columbia.
• Hispanic American Leadership Organization (HALO), MU Chapter

Missouri information resources

• Missouri Multicultural Network - A bilingual resource for immigrants to Missouri and those who strive to make transitions easier (Missouri Southern State University).
• Missouri Hispanic Population - 2000 Census, Missouri Dept. of Economic Development (includes detailed changes from 1990 to 2000).
• Hispanic Business, Trade and Culture Commission, a statewide advisory body to the Missouri Department of Economic Development, on trade and investment issues of importance and relevance to the Hispanic business community in Missouri. (Created in 2005.)
• Missouri Governor's Commission on Hispanic Affairs
  Available, april 2005: Annual Report 2004 -Missouri Governor's Commission on Hispanic Affairs (PDF file, 36 pp., 360Kb). This Comission was abolished in December 2005.

Missouri media

• Adelante! - A bilingual newspaper for mid-Missouri / Periódico bilingüe para Missouri central
• Dos Mundos - Kansas City bilingual newspaper / Periódico bilingüe de Kansas City
• Hispanic St. Louis - A web portal for Hispanics in St. Louis (bilingual) / Portal web para latinos en St. Louis (bilingüe)

Nationwide resources

Each of the following sites contain sections of up-to-date relevant links.

• FirstGov en Español - Official Portal of US Federal Government resources in Spanish / Portal oficial en español de recursos gubernamentales del gobierno federal de los Estados Unidos.
• Facts on the Hispanic or Latino Population - U.S. Census Bureau portal.
• The Julián Samora Research Institute - A research center dedicated to Latino communities in the Midwest (Michigan State University)
• Rural Migration News, University of California-Davis
• Mexican Migration Project / Proyecto sobre migración mexicana, University of Pennsylvania and Universidad de Guadalajara.

Miscellaneous Links (suggested by Cambio Center fellows)