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Summer 2012 - Study Abroad to Brazil
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Summer 2012 - Study Abroad to Chile
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"Through our Words"
Third Creative Writing
Contest in Spanish
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VIEW 2011 WINNERS ►
Nebraska students in grades 5 through 12
are invited to submit short stories and
illustrated short stories
in Spanish for
“Through Our Words: Third Creative
Writing Contest" sponsored by the
Department of Foreign Languages and the
Office of Latino/Latin American Studies
(OLLAS) at the University of Nebraska
at Omaha (UNO) and the Nebraska
Humanities Council.
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UNO Peru 2011 blog
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Stay up to date with the Latin
American Study Abroad/International
Service Learning Students in Lima, Perú
with their blog.
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to view the blog.)
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Lourdes Gouveia Keynote
Lecture: From Casualties of
“Development” to Political Actors?
Latino Immigrants in Nebraska
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Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
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UNO, South High Students and
Latino Senior Center share
results of Collaborative Project
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Intercultural Senior Center brochure.)
University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO)
students taking a course on Latino
migration and integration this semester,
along with their service-learning
partners from the Intercultural
Senior Center in Omaha, will lead a
presentation on "Aging Latinos:
Growing Population, Growing
Importance." South High students
who also partnered with UNO on
the larger service-learning project
will show a video about the
difficulties immigrants and
refugees face when attempting
to fit into this society.
READ PRESS RELEASE ►
(Click on the image below to view
the Aging Latinos Fact Sheet.)
(Click on the image below
to view the Aging Latinos
Fact Sheet en español.)
Cinco de Mayo connects generations
Article in Omaha World Herald (May 6, 2011)
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UNO and South High Students
Partner for April 30th
Latino Migration Forum
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During the spring semester, students from
both schools dove into academic readings,
attended legislative hearings on
immigration-related bills, and
video-interviewed state
senators and South Omaha community
residents. The main purpose of their
project was to produce and disseminate
information about the potential impacts
of state-level immigration enforcement
policies, such as LB48, on the Latino
immigrant population’s chances for
successful integration into
local communities.
READ PRESS RELEASE ►
Lágrimas de esperanza/Tears of Hope
Article in El Perico ( May 5-11, 2011)
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the LB48 and DREAM ACT brochure.)
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Latin American
Study Abroad:
Lima, Perú!
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LLS 4950/8956-850
A Study Abroad, Service Learning,
and Distance Education Course
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Instructor: Olga Celle, Ph.D.
Travel Dates: June 5-21, 2011
For up-to-date information
about this opportunity:
VIEW PERU BULLETIN►
"This course literally takes service learning
at UNO to a global level," Sather said.
"UNO is part of our community—locally,
statewide and worldwide.”
For more information or to be placed on the
mailing list for next year’s Latin American
Study Abroad program call (402) 554-3835.
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UNO program expands
students' horizons
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BY CINDY GONZALEZ
OMAHA WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER
Published Tuesday June 24, 2008
DeSean Young knew enough about Latin
American culture to order a taco or
enchilada at a local Mexican restaurant.
His political science classes at the
University of Nebraska at Omaha had
provided him plenty of academic...
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American Summit
of the Great Plains
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Human Mobility, the Promise of Development and Political Engagement
Click for Summit Conclusions (English, Español and Clossing Session Presentation), bilingual workshop summary, presentations, photo gallery, reading list and evaluations from Cumbre 2010!!! and read more about Cumbre below. Go to: Cumbre 2010 webpage
Cumbre 2010 brought more than 500 participants from four continents, 15 countries, 14 states and a number of communities in Nebraska. We thank our supporters, volunteers and cosponsors for this success.
Here is one example of the many positive comments we have received about Cumbre 2010 and which summarizes many of the things we hope we are and wish to be (Para español ver más abajo):
"Thanks to the OLLAS team and volunteers for your organizational capacity, team building, your capacity to build alliances across institutions, your commitment with migrant communities, your capacity to offer friendship and enjoy life."
"Gracias al equipo de OLLAS y voluntarios por su capacidad organizativa, construcción de equipo, facilidad de construir alianzas institucionales, compromiso con los migrantes y sus comunidades, capacidad de ser amigos y disfrutar la vida."
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Volante en Español
Cumbre 2010 is cosponsored by the Office of Latino/Latin American Studies (OLLAS), the International Network on Migration and Development (INMD), the National Association of Latin American and Caribbean Communities (NALACC) and a variety of local and national organizations.
The summit is being considered as one of the meetings being held in anticipation of the 2010 IV Global Forum on Migration and Development (Mexico), and the IV World Social Forum on Migration (Ecuador). A discussion about the significance of these forums as spaces for global immigration policy-making and a workshop to deepen civil society capacity to participate in these policy-making processes will be part of the summit’s activities
Cumbre 2010 provides a forum for diverse, international and local publics to engage in critical dialogues that speak to this year’s theme. Our main objectives are to share knowledge and increase our collective capacity to inform policy and effect change. Our focus is on Latino, migrant and Latin American communities within this hemisphere and across the globe. We welcome comparative analyses with, and experiences from, other migrant, ethnic and racial groups within and outside the United States. Read more...
e Office of Latino/Latin American Studies of the Great Plains at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO), was established in the summer of 2003 as the result of ongoing efforts by the faculty, staff, and students of the UNO Chicano/Latino Studies (CLS) Program and a federal appropriation made possible by the U.S. Department of Education and the support of the Greater Omaha community.
OLLAS (pronounced "oy-yas") ▼
The Office of Latino/Latin American Studies of the Great Plains at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO), was established Summer of 2003 as the result of ongoing efforts by the faculty, staff, and students of the UNO Chicano/Latino Studies (CLS) Program and a federal appropriation made possible by the U.S. Department of Education and the support of the Greater Omaha community.
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Spring 2012 Class Offerings __________________________________________________________________ ¿Por qué Omaha? Inmigrantes Latinoamericanos y su impacto en Nebraska ................................................................................ Haz clic en la imagen a la __________________________________________________________________  La Oficina de Estudios Latinos y Latinoamericanos (OLLAS) de la Universidad de Nebraska en Omaha ha publicado el informe "Latino Voting Eligibility in Nebraska" en español. En dicho informe se utilizó datos estadísticos del Censo 2010 y de la Encuesta de la Comunidad Americana 2005-09 (ACS por sus siglas en inglés).
The Office of Latino/Latin American Studies of the Great Plains (OLLAS) at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) has released a data brief examining the extent to which Latinos in the state – and within specific districts and counties – are eligible to vote. The brief, coauthored by Lourdes Gouveia and Jonathan Benjamin-Alvarado, utilizes estimates from both the 2010 Census and the recently published data from the 2005-09 American Community Survey (ACS). READ REPORT ► __________________________________________________________________ Additional Resources:
To watch the video of Dr. Saenz' presentation The Spring 2011 OLLAS Charla speaker series, cosponsored by the Departments of Sociology and Anthropology and the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO), kicked off Thursday, Jan. 13 in the College of Public Affairs and Community Service Collaborating Commons (Room 132) at UNO.
Rogelio Saenz presented “Latinos in 2010 and the Future of the U.S.”
Saenz is a professor in the Department of Sociology at Texas A&M University. He is also a fellow of the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire.
Saenz was recently selected as the new dean of the College of Public Policies at the University of Texas-San Antonio.
He has written extensively on topics related to demography, immigration, Latinos, ethnicity, race and inequality, including a co-authored article on Nebraska’s immigration and Latino population growth. Saenz is a co-editor of Latinas/os in the United States: Changing the Face of America. _________________________________________________________________
Omaha was one of nine cities in the United States chosen bythe Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars to explore immigrant civic and political participation. Lourdes Gouveia and theOLLAS team, along with Sergio Sosa of the Heartland Workers Center, produced this bilingual report based on interviews and a round table with broad-based participation by the immigrant and Latino community. En Español: Omaha: Una sociedad civil migrante en construcción Omaha es una de las nueve ciudades en los Estados Unidos que fué escogida por el Centro Internacional Woodrow Wilson para Académicos con el fin de examinar la participación cívica y política de los migrantes. Lourdes Gouveia con el equipo de OLLAS y Sergio Sosa del Centro Laboral, produjeron este informe bilingüe basado en entrevistas y una mesa redonda con una amplia participación de la comunidad migrante y Latina. __________________________________________________________________
"Un alto porcentaje de los niños inmigrantes de Nebraska carece de cobertura médica" EFE Agency, 10/02/09
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RESUMEN EN ESPAÑOL► Presentación: "La contribución económica de los inmigrantes en Nebraska" ( 2 de noviembre del 2008) ________________________________________________________________
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OLLAS, “one of UNO’s newest programs and brightest stars,” was highlighted in the second publication in a series entitled “UNO From A New Perspective.” The purpose of this Holland Foundation funded series is to increase awareness of UNO and to draw attention to the university’s longstanding commitment to excellence. OLLAS can be found on the Community Engagement page of the second publication entitled Realize. __________________________________________________________________ Nebraska’s foreign-born population grew faster than that of any other Midwest state between 1990 and 2000. The state also experienced the second-highest increase in the number of children of immigrants in prekindergarten to fifth grade during the same period. This report sheds light on the second generation’s progress in the country’s heartland. __________________________________________________________________ In the midst of the fiery debate regarding undocumented immigration, assimilation returned to the front seat it occupied during the early decades of the twentieth century. The main purpose of this report is twofold: (1) to take stock of the policies and accompanying community responses of the State of Nebraska, and (2) to inform policies and programs designed to address challenges and opportunities posed by a growing immigrant population. |
