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The Institute for the Study of the Americas (ISA) inaugurates the Latino Migration Project in recognition of the need to understand the impact and implications of the expanding Latin American presence in North Carolina. Recent migration to North Carolina is a continuation of a historical process that has long served as a source of economic development of the state as well as a catalyst for revisiting issues of civil rights, diversity, and the status of marginal groups in society. The Latino Migration Project addresses ISA’s mission to expand the conceptual scope of Latin American studies to include the diasporic dimensions of Latin American peoples, with attention to the expanding Latin American presence in the United States and with a special focus on North Carolina.
Through scholarship, by way of classroom instruction and graduate training, through advocacy of community engagement, and support for enlightened public policy, the Latino Migration Project works towards the following goals: • To foster the development of communities in North Carolina in which diverse groups engage one another with respect and dignity and participate with good-will in on-going dialogues. • Disseminate accurate and timely information about immigration issues relevant to the general public well-being. • Coordinate and develop teaching, research, program, and policy initiatives relating to Latin Americans and their communities in North Carolina. |
A fence separates the viewer from young girls playing basketball in a schoolyard in the community of El Gusano in Guanajuato, Mexico. The girls walk two hours in each direction to get to school everyday because they cannot afford public transportation. Their brothers, fathers, and uncles work in the United States, making money to buy their school uniforms and books. Photo by Hannah Gill. |
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