Gender, Families and Immigration in the Northwest
Current Activities - Spring Term 2008 Viernes/Friday 25th of April, 2008, 6:30 p.m. Despues de mostrar la película habrá una discusión Place: Cesar Chavez Elementary School Library Preguntas? Marque (541) 346-5286 Español
Conference on Gender, Families, and Latino Immigration in Oregon
May 22 at 7:00 p.m.- Thursday evening community forum Contact: 541-346-5015, csws@uoregon.edu Program - click here for program and other information
Past activities: Winter 2008:
March 10 - Mexican Immigration in Oregon: Gender and Family Issues - panel: Lynn Stephen and Heather McClure, 3:30 p.m., Browsing Room, Knight Library, University of Oregon. Reception follows. Lynn Stephen, professor, Department of Anthropology and director, Gender, Families, and Immigration Project, Center for the Study of Women in Society, University of Oregon Heather McClure, research associate, Latino Research Team, Oregon Social Learning Center, and courtesy research associate, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon"
Fall 2007: September 28th, 2007 - Community Forum on Immigration for immigrant families who live in Lane County, organized by CAUSA, Amigos Multicultural Services Center, and Juventud FACETA. Free and open to the public. Refreshments and babysitting provided. Event is 6:00 to 8:00 pm. at Whiteaker School, 21 N Grand, Eugene OR 97402 (Spanish follows.)
28 de Septiembre del 2007 - Enlace Comunitario de las Naciones Para las familias que residen en Lane County Si usted esta interesado/a
Que Aprenderán? Hora: 6:00 a 6:30- Bienvenida y Cena; 6:30 a 8:00- Presentación
October 15, 2007 - Transnational Remittance of Carribean Immigrant Families in Canada, presented by Dwaine Plaza, associate professor, sociology, Oregon State University. Reception at 3:30 p.m. with the lecture following at 4:00 p.m., in the Browing Room, UO Knight Library. Contact: CSWS, 541-346-5015. Sponsored by the Gender, Families and Immigration in the Northwest project, Center for the Study of Women in Society, University of Oregon
November 6, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. - Autonomy, Human Rights, and Resistance: Chiapas Place: University of Oregon, School of Law, room 175 Contact: Emily at 541-346-5286 or ehall3@uoregon.edu Cosponsored by the University of Oregon School of Law, Latin American Studies Program, CISCAP, and the proposed Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies
presented by Joseph Orosco, associate professor, philosophy, Oregon State University. Reception at 3:30 p.m. with the lecture following at 4:00 p.m., in the Browing Room, UO Knight Library. Contact: CSWS, 541-346-5015. Sponsored by the Gender, Families and Immigration in the Northwest project, Center for the Study of Women in Society, University of Oregon
Spring 2007
Friday, May 11, 6:30 p.m., Cesar Chavez Elementary School Cafeteria Myths and Facts about Latin-American Immigration: Community Forum & Discussion a Spanish/English event - speakers and panel discussion with community members and organizations Sponsored by the Gender, Families and Immigration in the Northwest project, Center for the Study of Women in Society, University of Oregon Winter 2007 Dr. Erlinda Gonzales-Berry, February 8, 2007, 4:00 p.m., Knight Library Browsing Room, University of Oregon. Gonzales-Berry's public lecture is titled One-and-a-half Generation Mexican Youth in Oregon: Pursuing the Mobility Dream. Dr. Gonzales-Berry is Professor of Chicana/o & Latina/o Studies and Chair of the Ethnic Studies at Oregon State University. The lecture will be followed by a panel discussion. For an 8 X 10 version of the talk poster, click here. Fall, 2006 Patricia Zavella, October 26, 2006, Thursday 4:00 p.m. Knight Library Browsing Room, University of Oregon.Dr. Zavella’s public talk is titled Where You Go Is What You Want: Immigration and Mexican Family Formation. Please invite your students, friends, colleagues, and get the information out to the community. - Researcher Workshops - During the winter and spring quarters GFINW will convene two day-long workshops for Oregon researchers to network and share information. - Advisory Board and Conference Planning - During winter and spring quarters GFINW will set up a local conference advisory board of faculty, grad students, and representatives from local community organizations to plan and structure our 2008 conference.
Gender, Families and Immigration in the Northwest (project home page) Women
in the Northwest Research Initiative (index page) Center
for the Study of Women in Society |
The Gender, Families, and Immigration in the Northwest (GFINW) Project will generate research and analysis about gender and family dynamics among changing immigrant communities in the Northwest and make that research accessible to and in conversation with policy makers, social service providers, and immigrant rights advocates. 
May 22-23, 2008, University of Oregon 
