The SCSU Faculty Research Group on Immigrant Workers in Minnesota.

We are a group of SCSU faculty who collaborate with community based organizations on developing data of use to the community and academics on the social conditions of immigrant workers in Minnesota and their communities. Our scope does not preclude research that extends beyond the scope of Minnesota, since plainly issues of why immigrant workers migrate to Minnesota and experience their respective social conditions are shaped by institutions and processes that are global in character. The College of Liberal Arts and School of Public Affairs jointly support the work of the Research Group.
Brochure Photos: The meatpacker: Hormel/Jennie-O The car washer: Bill Cameron

Acknowledgements
The Faculty Research Group on Immigrant Workers in Minnesota wishes to thank this years conference co-sponsors. These include the SCSU College of Liberal Arts, School of Public Affairs, Herberger Business School, and the School of Health and Human Services. Thank you to the Department of Political Science for contributing to the Winds of Political Change Panel and the School of Graduate Studies for funding video recording of conference events. Thank you to University Programming Board for contributing to the opening of the Seeing Far, Working Near Gallery Exhibition Opening. Special thanks to Jane Eckhoff, Sociology and Anthropology Department Administrative Assistant, for her many hours spent taking care of contracts, meals, and many other tasks that made this conference much easier to conduct. For more information on the SCSU Faculty Research Group on Immigrant Workers in Minnesota, please go their website http://www. stcloudstate.edu/ssri/immigrantworkers/default. asp or contact Stephen Philion, Professor of Sociology at sephilion@stcloudstate.edu

The Fifth Annual Global Goes Local:

and FAMILIES in Minnesota Conference

April 8th and 9th, 2014

IMMIGRANT WORKERS

The Social Conditions of

St. Cloud State University is committed to legal affirmative action, equal opportunity, access and diversity of its campus community. (http://scsu.mn/ONiKKT)

Conference Co-sponsors: SCSU Faculty Research Group on Immigrant Workers in Minnesota College of Liberal Arts School of Public Affairs Herberger School of Business School of Health and Human Services

Tuesday, April 8th

9:30 a.m. Panel Voyageurs North Somali Childcare Providers and Economic Justice in Minnesota Panelists: Garat Ibrahim, AFSCME Labor Organizer Hawo Gurey Minneapolis Childcare provider 11 a.m. Panel 1 Voyageurs South Interagency Collaboration to Serve Young Immigrant Children and their Parents Panelists: Theresa Estrem, PhD, Professor in Communication Sciences and Disorders, SCSU Monica Segura-Schwartz, IRR, Catholic Charities of St. Cloud Mayuli Bales, Executive Director, Casa Guadalupe Multicultural Services Florence Orionzi, African Womens Alliance, Graduate Student in Child & Family Studies, SCSU Fatumo Abdulkadir, Certied Community Health Worker 11 a.m. Panel 2 Glacier St. Clouds Role in Making Comprehensive Immigration Reform for 11 Million Aspiring Citizens Possible Panelists: Veronica Loredo, Asamblea de Derechos Civiles Kathy Peterson, Asamblea de Derechos Civiles 12:30 p.m. KEYNOTE SPEAKER Cascade Room Cawo Abdi, PhD, UMN Dept. of Sociology Somalis in Minnesota in Comparative Perspective 2 p.m. Panel 1 Glacier Winds of Political Changes: The Implications of MPLS Immigrant City Council Victories on St. Clouds Upcoming City Council Elections Panelists: Mohamud Noor, Candidate for Minnesota House Seat Abdullahi Kulane, Candidate for St. Cloud City Council Moderators: Ed Greaves, PhD, Chair, Department of Political Science, SCSU Stephen Philion, PhD, Professor of Sociology, SCSU 2 p.m. Panel 2 Voyageurs Advancing Health Equity in Minnesota Recent Analysis Panelists: Mnica Garca-Prez, PhD, Department of Economics, SCSU Antonia Wilcoxon, Minnesota Department of Human Services Dorothy Bliss, Minnesota Department of Health Jose Gonzalez, Minnesota Department of Health 3:30 p.m. Panel Voyageurs Seeing Far, Working Near: The Making of a Global Goes Local Gallery Exhibition Panelists: Keith Christensen, MFA, Professor, Department of Art, SCSU Students from ART 420 (Systems Design) 4:30 Atwood Gallery Opening of Seeing Far, Working Near Gallery Exhibition Posters on International Issues & Data Portraits of Local Immigrant Workers by SCSU Design Students

Wednesday, April 9th

9 a.m. Panel Cascade Thinking out of the Box: Organizing St. Clouds Immigrant Workers Panelists: Board Members of the St. Cloud Based Greater Minnesota Worker Center Stephen Philion (Chair), Ahmed Ali (Vice-chair), Casey Hudek (Treasurer), Mayuli Bales, Jama Alimad and Abdullahi Kulane 10 a.m. Panel Cascade Immigrant Retail Cleaning Workers Campaign for Fair Wages in MPLS Panelists: Lucila Dominguez, Organizer, Centro De Trabadajores Unido en la Lucha [CTUL], Retail Cleaning Worker Veronica Mendez-Moore, Organizer, Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en la Lucha (CTUL) 11 a.m. Panel Cascade Immigrant MSP Airport Workers Organizing for Livable Wages Panelists: Abraham Misgina, SEIU Labor Organizer, Airport Workers for Livable Wages Dan Moore, SEIU Labor Organizer, Airport Workers for Livable Wages 12 p.m. KEYNOTE SPEAKER Ballroom Jose Oliva (Restaurant Opportunities Center) Worker Centers and Economic Justice for Immigrant Workers 1 p.m. Panel Alumni Room Immigrant Rights and the 2013 Campaign for Universal Drivers Licenses Panelists: Francisco Segovia, Mesa Latina Minnesota: Jovita Morales, Mesa Latina Minnesota: 2 p.m. Panel Alumni Room The Role of St. Cloud Immigrants in the St. Cloud International Market Panelists: Autumn Brown, Central Minnesota Sustainability Project Elizabeth Valencia-Borgert, PhD, Center for Continuing Studies and Department of Foreign Languages, SCSU Barry Kirchoff, Central Minnesota Business Development Center, SCSU 3:15-4:15 p.m. Panel Alumni Room Is Minnesota Failing Our Latino Immigrant Students? Panelists: Margaret Villanueva, Professor, Ethnic Studies, SCSU): Minnesotas K-12 Crisis: Seeking Solutions for Latino Student Achievement Hector Garcia, Chicano Latino Affairs Council, MN): Minnesota in the Global Economy & the Education of Latino Immigrants 6 P.M. Evening event in St. Cloud: Greater Minnesota Worker Center hosts a conversation on Immigrant Worker Organizing Stragegies Jose Oliva (Organizer, Restaurant Opportunities Ctr.) By Invitation.