Program
Immigration and the Kansas Economy
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Printable agenda
Handouts included in conference packet:
- Map - Percent of People Who Are Foreign Born (in the U.S., by County, 2005-2009)
- Map - Percent of People Who Are Foreign Born (in Kansas, by County, 2005-2009)
- Map - Percent Hispanic Population in Kansas, by County, 2010
- Map - Number of K-12 Students with Limited English Proficiency in Kansas, by USD, FY2011
- Factsheet - Immigrant Education Facts for Kansas
- Kansas Statistical Abstract, selected data on Hispanic-Owned Firms and the Hispanic Population in Kansas
| Lawrence location - all sessions will take place
at the Kansas Union, The University of Kansas Ulysses location - all sessions will take place in the Video Conferencing Room, Pioneer Communications |
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8:00 |
Registration, Coffee & More |
8:30 |
Welcome and Introduction Jeffrey S. Vitter, Provost & Executive Vice Chancellor, The University of Kansas |
8:45 |
A State of Immigrants – Past and Present Latin American Migrations to the U.S. Heartland: Reshaping Communities, Redrawing Boundaries László J. Kulcsár, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work, Kansas State University [presentation 2.0MB PDF] VIDEO of presentation |
9:30 |
Break |
9:45 |
Panel Discussion – Immigration’s Impact: From School to Work Immigration and Education (Ulysses) Laura Cano, Federal Programs Director, Liberal-USD 480 [presentation 1.7MB PDF] Immigrant Workers in the Kansas Labor Force Caleb Asher, Deputy Secretary of Workforce Services, Kansas Department of Commerce [presentation 1.3MB PDF] Moderator (Ulysses) Marieta Hauser, Director, Grant County Chamber of Commerce & Tourism, Ulysses |
10:45 |
Break |
11:00 |
Panel Discussion – Community Responses to Cultural Change Harvest of Change: Meatpacking, Immigration, and Garden City, Kansas Donald D. Stull, Professor, Department of Anthropology, The University of Kansas [presentation 6.9MB PDF] [Paper - Harvest of Change: Meatpacking, Immigration, and Garden City, Kansas] Policing a Community in Flux (Ulysses) James R. Hawkins, Chief of Police, Garden City [presentation - 43K PDF] Moderator Danny J. Anderson, Dean, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences,The University of Kansas |
| 12:00 | Luncheon and Luncheon Dialogue Introduction Steve Warren, Vice Chancellor, Office of Research and Graduate Studies, The University of Kansas Remarks Bernadette Gray-Little, Chancellor, The University of Kansas Immigration Policies: Economic Costs and Opportunities – A Conversation Alberto P. Cardenas, Jr., Counsel, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Houston, Texas Benjamin E. Johnson, Executive Director, American Immigration Council, Washington, D.C. [Handout - New Americans in Kansas (PDF)] Kris W. Kobach, Kansas Secretary of State Moderator Jeanette Hernandez Prenger, Vice Chair, U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and President, ECCO Select, Kansas City, Missouri VIDEOS of Luncheon Dialogue |
2:00 |
Closing Remarks Donna Ginther, Director, Center for Science, Technology & Economic Policy, Institute for Policy & Social Research and Professor, Department of Economics, The University of Kansas VIDEO of presentation |
2:15 |
Adjourn |