Open AccessInvisible & Voiceless: Latinos in Council Bluffs Iowa
Author(s) -
María Teresa Gastón,
Lourdes Gouveia,
Christian Espinosa,
Clare Maakestad,
Christopher C. Blue
Publication year - 2013
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.32873/uno.dc.ollas.1003
Subject(s) - census , immigration , focus group , government (linguistics) , sociology , research council , political science , public administration , gender studies , public relations , law , anthropology , demography , population , linguistics , philosophy
While Latino immigrant workers in Council Bluffs, Iowa have contributed significantly to the Iowa and Nebraska economies, they remain virtually invisible and lack a voice in the city’s key venues and institutions – this according to a new report being released by the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) Office of Latino/Latin American Studies (OLLAS) and funded in part by the Iowa West Foundation.The report, titled “Invisible & Voiceless” combines data from the 2010 Census with 26 interviews with members of Council Bluffs’ civic, government, education, religious, non-profit and business communities as well as Latino voices gathered at interviews and a small number of Spanish-language workshops and focus groups.