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LATINO IMMIGRANTS IN THE WINDY CITY: New Trends in Civic Engagement Authors: Judith Boruchoff Katz Center for Mexican Studies, University of Chicago Oscar A. Chacón National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities Susan R. Gzesh Human Rights Program, University of Chicago Amalia Pallares Latin American and Latino Studies Program University of Illinois at Chicago Rebecca Vonderlack-Navarro School of Social Work University of Chicago Rapporteur’s report by: Amy Shannon Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Editors: Xóchitl Bada University of Illinois at Chicago Oscar A. Chacón National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities Jonathan Fox University of California, Santa Cruz Authors: Judith Boruchoff, Oscar A. Chacón, Susan R. Gzesh, Amalia Pallares, Amy Shannon, and Rebecca Vonderlack-Navarro Copyeditor: Leah Florence Series Editors: Xóchitl Bada, Jonathan Fox, and Andrew Selee Coordinators: Kate Brick and Robert Donnelly www.wilsoncenter.org/migrantparticipation Preferred citation: Bada, Xóchitl, Oscar A. Chacón, and Jonathan Fox, Eds. Latino Immigrants in the Windy City: New Trends in Civic Engagement, Reports on Latino Immigrant Civic Engagement, No. 6. Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, January 2010. © 2010, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Cover images: At top, members of the honor guard of the Club Ciudad Hidalgo (Michoacán) hometown association participate in a ceremony commemorating the birth of Mexican President Benito Juárez at the Plaza de las Américas in Chicago, IL, on March 21, 2009. At bottom, dancers affiliated with Ballet Folclórico de Víctor Soria are photographed at the same ceremony. (Photos by Claudio Ugalde) CONTENTS PREFACE 5 PROLOGUE 6 Chicago Community Dialogue: A Step toward Stronger Transnational Collaboration Oscar A.
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