OUR MISSION
The Center for Latino Research (CLR) complements DePaul’s commitment as an urban Catholic institution by advancing and enhancing our understanding of the Latino experience. We invest in the empowerment of Latino communities in Chicago, the midwest and the nation, by supporting qualitative and quantitative research, providing community based organizations with university resources, creating learning opportunities for future scholars and offering insightful and useful publications based on the research of our faculty and associates.

History
The CLR was founded in 1985 as an effort to establish a close collaboration between DePaul University and Chicago’s diverse Latino Communities. Since its inception, the Center has generated and produced publications focusing on Latino communities in Chicago and the United States and organized collaborative research projects involving students and faculty. The CLR has also invited to campus scholars, artists, and activists to address important issues affecting Latino communities in the United States. These efforts have helped to enhance community research efforts and to provide important learning opportunities for DePaul’s students, faculty, and staff of all ethnicities.

RESEARCH

All resources are found at our office unless otherwise indicated. If you have questions about our Latino Chicago Oral History Project, contact María Isabel Ochoa. If you have questions about our films or any of our other resources, contact Cristina Rodriguez.

Latino Chicago Oral History Project

This on-going, long-term research project is intended to document and preserve the histories of Latino communities in the city of Chicago. A team of six DePaul faculty from four academic units is currently working on issues of power and power relationships in Chicago’s Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban communities. The project is designed to later include more researchers that may explore other issues of historical significance to growing and diverse local Latino/Latin American Communities.

During the first phase of the project, CLR researchers collaborated with members of the Young Lords Organization to document and write their history and its role in the Lincoln Park community during the 1960s and 70s. Partial results of that project are currently deposited in the CLR’s Latino Archives in the University’s Richardson Library.

Latino Archives at the John T. Richardson Library

The Archives house all CLR publications, historical artifacts such as photographs, posters and primary source documents of historical significance to the Latino communities of Chicago.

Our collections include:

• The Young Lords Collection (PDF)
• The Latino Institute Papers
• Venceremos Brigade Collection of Cuban Documents and Books.

The film check out and return policy:

• NO MORE than three (3) films may be taken out at once.
• A check out slip MUST be filled out, NO EXCEPTIONS, with contact information, this includes a current e-mail address and phone number.
• ID (DePaul or Driver's License) must be presented to the CLR staff in order to check out films.
• Films are due back in the office within three (3) days of having been checked out.
• If films are not returned within the three (3) allotted days, check out privileges WILL BE revoked.
• Monetary fine of two dollars ($2.00) per film per day that it is overdue WILL BE incurred.

Student Research & Internships
In conjunction with the LA&S Office of Internships, CLR offers undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to do qualitative and quantitative research under the supervision of CLR affiliated faculty. Interns can arrange to receive academic credit for their work.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Nuestra América Occasional Papers Series on Latino and Latin American Issues
The Occasional Papers and Lectures on the Latino and Latin American issues provide a forum for scholars and activist from all areas of expertise on Latinos in the United States and Latin America. The series welcomes and encourages contributions from scholars in all disciplines. Authors are invited to present their work in the CLR's yearly meet the Author Lecture Series.

OP-1 through OP-6 are $5.00; OP-7 through OP-10 are $10.00. In order to receive an occasional paper, payment must first be received.
Please send an Order Form for a Published Paper to Maria Isabel Ochoa via mail or fax at:

Center for Latino Research-Diálogo
DePaul University
2320 North Kenmore Ave.
Chicago, Illinois 60614-3250

Fax: 773-325-7166


Published Papers

OP-1 Historic, Economic, and Political Causes of Caribbean Migration.
By Darrell Levi, Florida State University

OP-2 La Relación Entre la Situación Económica y Ambiental en Cualquier País.
By Antonio E. Morales-Pita, DePaul University

OP-3 La Crisis Migratoria del Verano de 1994. Balance y Perspectivas del Flujo Migratorio Cubano: 1985-1996.
By Ernesto Rodríguez Chávez, Centro de Estudios Sobre América

OP-4 Determinants of Mexican and African American Under-employment in the U.S.: Market Discrimination and How it May Rise.
By José Soltero, DePaul University

OP-5 Cuban Family Organization and the Economic "Success Story"
By Maria Vidal de Haymes, Loyola University

OP-6 A Look at Non-government Organizations in Cuba.
By Betty Paugh Ortíz, DePaul University

OP-7 Joaquin Balaguer: A Unique Politician or Just another Authoritarian Leader?
By Emelio Bentances

OP-8 Some Considerations About Free Trade and the World Trade Organization Ministerial Meetings
By Antonio E. Morales-Pita, Kimberly L. Goldstein, Lori J. Groppo and Melanie N. Pérez

OP-9 The Construction of Household Labor Market Strategies in Central American Transnational Migrant Communities
By Eric Popkin and Katharine Andrade-Eekhoff

OP-10 How New is "La Neva Emigración"?
By Victor Simpson