COUNCIL ON CONTEMPORARY FAMILIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO

APRIL 8-9, 2011

TIPPING POINT? WHEN MINORITY FAMILIES BECOME THE MAJORITY
How Does it Change Our Theory and Practice?

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Session 1:  Keynote Address

Keynote Presentation: The Reshaping of Racial Boundaries in Personal Relationships
Daniel T. Lichter, Cornell University

Commentary:

The Diversity Paradox: Immigration and the Color Line in 21st Century America
Jennifer Lee, University of California, Irvine

Increasing Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the United States: Results from the 2010 Census
Nicholas Jones, Chief, Racial Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau

Media Awards

2001 Council on Contemporary Families Media Awards

Session 2:  Multiracial Identities

What about these Children? Assessing Poverty Among the Hidden Population‟ of Multiracial Children in Single-Mother Families
Jenifer Bratter, Rice University

"But what about the children parents?! Multiraciality and Parental Racial Identity as Resilience or Risk for Transracial Adoptees
Gina Samuels, University of Chicago

Multiracial siblings and racial identification
Mary Campbell, University of Iowa

A Revolution in the Family: Adoption's Role in Reshaping Reality
Adam Pertman, Executive Director, Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute

Session 3:  Sexual Diversity: Class, Race, and Ethnic Perspectives

Mignon Moore, University of California, Los Angeles; Amy Brainer, University of Illinois at Chicago

Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer Latinas Doing Family and Negotiating Acceptance
Katie Acosta, Tulane University

Americans' Views on Family
Brian Powell, CCF Board and Indiana University Bloomington

Unhitched: Love, Marriage, and Family Values from West Hollywood to Western China
Judy Stacey, New York University

Ellen Lewin, University of Iowa

Makeba Wilbourn, Duke University

Luis Zayas, Washington University at St. Louis

The Iowa Studies: Rural families as public families
Fred Lorenz, Iowa State University

Elena Quintana, Chicago Project for Violence Prevention (CeaseFire), University of Illinois at Chicago, CeaseFire "violence interrupter"

Session 5:  Intimate Labor: Class and Multicultural Perspectives on Paid and Unpaid Care

Panelists:

Paid and Unpaid Care: Extended Kin as Survival Strategy
Naomi Gerstel, University of Massachusetts

Cameron Macdonald,  University of Wisconsin-Madison

Session 6:  Taking Family Counseling and Couples Workshops Past the White Middle-Class Model

Past the white middle class model: An update on policy and programs to strengthen family relationships
Carolyn Cowan and Philip Cowan, CCF Board and University of California, Berkeley

Working Beyond the Stereotype: The Cultural Context Model and Families of Color
Carolyn Tubbs,  CCF Board and St. Mary's University, San Antonio, TX

Taking Family Counseling and Couples Workshops Past the White Middle-Class Model: The Role of Community-University Partnerships
Etiony Aldarondo, CCF Board and University of Miami