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The Center has just been awarded a grant under the prestigious
MacArthur Foundation Research Competition to initiate a study of
transnational immigrant organizations created by Colombian,
Dominican, and Mexican immigrants in East Coast cities. The
study will be conducted jointly by CMD director Alejandro Portes and
by Cristina Escobar of Temple University. Escobar, a sociology
Ph.D. from the University of California - San Diego, has already
completed a detailed study of Colombian immigrant organizations in
New York, New Jersey, and Philadelphia. The study will last 18
months. During this time, an inventory of all transnational
organizations created by each immigrant group will be developed and
a small sample of representative associations will be selected for
intensive study, including visits to the respective home countries.
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