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Introduction : The blur : balancing applied anthropology, activism, and self vis-a-vis immigrant communities / Alayne Unterberger -- Engaging with the immigrant human rights movement in a besieged border region : what do applied social scientists bring to the policy process? / Josiah McC. Heyman, Maria Cristina Morales, and Guillermina Gina Núñez -- Immigrants fleeing a dying industry : applying rapid ethnographic assessment procedures to the study of tobacco farmworkers / David Griffith -- Juramentos and Madas : traditional Catholic practices and substance abuse in Mexican communities of southeastern Pennsylvania / Víctor García and Laura González -- The soccer wars : Hispanic immigrants in conflict and adaptation at the soccer borderzone / Tim Wallace -- Life in the 813 : one day a migrant student, the next a gangster / Alayne Unterberger -- Thirty cans of beef stew and a thong : anthropologist as academic, administrator, and activist in the U.S.-Mexico border region / Konane M. Martínez -- Inventing a public anthropology with Latino farm labor organizers in North Carolina / Sandy Smith-Nonini -- Biosketches of authors

In this article, I summarize, through the use of two case studies, the anthropological contributions when working with farmworker–migrant youth who have become "gang‐involved." The Florida Institute for Community Studies (FICS) worked with a total of 65 youth and their families in a federal antigang initiative, with one session being held in a Presbyterian‐based farmworker mission and another at a middle school. Both groups of youth live in rural Hillsborough County, Florida, with a lack of afterschool or other prosocial opportunities outside of school. I share my personal experiences and reflections on how I got involved in working with gangs, which had not been a priority for me in the past. One area of concern was our finding that youth were recruited into gangs and risky behaviors through friendship and familial networks. The school‐based youth did not fare as well as the mission‐based group, principally because of labeling by the school and the lack of autonomy of youth in a school setting to take ownership of the program. I provide recommendations for anthropologists working with youth who live "la vida loca" or the crazy life.

Anthropologists who work with immigrant communities engage in culture change while balancing challenges, competing priorities, and politics. This Bulletin provides a rare view into the personal and professional when working as both an advocate and an academic simultaneously. I provide a basic overview of the history of anthropologists engaging immigrant communities, which overlaps with the movement of anthropology and education, Americanization projects, and refugee anthropology. Next, I present an overview of three themes that emerge from the articles in this Bulletin. I end with a series of discussion points that could be utilized for classes or as a framework for anthropologists engaged with vulnerable immigrant groups in social change. I appreciate the amazing efforts of all the contributors in this Bulletin and the unwavering support provided to us by David Himmelgreen and Satish Kedia, coeditors of the NAPA Bulletin series, without which this Bulletin would not have happened at all.

This article presents an overview of the history, background, and content of the 13 winning papers from the NAPA Student Achievement Awards from 2001–05. The award, begun in 2001, has expanded from one to three prizes that include monetary remuneration, an award at the AAA meetings, and publication. NAPA began the award to support and encourage students to undertake applied and practicing anthropology projects. We discuss the evolution of the award, how NAPA members are involved, and present conclusions about the paper topics and .ndings. Papers can be thought of as illustrative of solid examples of practicing and applied work, regardless of the fact that they were written when the authors were students.