Loyola University College of Law
JSRI, the University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies and Institute for Immigration, Religion, and Social Change, the Tulane University Stone Center for Latin American Studies, and the Loyola University Immigration Law Clinic and Social Justice Center co-sponsored a conference on Immigration Detention in the South.
The conference was held at the Loyola University College of Law. Its purposes were:
Father Fred Kammer, SJ, addressed attendees on Building the City of God: Catholic Perspectives on Life in Louisiana. In this morning of reflection participants looked at the 2009 Human Development report on Louisiana and its implications for living an integral and responsible Christian life.
See program here
From July 10-13, 2011, JSRI co-sponsored the Social Action Summer Institute [SASI] of the Roundtable Association of Diocesan Social Action Directors in conjunction with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Office of Justice, Peace, and Human Development, Catholic Charities USA, Catholic Relief Services, and JustFaith Ministries. This national institute, held on the Loyola campus this summer, is dedicated to the education and professional development of diocesan and parish social actioin directors in the principles of Catholic Social Teaching as well as to the provision of a forum for directors to explore social issues in the light of Scripture, Church teaching, and theology. JSRI presented and co-presented on Catholic Social Teaching, racism, state anti-immigrant legislation, and linking human life and human dignity. See photo collage here
Fall 2010 Conference Report
September 11, 2010
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Our fall 2010 conference looked at how well residents and newcomers alike have been welcomed back in the last five years and what still needs to be done. The keynote addresses by Dr. Allison Plyer of the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center and Mr. Jarvis DeBerry of The Times-Picayune can be found here.
Over 500 individuals participated in one or another of the events in our fall conference, People on the Move, funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Our conference began with the experience of the internally displaced people of Katrina’s New Orleans in the first week and then moved to the migrating peoples of the South in the second to the plight of immigrant peoples of the United States in the third and to the world’s displaced in the last week. Major components were a documentary film and three major addresses open to the public and daytime activities involving students, faculty, and community members as well.
Keynote speakers also met with classes in global sociology, Latin American studies, and migration. They engaged in meetings with undergraduate faculty and with law faculty and students. JSRI staff also produced and distributed at all events an eight page conference booklet on migration facts, opportunities for immigration advocacy, books and media resources on migration, and Catholic social teaching and migration.
Major events were:
Wednesday, October 28, 2009--"Trouble the Waters"
7:30-9:30 p.m.--Nunemaker Hall:
Academy Award Nominated film-Trouble the Water – viewing and discussion with Kimberly Rivers Roberts and Scott Roberts, whose footage and stories were featured in this film about Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath in the lives of displaced people.
Three major addresses followed--7:30-9:00 p.m--St. Charles Room, Danna Center:
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Migration in the South:
Emerging Trends and Critical Issues
by Dr. Manuel Vasquez, University of Florida
A selection from Dr. Vasquez's presentation was included in the Spring 2010 edition of the JustSouth Quarterly. Here.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Workers on the Move: Immigration and Economic Justice in the United States
by Ms. Kim Bobo, Director, Interfaith Worker Justice
For PDF of text of presentation, click here.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Refugees and Asylum-Seekers:
International Human Rights and Catholic Social Teaching
by Dr. Katrine Camilleri, Assistant Director, Jesuit Refugee Service, Malta
Midday panels explored related themes:
November 3: Katrina’s Internally Displaced People: The Stats and the Stories
Panelists:
November 10: Local Opportunities for Accompanying Migrants
Panelists:
PLUS:
A “DREAM ACT STORY” from THIS AMERICAN LIFE (an audio-interview by reporter Douglas McGray); and Loyola student Molly Thomas spoke on Dream Act legislative advocacy.
November 17: Coming Face-to-Face with the Stranger: Experiences of Service and Immersion
Panelists:
On October 1, 2008, the Jesuit Social Research Institute collaborated with the Loyola University President, Fr. Kevin Wildes, S.J., in presenting a Presidential Forum on the 2008 elections. The Keynote speaker was John Carr, Director, Department of Justice, Peace & Human Development, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Panel discussants were Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Sister/Doctor Jamie Phelps, O.P., and Loyola Law Dean Brian Bromberger.