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2020 Catholic Immigrant Integration Initiative Conference

The Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) and the University of Notre Dame hosted the 2020 Catholic Immigrant Integration Initiative Conference on Thursday, October 1 and Friday, October 2, 2020. This annual event is part of CMS’s Catholic Immigrant Integration Initiative (CIII) which seeks to understand, expand and strengthen the work of Catholic institutions with immigrant communities.

Videos of the conference proceedings will be available soon.

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Daniel Kosten

National Immigration Forum
Assistant Vice President of Policy and Advocacy

9:00am EDT

Welcome and Opening Prayer VirtualDaniela Alulema • Robert Dowd, CSC • Marie Lynn Miranda • Most Reverend Kevin Rhoades

10:00am EDT

PLENARY PANEL I: BUILDING COMMUNITIES OF BELONGING: IDENTIFYING AND ENGAGING THE PRESSING CHALLENGES OF IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES VirtualClemens Sedmak • Sam Centellas • José Cabrera • Sharon Granados Mahato • Brenda Noriega • Luz Ostrognai

1:30pm EDT

PLENARY PANEL III: FROM EMIGRATION TO IMMIGRATION COUNTRY: IRELAND’s ATTEMPT TO BUILD COMMUNITIES OF BELONGING VirtualCatherine Wilsdon • Roderic O’Gorman, TD

5:00pm EDT

Chat 05: Can the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework transform refugee camps into refugee-host communities of hope and belonging?Rahul Oka Chat 09: Immigrant Essential Workers and the COVID-19 PandemicMike Nicholson • Robert Warren

6:00pm EDT

PLENARY PANEL V: OVERCOMING POLITICAL OBSTACLES TO BUILDING COMMUNITIES OF BELONGING VirtualJ. Kevin Appleby • The Honorable Tim Keller • The Honorable Donald "Dee" Margo • Denis McDonough

8:00am EDT

WELCOME AND PRAYER & FR. LYDIO F. TOMASI, C.S. ANNUAL LECTURE ON INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION VirtualRev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. • His Eminence Michael F. Cardinal Czerny, S.J. • Donald Kerwin • Kristin Heyer • Daniel Groody

12:00pm EDT

Session I: Community Sponsorship Models for Immigrant Integration in Europe and North America: Challenges and OpportunitiesIlaria Schnyder • Bill Canny • Oliviero Forti • Fr. Pat Murphy • Rudy Ovcjak

4:00pm EDT

STUDENT PANEL DISCUSSION VirtualIlaria Schnyder • Syeda Arbab • Elsa Barron • Sofia Piecuch • Kara Venzian

4:30pm EDT

PLENARY PANEL VIII: A REFLECTION ON MIGRATION, PROTECTION, AND RACE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE HOLY FATHER'S CALL TO GO TO THE PERIPHERIES VirtualDonald Kerwin • Stacy Allen • Dylan Corbett • Joan Neal • Sr. Norma Pimentel