Friday, March 19 (Friday evening event is open to the public)
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| 5 - 7 p.m. |
Registration |
Check in, and sign up for Saturday workshops in the rear of Yoder Recital Hall (supper is on your own, you may purchase food in Marbeck Center or in local restaurants.)
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| 6 p.m. |
Coffee and refreshments available in Yoder Recital Hall |
| 7 - 9 p.m. |
Opening Session in Yoder Recital Hall. Keynote address by Daniel Carroll Rodas. |
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Saturday, March 20 (registration is required)
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| 8 a.m. |
Registration table opens in Centennial Hall, first floor. |
| 8 - 9 a.m. |
Breakfast in Centennial Hall, first floor. |
| 9 a.m. |
Opening worship, led by Sin Fronteras. Centennial Hall, Stutzman Lecture Hall. |
| 9:45 - 10:45 a.m. |
Workshop #1 - 6 options
- The Church's Response to the Immigrant Community: How to be the Church to New Immigrants, Guadalupe Villalpando-Stewart, West Ohio Conference United Methodist Church, director of Hispanic Ministry
- Immigration in Midwest Rural Communities: A Case Study, Paul Neufeld Weaver, Bluffton University Civic Engagement Scholar
- Bluffton University Student Research Reports: Elementary ESL by Joni Martin; Migrant Education by Shannon Grieser; Iraqi Immigrant Education and American Schools by Aaron Wladischkin
- Talkback session with keynote speaker Daniel Carrol Rodas - bilingual/bilingue
- The Challenges of Immigration Status for Transitions to College, An Examination of Student Motivation and Education Decisions by Robert Reyes, research director, and Aliah Crolan-Silva, visiting research fellow, Center for Intercultural Teaching and Learning, Goshen College
- Cosas de la vida cotidiana con consecuencias migratorias,Luis Valencia, immigration attorney, Cincinnati, Ohio - Español
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| 11 am - 12:15 p.m. |
Workshop #2 - 6 options
- Legal Immigration Issues in the United States: Why some are "legal" and others are not by Sister Ellen Lamberjack, Juana Chavez Torres, Teresa Gutierrez and Carolina Phillips, Proyecto Esperanza, Archbold, Ohio,
- The U.S. Wall, Rev. Ryan Grace, First United Methodist Church, Bluffton, Ohio, and Rev. Lawrence Kreps, St. Andrews United Methodist Church, Findlay, Ohio
- The Importance of The Dream Act: Educating the Undocumented by Mercedes Naber, Toledo Public Schools and Lakota H.S. Migrant Program, and Sharon Ray, social worker, ESL teacher and migrant worker advocate; Organizing and Advocating for The Dream Act in Northern Indiana by Jair Hernandez and Lizzy Diaz, Goshen College students
- Patrolling Borders: The View from the Ruins of Fort Defiance by Todd Comer, Mary Catherine Harper, Jason Zeh and Amy Drees, Defiance College
- Trabajo con los inmegrantes: los graduados recientes de la Universidad de Bluffton hablan sobre su trabajo, by ryan Radebaugh, Laura Schlabach, Indira Sultanic and Noe Mendez - Español
- Children's Books in Immigration, by Bluffton University students
- Latino Immigrant Experiences in Ohio: Hispanic pastors tell their stories of Building the Church and Serving the Immigrant, Haroldo Nunes, Mike Mast and Paul Tadeo, Open Arms Ministry, Kidron, Ohio; Josh Colon, Hispanic Church of God "Princeton Pike West" in Hamilton, Ohio; and Paul Conrad, Brazo en Brazo, Lima, Ohio
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| 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. |
Marbeck A&B Room - Lunch Buffet, Keynote address by Baldemar Velasquez |
| 2:15 - 3:30 p.m. |
Workshop #3 - 6 options
- Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Legislative Paths, Saulo Padillo, MCC-US Immigration Office
- Muslim Immigrant Panel, Islamic Center of Greater Toledo
- MCC Immigration Listening Project: What the Church is Saying, Jorge Vielman, MCC Great Lakes
- Asuntos legales para inmegrantes, Sister Ellen Lamberjack, Juana Chavez Torres, Teresa Gutierrez and Carolina Phillips, Proyecto Esperanza, Archbold, Ohio - Español
- Working with Immigrants: Recent Bluffton Graduates Report on Their Work, Ryan Radebaugh, Laura Schlabach, Indira Sultanic and Noe Mendez
- Talkback session with noon plenary speaker Baldemar Velasquez - bilingual/bilingue
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| 4 -5 p.m. |
Workshop #4 - 6 options
- The New Sanctuary Movement, Sister Mary Kuhlman, Sisters of St. Francis, Tiffin, Ohio
- Navegando una nueva sociedad: la sobrevivencia como un inmigrante, Guadalupe Villalpando-Stewart, West Ohio Conference United Methodist Church, director of Hispanic Ministry - Español
- No More Deaths: Humanitarian Aid is Never a Crime, Kathleen and Paul Belbling, Christian Peacemaker Teams
- Importance of Being There: Stories from the Texas/Mexico Border, Kathy Dickson and Lynda Nyce, Bluffton University
- Comprehensive Services to Immigrants, Edgardo Mansilla and Maria Blough, Americana Community Center, Louisville, Ky.
- Towards a Geography of Immigration Enforcement, Austin Kocher, The Ohio State University
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| 5:15 p.m. |
Dinner, Marbeck Center Commons |
| 7 - 9 p.m. |
Concert by Pablo Peregrina from Tuscon, Ariz., Yoder Recital Hall - coffee and refreshments provided |
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Sunday, March 21 (discussion and worship open to the public)
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| 9:30 a.m. |
Panel and discussion: Putting it into Practice: Responding to the Challenge of Immigration, at Lima Mennonite Church. |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Bilingual English/Spanish worship service by Daniel Carroll Rodas, "Pressing On in the Sure Hope of a Different Future" ("Esforzándonos hacia adelante con la firme esperanza de un futuro diferente") at Lima Mennonite Church. |
| 12 p.m. |
Lunch provided at Lima Mennonite Church (for registered participants) |
