2012 Faith & Immigration Statewide Summit

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Presented in partnership with Cooperative Baptist Fellowship – NC.
This is a fully bilingual event (English & Spanish). Details in English are below.

Download the bilingual event flyer here.

Event Details:
Friday, October 12
8:30am-4pm
United Church of Chapel Hill
1321 Martin Luther King Junior Blvd
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

Cost: $10. Registration includes lunch. Limited scholarships available.

Metas de la conferencia:

• Ofrecer una reunión ecuménica a nivel estatal única para los líderes de fe que trabajen principalmente con congregaciones de inmigrantes;
• Ayudar a equipar a estos líderes para hacer frente a los desafíos que afrontan diariamente sus congregaciones, especialmente los relacionados con su condición de inmigración;
• Proporcionar un espacio para crear redes y compartir buenas prácticas;
• Capacitar a los aliados de los derechos de los inmigrantes, especialmente en las comunidades de fe, a organizarse y movilizarse con respecto a aspectos de inmigración.

Listado de talleres:

INMIGRACIÓN

• Inmigración 101
• Detención y los programas locales de ejecución de la ley
• Proteger a los trabajadores inmigrantes

LEGISLACIÓN Y CABILDEO

• Legislación y cabildeo: Washington DC
• Legislación y cabildeo: Carolina del Norte
• Educación para todos: Movimiento de jóvenes inmigrante

MINISTERIO

• Nuevos paradigmas para el ministerio hispano/latino
• Q&A: Ministerio con los indocumentados
• Panel de discusión de la Unidad Negra/Marrón

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The 2012 Summit promises to accomplish four main goals:

• Offer a unique statewide, ecumenical gathering for faith leaders who work primarily with immigrant congregations;
• Help equip these faith leaders to deal with the daily challenges faced by their congregations, especially related to their immigration status;
• Provide a space for networking and sharing of best practices;
• Train immigrant rights allies, especially in faith communities, to organize and mobilize around immigration issues.

Keynote Address: Rev. Ismael Ruiz-Millán, Director of the Hispanic House of Studies at Duke Divinity School

Here’s a list of the day’s workshops (note: you can mix and match workshops from different tracks):

Immigration & Enforcement Track

• Immigration 101 (Gerry Chapman, Immigration Attorney; and Hans Christian Linnartz, Professor of Immigration Law at Duke Law School)
• Detention and Local Enforcement Programs (Hannah Gill, UNC Chapel Hill)
• Protecting Immigrant Workers (Kate Woomer-Deters, NC Justice Center)

Advocacy And Base-Building Track

• Federal Legislation & Lobbying (Jen Smyers, Church World Service)
• North Carolina Legislation & Lobbying (Mauricio Castro, NC Latino Coalition)
• Education for All: Immigrant Youth Movements (Ramón Zepeda, Student Action with Farmworkers)

Ministry With Immigrants Track

• New Paradigms for Hispanic/Latino Ministry (Olivia Wakefield, Baptist Fellowship of Angier; and Rev. Hector Villanueva, Iglesia Bautista La Roca in Siler City, NC)
• Q&A: Ministry With the Undocumented (David Fraccaro, FaithAction International House)
• Black/Brown Unity Panel Discussion (TBA)

Everyone who submitted an evaluation said they would “recommend a similar event” and that they would “come back” to next year’s Summit. Here’s what we heard after last year’s Summit in Winston-Salem:

“I am new to getting involved in these areas and I got a terrific background in the subjects above. I thoroughly enjoyed it and greatly appreciated the breakfast and lunch. Thank you for a lovely and informative day in beautiful surroundings. God is good.”

Schedule:

• 8:30-9:00 – Registration, Networking & Coffee
• 9:00-9:15 – Welcome Message
• 9:15-9:45 – Keynote Address by Rev. Ismael Ruiz-Millán
• 10:00-11:15 – Workshops
  • Immigration 101
  • North Carolina Legislation & Lobbying
  • New Paradigms for Hispanic/Latino Ministry
• 11:30-12:45 – Workshops
  • Detention and Local Enforcement Programs
  • Education for All: Immigrant Youth Movements
  • Q&A: Ministry With the Undocumented
• 12:45-2:00 – Lunch & Networking
• 2:15-3:30 – Workshops
  • Protecting Immigrant Workers
  • Federal Legislation & Lobbying
  • Black/Brown Unity Panel Discussion
• 3:45-4:00 – Closing Plenary

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