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Religion and Complex Social Issues Series: Panel on Immigration, Justice, and Religion
October 26, 2021 to October 26, 2021
The Religion and Complex Social Issues series began in fall 2017 to provide informative, thoughtful, discussion-oriented opportunities for students, faculty, and various other communities of Saint Louis University to engage topics of enormous consequence through the frameworks of theology and religion. Racism, sexuality, incarceration, politics, law, immigration, media, art, violence, all of these and more are part of the histories and experiences of religion. This fora creates space to explore such intersections through the lenses of academic rigor and the Jesuit mission of Saint Louis University.
This Zoom-only event was co-sponsored by Lived Religion in the Digital Age, with the generous support of the SLU College of Arts and Sciences and the Henry Luce Foundation.
This conversation took place in conjunction with the MOCRA exhibition Tom Kiefer: Pertenencias / Belongings.
Sara John serves as the Executive Director of the Inter-faith Committee on Latin America (IFCLA), though she has been with the organization for nearly 15 years, since she was a student at Saint Louis University. Sara received a Bachelor's degree in Spanish and International Studies from SLU and a Master of Arts degree in Latin American Studies with an emphasis on the US-Mexico Border from the University of Arizona. Her graduate research centered on migrants that disappear on their journey to the US. Sara is also the proud mother to her 6-year-old son, Alex.
Pedro de Velasco Garza is a lawyer from Mexico with more than 12 years of experience working with migrant communities on both sides of the border between Mexico and the United States. He currently serves as Director of Education and Advocacy with Kino Border Initiative, a binational organization that provides humanitarian assistance to migrants in Nogales, Sonora. He was the State Coordinator of the Paisano Program in Coahuila, Mexico, a program responsible for supporting and informing Mexicans and Mexican Americans about their rights and obligations upon returning or visiting Mexico. In 2013 he moved to Tuscan to work with the migrants and immigrant community in Southern Arizona, at the Consulate of Mexico, where he was head of Consular Protection and Legal Affairs. His role was to protect the rights and well-being of Mexican nationals abroad, which allowed him to know first-hand their needs and challenges. He is also a community organizer with Chicanos Por La Causa in Southern AZ.
Jessica Trout moved to Saint Louis University in 2017 into a new position in the Center for Service and Community Engagement focused on advocacy and social change. Prior to her work in higher education, Jessica graduated from Saint Louis University as a first-generation college student with a Bachelors in Social Work and International Studies. After graduating, she moved to the Federated States of Micronesia to teach high school for two years. In 2013, she completed her Master in Social Work at Columbia University in New York City with an emphasis in Social Policy. During her studies in New York, she worked with Voices of Women Organizing Project, a community organizing nonprofit working with survivors of domestic violence. After six months in Central America during college, and various trips back to the region, as well as time along the US-Mexico border, Jessica has a passion for immigration policy.
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2018-10-07 to 2018-10-14 | ![]() Walking in Hope: A Weeklong Celebration of the Canonization of Archbishop Oscar Romero |
2017-04-20 | ![]() “The Hand Acts Out a Joyous Dance”: Celebrating the Art of Bernard Maisner |
2016-09-25 | ![]() Erika Diettes: “Stories Told from the Threshold” |
2015-12-06 | ![]() So That You Know Each Other: Intercultural Reflections on Art, Beauty, and Islam |
2014-11-15 | ![]() John Handley: “The Religious Art of Pablo Picasso” |
2018-09-28 to 2018-09-29 | ![]() Fleur-de-Lis Floral Art Walk |
2014-02-23 | ![]() “The Economy of Gift” in Socially Engaged Art Practices: A Public Deliberation |
2013-10-02 | ![]() Art21: The Spiritual Light screening at CAM |
2013-03-02 | ![]() Rituals and Spirituality in the Performative Photographic Work of Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons |
2012-11-11 | ![]() Breaking Boundaries: A Conversation about the Art of Patrick Graham |
2012-05-20 | ![]() Stephen P. Durchslag: “The Jewish Experience and the Haggadah” |
2012-03-27 | ![]() 2012 Loyola Chair Lecture: “The Image of the Wounded Body of Christ and the Modern Social Consciousness” |
2011-10-06 | ![]() 2011 Loyola Chair Lecture: “The Pursuit of the Spirit: The Renewed Interest in the Spiritual and Religious Dimensions in Contemporary Art” |
2011-05-01 | ![]() Terrence Dempsey, S.J.: “Georges Rouault and the Art of Sacred Engagement” |
2010-11-15 | ![]() Terrence Demspey, S.J.: “Creating a Religious Environment through Contemporary Art and Architecture” |
2010-03-28 | ![]() Terrence Dempsey, S.J.: “The Wounded Body of Christ and the Modern Social Conscience” |
2009-12-01 | ![]() Day With(out) Art |
2009-11-15 | ![]() Michael Byron: “Cosmic Tears: Word and Image” |
2009-03-29 | ![]() Art and the Religious Imagination |
2008-04-15 | ![]() Wu Hung: “What Is Contemporary Chinese Art?” |
2007-10-07 | ![]() Celluloid Bible Classics: The Ten Commandments |
2007-11-04 | ![]() Celluloid Bible Classics: Ben-Hur |
2007-09-16 | ![]() Michael Morris, O.P.: “Moving Pictures: The Bible and Beyond” |
2007-03-30 | ![]() Peter Frank: “An Oskar Fischinger Tribute” |
2006-12-01 | ![]() Day With(out) Art |
2005-12-04 | ![]() Robert Rosenblum: “DoDo Jin Ming: An Art Historian's View” |
2003-09-07 | ![]() To Make Extraordinary: The Role of Sacred Objects in Life and Worship |
2002-05-04 | ![]() The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment: A University Response |
2002-04-30 | ![]() Fred D. Gray: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment: A Study That Should Never Have Occurred |
2002-01-31 | ![]() Cloudlanders |
2002-01-26 | ![]() Thomas Sokolowski: “The Last Temptation: Andy Warhols Art as Belief” |
2000-11-30 | ![]() Day With(out) Art |
2001-04-06 | ![]() Bare Naked Statues in concert |
1999-04-15 | ![]() Two Lectures: Ellen Dissanayake and Jack Renard |
1999-03-27 | ![]() Bernard Maisner: “The Art of the Illuminator” |
1998-03-22 | ![]() Renaissance and Modern |
1997-11-15 | ![]() The Role of the Computer in Contemporary Art |
1997-07-24 | ![]() Jennifer Biddle: Body, Country, Canvas: Meaning and Identity in Central Desert Aboriginal Women’s Art |
1997-06-07 | ![]() Creativity as Ancestral Mind: Living with the Ancestors |
1997-02-27 | ![]() The Artist and the Theologian Dialogue: The Body of Christ as Veiling and Unveiling the Invisible God |
1996-12-01 | ![]() Day Without Art |
1996-05-19 | ![]() The Artist as Poet: Readings by Edward Boccia |
1995-05-20 | ![]() Ian Friend: “The Edge of Belief” |
1995-05-04 | ![]() Peter Selz: “Degenerate Art” |
1995-02-05 | ![]() Lynn Hague in recital |
1994-11-13 | ![]() Terrence Dempsey, S.J.: “The Spiritual in Art in the Time of AIDS” |
1994-12-01 | ![]() Day Without Art |
1994-11-05 | ![]() Thomas Sokolowski: “The Changing Face of AIDS” |
1994-11-01 | ![]() The Amici String Quartet in recital |
1994-10-15 | ![]() Consecrations: The Spiritual in Art in the TIme of AIDS dance program and opening reception |
1993-10-29 | ![]() I Remember Alvin |
1993-11-05 | ![]() An Evening with Katherine Dunham |
1992-11-07 | ![]() The Artist and Sacred Space |
2019-04-14 | ![]() A Conversation with Gary Logan |
2019-11-10 | ![]() Pursuing the Spirit in Contemporary Art: A Celebration of Terrence Dempsey, S.J. |
2021-10-26 to 2021-10-26 | ![]() Religion and Complex Social Issues Series: Panel on Immigration, Justice, and Religion |
2021-11-03 to 2021-11-03 | ![]() Sobrevida: A Conversation with Prof. Daisy Vargas |
2021-11-05 to 2021-11-05 | ![]() Meet the Artist: Tom Kiefer |
2021-11-06 to 2021-11-06 | ![]() Conversations with Photographer Tom Kiefer |
2022-04-07 to 2022-04-07 | ![]() Tom Lucas, S.J.: Art in the Jesuit Tradition |
2022-09-29 | ![]() Artist, Poet, Curator: A Conversation with Lesley Dill, Tom Sleigh and Rene Paul Barilleaux |
2022-11-19 | ![]() What Is Viral? What Is Value? — Open Mic |
2024-04-14 | ![]() René Paul Barilleaux: Crafting a Curatorial Practice |