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The Synodal Journey and Migration: Building Bridges between Big Cities to Welcome, Protect, Promote and Integrate Building bridges g the gap between the major cities of North and South America On July 1, the webinar titled The Synodal Journey and Migration: Building Bridges between Big Cities to Welcome, Protect, Promote and Integrate was held. The webinar is an initiative of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America (PCAL) and the Scalabrini International Migration Institute (SIMI), in collaboration with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), the Latin American and Caribbean Episcopal Council (CELAM), the CLAMOR Network, Caritas Latin America and [...]

World Day Against Child Labor 2024 In 2002, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) declared June 12 to be the World Day Against Child Labour. The purpose of this world day is to raise awareness about child labor, as it remains a major problem that deprives children of their childhood and innocence. According to the United Nations (UN), child labour can be defined as, “work performed by children who are under the minimum age legally specified for that kind of work, or work that, because of its detrimental nature or conditions, is considered unacceptable for children and is prohibited.” The priority [...]

Climate Change & Human Displacement: an appeal to listen to the cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor On April 8th, the Scalabrini International Migration Institute co-organized the webinar Climate Change and Human Displacement. This was the third webinar in the international and ecumenical Migration, Ethics, and Theology webinar series, an ongoing conversation aimed at promoting dialogue on migration between theologians, migration scholars, church and civic leaders, activists, as well as refugees and migrants themselves. The webinar discussed how climate change is a factor in human displacement and how the Church and society should respond to this [...]

On February 14th 2024, SIMI organized the webinar Communicating Migration: Resistance, Resilience, and Activism. We share the welcoming speech of Fr. Aldo Skoda, director of SIMI, and recordings of the speakers' speeches. "Thank you for joining us. Migration has indeed become a defining feature of the social, cultural, economic, political and religious life of a world increasingly characterized by the controversial forces of globalization as well as by ongoing conflicts and growing natural disasters. It is also a dominant theme in the media, which often stoke fears and divisions at the expense of the stories and lives of those involved. [...]

“Building bridges and tearing down walls” through migrant resistance, resilience, activism, and world making On February 14th 2024, SIMI organized the webinar Communicating Migration: Resistance, Resilience, and Activism. After opening words from Veronica De Sanctis, Project Manager at SIMI and moderator of the webinar, Fr. Aldo Skoda, Executive Director of SIMI and Professor of Pastoral​​ Theology and Human Mobility at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome, mentioned the fears and divisions particularly prevalent in current media, wherein migrants and refugees are often used as merely a tool for creating divisions. To oppose this narrative, he stated that this webinar would [...]