Recordings of the Webinar “Climate Change & Human Displacement”
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 [...]
SIMI Talk with Mary Brown
With Mary Brown, director of the archives of the Center for Migration Studies, we talk about how the presence of Scalabrinians in North America has changed from the first mission to today as well as of the importance of research and study in pastoral care. Mary Brown received her doctorate in 1987 from Columbia University in the City of New York partly on the strength of her dissertation on [...]
Recordings of the Webinar “Communicating Migration”
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 [...]
“Building bridges and tearing down walls”
“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 [...]