2014 Immigration Conference 

Please join us for the Human Rights Office's 4th Annual Immigration Conference at Cristo Rey High School in Kansas City, Missouri on Saturday May 3rd! The conference will include four workshops, a free lunch, and will conclude with Mass at Redemptorist parish next door. 

Schedule for the Day:

• 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m.- Conference Check-In and Vendor Exhibit
• 9:30 a.m.-9:50 a.m.- Opening Comments
• 10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.- Workshop 1
• 11:00 a.m.-12:00 a.m.- Keynote Address by Elena Segura 
• 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.-Lunch and Vendor Exhibit
• 1:00 p.m.-1:45 p.m.- Workshop 2
• 2:00 p.m.-2:45 p.m.- Workshop 3
• 3:00 p.m.-4:15 p.m.- Multicultural Panel
• 4:15 p.m.-4:30 p.m.- Closing Comments and Evaluations
• 5:00 p.m.- Mass at Redemptorist Parish

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Our Keynote Speakers, Elena Segura, is a visionary leader of social ministries to the poor whom she’s served in urban and rural communities for over 35 years. An immigrant herself from Peru, she’s founding director of the Office for Immigrant Affairs and Immigration Education that serves the Archdiocese of Chicago’s 356 parishes (including 120 Hispanic and 50 Polish). Her office grew out of the Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform in response to the call of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, and it is the first U.S. diocesan office dedicated to immigrants/immigrant issues. She facilitated formation of pioneering networks such as the Priests for Justice for Immigrants (over 200 priests), Sisters and Brothers of Immigrants (59 religious orders), and Immigration Parish Coordinators (127 non-immigrant parishes). Her office’s newest program, the Immigrant to Immigrant Ministry (e.g. Pastoral Migratoria, Polish Immigrant to Immigrant Ministry) is empowering over 250 immigrants in 40 Hispanic and 10 Polish parishes to engage in actions of service and justice, as they are formed as leaders for their parish communities.

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