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PROGRAM

DAY 1 - 19/05/25

From 3pm to 6pm - Craft show 

 Book exhibition

 Child Protagonists Network Exhibition

15h00 - Registration 

18h00 - Opening of the event

               Mystique 

18h15 - Welcome table 

18h30- Main conference: Human mobility: itineraries for a humanizing coexistence- Jorge Castillo Guerra (Radbout University, Nijmegen, Netherlands)

Facilitator: Roberto Marinucci

19h15 - Questions

19:30 - Closing

DAY 2: 20/05/25

 

8:30 a.m. - Registration 

8:45 a.m. - Welcome and start of work

9am - Round table 1: Human Mobility in the Americas

Facilitator: Sr. Janete Ferreira, MSCS - Scalabrinian Foundation (Rome, Italy)

Andreas Feldmann - University of Chicago (Chile / USA) - 30' 

Emmanuel Saula Kitambala - Migrant Leadership (Democratic Republic of Congo / Brazil) - 20'

Devi Machete - Coletivo Contravento y Marea (Mexico) -20'

Debate - 30'

10:40 a.m. - Break

11h- Round table 2 - Public policies for the mobile population

Facilitator: Leonardo Cavalcanti (OBMigra)

Edna Co - University of the Philippines (Manila, Philippines) - 20'

Michael Mutava - New South Institute (Kenya/South Africa) - 20'

Luciana Gandini - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico) - 20'

Bela Feldmann Bianco - State University of Campinas/UNICAMP - (Campinas, SP - Brazil) - 20'

Debate 30'

1pm - Lunch

14:30 - Launch of books by Editora CSEM

Responsible: Igor Cunha

CSEM books: 

  • REMHU - Roberto Marinucci
  • Book: BETWEEN LENSES AND WAVES. Unaccompanied minors in Italian photojournalism -  Sr. Rosa Maria Martins, MSCS
  • Book: Human mobility Theological place (Ecumene Series v. 5) - Wellington Barros
  • Book: BETWEEN LANDS. Poems without Borders:  Tânia Pacheco
  • Book: MIGRATION TRENDS. Contributions from a human rights perspective - Carmen Lussi 

3pm - Colloquium - Practical exercise in thinking about an inclusive model of society, considering the diversity and contributions of people on the move

Facilitators: Rockmillys Basante Palomo - Social Action Brotherhood Without Borders (Curitiba, PR - Brazil) and Sr. Rosa Maria Martins, MSCS - MSCS Journalist (São Paulo, SP - Brazil) 

Rapporteur: Charles Pontes Gomes - Casa Rui Barbosa (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Confirmed migrants:  

  • Macaio Upecor Gomes Cacabro - Ceará State Secretariat for Human Rights and AEGBEC - Guinea-Bissau Students Association (Fortaleza, Brazil)
  • Emmanuel Saula Kitambala - Gramado, RS (Democratic Republic of Congo)
  • Francis Angmortey Gaba - Taguatinga, Brasília, Brazil (Ghana)
  • Constance Salawe - SP Municipal Council of Immigrants of the city of São Paulo (Nigeria)
  • Rocío del Bravo Shuña - Brasilia DF (Peru)
  • Maria Isabel Del Valle Fernandez - Social Action Brotherhood Without Borders - Curitiba, PR - Brazil (Venezuela)

Representatives of Civil Society Organizations confirmed

  • Sr. Rosita Milesi - IMDH - Brasília - DF, Brazil
  • Paulo Illes - CDHIC - São Paulo, Brazil
  • Marcelo Patrocínio Bruzinga - Casa do Migrante Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
  • Gaia Mormina - Scalabrinian Foundation, Italy
  • María Eugenia Vázquez - ASCALA - Dominican Republic
  • Devi Machete - Coletivo Contra vento y Marea (Mexico / USA)

Confirmed academics

  • Roberto Marinucci (CSEM)
  • Raquel Boing (UniCeub and Refugee Desk)
  • Guillermo Yrizar (IBERO Puebla, Mexico)

Representatives of international and governmental organizations confirmed:

  • Paola Bolognesi (UNHCR)
  • Gustavo Zortea (DPU)
  • Eliane Alves da Silva (SEJUS/GDF)
  • Thais La Rosa (IOM)

17h45- Coffee break

18h15- Main conference - A dialog between migrant struggles and struggles for hospitality in Latin America - Yellow Varela (Autonomous University of Mexico City) -online participation

Facilitator: Diana Mundarain - CSEM (Venezuelan / Brazil)

19h00 - Questions

19h15 - Closing

DAY 3: 21/05/25

 

8:30 a.m. - Registration

8:45 a.m. - Welcome and start of work

9am - Round table 3 - How does civil society value/humanize/strengthen the role of migrants and refugees?

Facilitator: Flavia Reis (SJMR) - Brasília - DF, Brazil

Amarela Varela - Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México (Mexico) - 20'(online participation)

Luis Enrique Garcia Rodriguez - Asociación de Venezoelanos Residentes en Santo Domingo de Los Tsachilas - ASOVEC (Ecuador) - 20' 

Maria Ozânia da Silva - Migrant Pastoral Service - SPM (Goiânia, Brazil) - 20'

Debate - 30' 

10:40 a.m. - Break

11am - Round table 4 - Human mobility in Africa 

Facilitator: Igor Cunha (CSEM) Brasília - DF, Brazil

Michael Mutava - New South Institute (Kenya/South Africa) - 30′

Ibrahim Kalilu - Association for the welfare of refugees in Angola/ABRA (Sudan / Angola) - 20′
Armando Bernardo Tonela - Centro J. B. Scalabrini (Mozambique) - 20'

Debate - 30'

1pm - Lunch

14:30 - Video launch 

3pm - THEMATIC GROUPS

Themes in Portuguese:

  1. Action by organized civil society on behalf of migrants/refugees
    Coordination: Claudete Rissini, MSCS (MSCS Sister - Porto Alegre, Brazil)
    Presentation: Eliza Donda (Missão Paz - SP)
  2. Intercultural welcoming practices and the importance of language
    Coordination: Fabíola Ribeiro de Souza - Centro Interescolar de Línguas CIL - Brazil
    Presentation: Suzana Martinez (MOBILANG - UnB - Brasília, Brazil)
  3. The role of migrant children and young people
    Coordination: Barbara Marques (CSEM)
    Presentation: Maria Catarina Chitolina Zanini (UFSM / UnB - Brasília, Brazil) 
  4. Media and migration
    Coordination: Denise Cogo (ESPM - Brazil)
    Presentations: Julia Camargo (Federal University of Roraima - Brazil) and
    Lucas Zanetti (ESPM-São Paulo, Brazil)
  5. Mental health and migration/refuge (UCB)
    Coordination: Marta Helena de Freitas (UCB - Brasília, Brazil)
    Presentation: Merlina Saudade Ferreira Neira (Florianópolis, SC - Brazil) 
  6. Mass deportations: migration policies and the criminalization of migration
    Coordination: Glaucia de O. Assis (Univale and Observatório das Migrações SC -Udesc)
    Presentation: Sueli Siqueira (Universidade Vale do Rio Doce-UNIVALE, Brazil)

 

Topics in Spanish:

  1. Methodology in the study of migration
    Coordinator: Igor B. Cunha (CSEM)
    Presentation: Delia Dutra (Universidad de la Republica - Uruguay)
  2. Protagonism and solidarity practices of migrants and refugees
    Coordination: Lidia Mara Sousa, MSCS (SMR - Mexico)
    Presentation: Farida Acevedo - (Venezuelan, Mexico) and Gloriane Aimabile Antoine (Haitian, Brasília - DF, Brazil)
  3. Venezuelan diaspora
    Coordination: Diana Mundarain (CSEM)
    Presentations: Matheus Lira Bento (UFPEL) and Ámbar González (Venezuelan, Brasília - DF, Brazil)     
  4. Intercultural Theology of Migration
    Coordination: Carmem Lussi (CSEM)
    Presentation: Jorge Castillo Guerra (Radbout University, Nijmegen, Netherlands)
  5. Climate change and human mobility
    Coordination: Carolina de Abreu Claro (IREL - UnB, Brasília - Brazil)
    Presentation: Gennaro Avallone (Italy) and Naira Wayand (Oxfam) (São Paulo, Brazil) -online participation
  6. Migration routes and borders
    Coordinator: Leticia Valderrama Gutierrez, MSCS (Diocese of El Paso / Texas)
    Presentation: Andreas Feldmann (UIC - Chicago, USA)

Theme in Spanish/English:

  1. Voces buscadoras y desapariciones de migrantes: Florecer en resistencia:
    Coordinator: Conrado Zepeda Miramontes (IBERO Puebla - Mexico)
    Presentation:
    Guillermo Yrizar (IBERO Puebla - Mexico)

Theme in English:

  1. Labor migration
    Coordination: Elizabeth Pedernal, MSCS (Asia Delegation - Manila, Philippines)
    Presentation: Edna Co (PAASE; AASSREC - Manila, Philippines) 

 

17h45- Coffee Break

18:15 - Main conference: Problematizing the problem of migration  - Rose Jaji (German Institute of Development and Sustainability - Germany)

Facilitator: Barbara Marques (CSEM) Brasília - DF, Brazil

19h00 - Questions

19h15 - Cultural dinner  

DAY 4: 22/05/25

 

8:30 a.m. - Registration

9:00 a.m. - Reading of the draft final document

Responsible: Conrado Zepeda Miramontes (Mexico)

Civil Society: Sr. Luiza Dal Moro, MSCS (Brazil / USA)

Migrant from abroad / Academic: Rose Jaji (Zimbabwe / Germany)

Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart: Thomas Broch (Germany)

CSEM: Roberto Marinucci (Italy / Brazil)

 

9:30 a.m. - Round table 5 - Human mobility in Europe

Facilitator: Marlene Wildner

Maurizio Ambrosini - Università di Milano (Italy) - 30'

Ryan Alshebl - Lidrança Migrante (Syria / Germany) - 20'(online participation)

Thomas Broch - Diocese Rottenburg-Stuttgart (Germany) - 20'

Debate - 30'

11:40 a.m. - Break

11h45- Round table 6 - Human mobility in Asia

Facilitator: Edna Co (PAASE; AASSREC - Manila, Philippines) 

Michelle Palumbarit - UP-CIFAL (Manila, Philippines) - 30'

Nasrikah Paidin - Migrant Leadership (Indonesia / Malasya) - 20′ 

Elizabeth Pedernal - Scalabrinian Missionary Sisters - (Manila, Philippines) - 20'

  Debate - 30'

13h15 - Lunch

14h30 - Round table 7 - Migration/refuge and intersectionalities

Facilitator: Gláucia de Oliveira Assis (Vale do Rio Doce University - Univale and SC Migration Observatory -Udesc)

Feminization of migration - Delia Dutra - Universidad de la República (Uruguay) - 20'

Migrants/refugees with disabilities - Bárbara Marques - CSEM, (Brasília - DF, Brazil) - 20'

Migratory Irregularity - Maurizio Ambrosini - Università di Milano (Italy) - 20'

Xenophobia and racism - Renata de Melo Rosa (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - 20'(online participation)

Debate - 30' 

17h00 - Launch of the final document with press conference 

Coordination: CSEM Team 

17h30 - Closing cocktail

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