
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:
- 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) - 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) - The role of migrant children and young people
Coordination: Barbara Marques (CSEM)
Presentation: Maria Catarina Chitolina Zanini (UFSM / UnB - Brasília, Brazil) - Media and migration
Coordination: Denise Cogo (ESPM - Brazil)
Presentations: Julia Camargo (Federal University of Roraima - Brazil) and
Lucas Zanetti (ESPM-São Paulo, Brazil) - Mental health and migration/refuge (UCB)
Coordination: Marta Helena de Freitas (UCB - Brasília, Brazil)
Presentation: Merlina Saudade Ferreira Neira (Florianópolis, SC - Brazil) - 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:
- Methodology in the study of migration
Coordinator: Igor B. Cunha (CSEM)
Presentation: Delia Dutra (Universidad de la Republica - Uruguay) - 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) - Venezuelan diaspora
Coordination: Diana Mundarain (CSEM)
Presentations: Matheus Lira Bento (UFPEL) and Ámbar González (Venezuelan, Brasília - DF, Brazil) - Intercultural Theology of Migration
Coordination: Carmem Lussi (CSEM)
Presentation: Jorge Castillo Guerra (Radbout University, Nijmegen, Netherlands) - 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 - Migration routes and borders
Coordinator: Leticia Valderrama Gutierrez, MSCS (Diocese of El Paso / Texas)
Presentation: Andreas Feldmann (UIC - Chicago, USA)
Theme in Spanish/English:
- 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:
- 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