Please join the Office of Public Witness,
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance,
and World Mission
for a webinar
The Migration Crisis in Southern EuropeJanuary 19th 12-1:30 pm
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Facebook LiveThe Mediterranean is the crossroads of people from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Europe and continues to struggle with tragic loss of life as people risk everything in search of safety and security. As the migration crisis persists in Southern Europe, our partners on the ground provide welcome and advocate for justice for all of those who are fleeing their homes due to wars, political repression, economic injustice, and poverty.
Please join us for this webinar to hear how NGO's and churches in Southern Europe are doing the work of welcoming the stranger in the face of the forces of xenophobia and racism. Learn of new life-saving efforts, such as the Humanitarian Corridors, which, if implemented, could save many lives now lost in the Mediterranean Sea. See how the migration issues facing Europe and the United States are similar. Learn how you can contribute to the work that churches and partners do to be prophetic voices promoting migrant and racial justice.
Paolo Naso is a Waldensian layperson and teaches political science at La Sapienza University of Rome. He is the National Coordinator of
Mediterranean Hope - Refugees and Migrants Programme of the Federation of Protestant Churches in Italy. He chairs the Council for Relation with Islam of the Ministry of Interior. A prolific author, his next book will be a biography of Martin Luther King Jr, published by Laterza, one of the oldest and most recognized publishers in Italy.
Ibrahim Diabate was born in the Ivory Coast. He is a former day laborer who, thanks to a scholarship, has become an intercultural and language mediator and legal operative on behalf of migrants. For the last two years, he has been on
Mediterranean Hope's staff, a project of the Federation of Protestant Churches in Italy (FCEI).
Human rights activist
Efi Latsoudi is one of
Lesvos Solidarity's founders, a grass-roots organization based on Lesvos Island in Greece. Lesvos Solidarity runs educational, psychosocial, and medical programs for refugees and has a strong advocacy program for refugees' rights. She is the founder of the open refugee camp Pikpa, an autonomous and self run camp for vulnerable refugees on Lesvos, which was forcibly closed by the Greek authorities in Oct. 2020. For her work in supporting refugees, Efi was awarded the Nansen Refugee Award in 2016.
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