Please find the panel and roundtable discussions as well as links to summaries and videos below, including a full report of roundtable summaries.
Opening Panel: Who is a Refugee and Therefore Who Am I?
Andrea Bartoli, Community of Sant’Egidio (Moderator)
Joel Charny, Norwegian Refugee Council-USA
Reverend Seth Kaper-Dale, Reformed Church of Highland Park
Dan-el Padilla Peralta, Princeton University
Sana Mustafa (Respondent)
Closing Panel: Once a Refugee, Always a Refugee? Faith-Based Welcome
Katherine Marshall, Georgetown University (Moderator)
Claudio Betti, Community of Sant'Egidio
Ashley Feasley, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Sarah Sayeed, New York City Mayor's Community Affairs Unit
Mamadou Sy, Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area
Morning Roundtable Session, 10:00-11:30am
Erin Wilson, University of Groningen (Moderator)
Anindita Chatterjee Bhaumik, Connect Faith
Andrew Fuys, Church World Service
On the Ground Lessons from an International Perspective
Tahir Zaman, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) (Moderator)
Gabe Huck, Iraqi/Syrian Student Project
Theresa Kubasak, Iraqi/Syrian Student Project
Isis Sunwoo, World Vision International
Jenna Spitzer, Princeton University (Student Rapporteur)
Interfaith Approaches to Migration
Rev. Kyoiichi Sugino, Religions for Peace (Moderator)
Imam Shamsi Ali, Nusantara Foundation
Rabbi Rachel Grant Meyer, HIAS
Daniel O’Neill, Christian Journal for Global Health
Adjoa Mante, Princeton University (Student Rapporteur)
Global Citizenship in an Era of Nationalism
Aaron Tyler, University of St. Mary’s (Moderator)
Tom Dobbins Jr., Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of New York
Athena Mison Fulay, International Institute of Education
Daniel Perell, Baha'i Representative to the United Nations
Tamara Mann Tweel, Hillel International
Talya Nevins, Princeton University (Student Rapporteur)
Root Causes of Forced Migration
David Hollenbach, Georgetown University (Moderator)
Julia Casazza, Princeton University (Student Rapporteur)
Forced Passage: Smuggling, Trafficking, and Creating Humanitarian Corridors
Antti Pentikainen, The Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers (Moderator)
Emilia Casella, World Food Programme
Charlie Gardner, Community of Sant’Egidio
Julianna Wright, Princeton University (Student Rapporteur)
Religious Experience: Testimonies from Refugees and Workers
Margarita Mooney, Princeton Theological Seminary (Moderator)
Rev. Chris Antal, Rock Tavern Unitarian Universalists
Ashar Hafeez Ghumman, Interfaith-RISE
David Sulewski, Community of Sant'Egidio
Andie Ayala, Princeton University (Student Rapporteur)
Let’s Talk About Politics: Politicization of Migrants
Jeremy Adelman, Princeton University (Moderator)
Jane Bloom, International Catholic Migration Commission
Scott Cooper, Human Rights First
Salim Patel, SMILE for Charity
Sarah Sakha, Princeton University (Student Rapporteur)
Silas Allard, Emory University (Moderator)
Sharif Aly, Islamic Relief USA
Serges Demefack, American Friends Service Committee
Elizabeth Foydel, International Refugee Assistance Project
Sahand Keshavarz Rahbar, Princeton University (Student Rapporteur)
Syria and Iraq: Religion and Migration in the Face of Violence
Cameron Hume, Georgetown University (Moderator)
Sarab al-Jijakli, Network of Arab-American Professionals
Mustafa Hmood, Iraqi/Syrian Student Project
Issam Khoury, Center for Environmental and Social Development
Becca Keener, Princeton University (Student Rapporteur)
In Every Generation: Descendants Carry on the Work
Melissa Borja, College of Staten Island (Moderator)
Patrick Barry, Catholic Charities, Diocese of Camden
Louise Sandburg, The Jewish Center's Interfaith Resettlement Committee (TJC/IRC)
Hemant Wadhwani, Hindu American Seva
Safa Syed, Princeton University (Student Rapporteur)
Afternoon Roundtable Session, 12:30-2:00pm
Health, Mental Health, and Migration
Sana Malik, Wichita State University (Moderator)
Debra Boudreaux, Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation
Sadia Kalam, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Cathy Motamed, International Rescue Committee/NJ State Office for Refugees
Salwa Ahmad, Princeton University (Student Rapporteur)
Refugee Resettlement: From Global to Local
Larry Yungk, UNHCR-DC (Moderator)
Tom Charles, Nassau Presbyterian Church
Heba Gowayed, Princeton University
Erol Kekic, Church World Service
Matthew Martinez, Princeton University (Student Rapporteur)
The Media and Migration: A Workshop
Deb Amos, NPR (Moderator)
Naomi Hunt, International Dialogue Centre (KAIICID)
Eldar Shafir, Princeton University
Iris Samuels, Princeton University (Student Rapporteur)
What is the Just University? Responding to Forced Migration
Stan Katz, Princeton University (Moderator)
Patrick Barry, Catholic Charities, Diocese of Camden
Mark Justad, Every Campus a Refuge/Guilford College
Dennis McAuliffe, Georgetown University
Marissa Rosenberg-Carlson, Princeton University (Student Rapporteur)
Creating Sanctuary Space: A Workshop
Linda Rabben, University of Maryland (Moderator)
Fr. Daniel Groody, University of Notre Dame
Peter Pedemonti, New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia
David Sulewski, Community of Sant'Egidio
Luisa Banchoff, Princeton University (Student Rapporteur)
Pulin Sanghvi, Princeton University Career Services (Moderator)
Joey Ager, Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities
Marisol Conde-Hernandez, Rutgers Law School
Lina Sergie Attar, Karam Foundation
Julianna Wright, Princeton University (Student Rapporteur)
How Do We Operationalize Our Faith?
Alex Goldberg, Carob Tree Project (Moderator)
Mitzi Schroeder, Jesuit Refugee Service/USA
Imam Sohaib Sultan, Princeton University
Adjoa Mante, Princeton University (Student Rapporteur)
Anastasia Mann, Princeton University (Moderator)
Saulo Padilla, Mennonite Central Committee
Dan-el Padilla Peralta, Princeton University
Karol Ruiz, Wind of the Spirit Immigration Resource Center
Becca Keener, Princeton University (Student Rapporteur)
Children, Religion, and Refugees
Liza Barrie, UNICEF (Moderator)
Ayman Mansour, Syrian American Medical Society
Daniel Perell, Baha'i Representative to the United Nations
Paola Stevens, Interfaith-RISE
William Vendley, Religions for Peace
Mariachiara Ficarelli, Princeton University (Student Rapporteur)
Women Refugees: Conversation and Action
Katherine Marshall, Georgetown University (Moderator)
Olivia Wicki, Princeton University (Student Rapporteur)
Open Conversation Format