
Immigrants and Refugees
Join Loretto’s Latin America Caribbean Committee for the October Immigration Spotlight on Friday, October 24, 2025. Featured guests will be Las Parteras and two of our Loretto Justice Fellows. More details to come. To join, please register on this form. The Latin America Caribbean Committee’s Immigration Spotlight is a bi-monthly opportunity to explore emerging issues…
Read MoreLook for more information about Loretto’s Latin America Caribbean Committee for the June/July Immigration Spotlight. More details coming soon. To join, please register on this form. The Latin America Caribbean Committee’s Immigration Spotlight is a bi-monthly opportunity to explore emerging issues and challenges regarding immigration, featuring people working for immigration justice. Did you miss a…
Read MoreJoin Loretto’s Latin America Caribbean Committee for the March Immigration Spotlight on Friday, March 14th (or possibly 21st).) More details to come. To join, please register on this form. The Latin America Caribbean Committee’s Immigration Spotlight is a bi-monthly opportunity to explore emerging issues and challenges regarding immigration, featuring people working for immigration justice. Did…
Read MoreJoin Loretto’s Latin America Caribbean Committee for the first Immigration Spotlight of 2025 on Friday, January 24th, just 4 days after the inauguration of trump’s second term as President. We will provide a space for opinion, assessment and briefing of the newly elected president’s first days in office and how migrants are faring under the deportation…
Read MoreOn Sept. 27th, 11:00 ET, join LACC for Immigration Spotlight with our guests NFWM’s Executive Director, Julie Taylor, and new Director of Farm Worker Advocacy, Elizabeth Rodriguez, to talk about recent work with farm workers and this fall’s focus on immigration. There are several farm worker campaigns taking place in various parts of the country.…
Read MoreLatin America/Caribbean Committee (LACC) invites you to join the next “Immigration Spotlight” at 11am ET on Friday, June 28. This month’s gathering will feature Georgia Coats, the Women’s Empowerment Community Navigator for the Immigrant and Refugee Center of Northern Colorado (IRCNOCO). Georgia’s presentation will provide a broad overview of the global refugee crisis and how that…
Read MoreLatin America/Caribbean Committee (LACC) of the Loretto Community invite you to an NGO CSW Forum virtual Parallel Event on the occasion of the 68th Commission on the Status of Women When: Friday, March 15th at 2:00pm EDT (NY) / 11:00am PDT Where: Zoom – Registration link Immigration Spotlight will take place under the auspices of the…
Read MoreThe Latin America Caribbean Committee’s Immigration Spotlight is a bi-monthly opportunity to explore emerging issues and challenges regarding immigration, featuring people working for immigration justice. This week, the spotlight will be on LGBTQI+ migrants byCasa Arcoiris (Rainbow House) Director, Nicolasa “Sire” Cordova, co-founder of the only migrant shelter in Tijuana, Mexico serving the LGBTQI+ community. “Sire” directs a…
Read MoreLACC invites you to join the next “Immigration Spotlight” on October 27, 2023, when we will hear updates from our partners at the Ariz.-Mexico and Calif.-Mexico borders. Speakers will share details about the experiences of asylum seekers, including recent changes in policy and prisons, as well as their daily work with migrants. The Latin America…
Read MoreThe next Immigration Spotlight from LACC will take place in Burlington, VT, on July 28th, 11:00 ET. From the National Farm Worker Ministry board meeting, we will hear from Migrant Justice, who with the guidance of the farm worker community are working for basic human rights. Migrant Justice will be sharing their latest campaigns, including…
Read MoreLACC invites you to join the “Immigration Spotlight” on April 28, 2023. The spotlight will be on LACC’s trip to the Arizona/Mexico border in the Sonoran Desert April 20-22. We joined our partners Dora Rodriguez and Bob Kee and visited the migrant shelters and centers in Mexico they support. We also drove many miles on…
Read MoreLACC invites you to join the next “Immigration Spotlight” on January 27, 2023, which will look at Haitian/African migrants. The Latin America Caribbean Committee’s Immigration Spotlight is a bi-monthly opportunity to explore emerging issues and challenges regarding immigration, featuring people working for immigration justice. You may browse recordings of past Immigration Spotlights here. Please register…
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