13th Annual Hispanic Ministry and Theology Lecture - Immigration, Disinformation and Faith Wednesday, October 2, 2024, 7pm - 9pm Pacific
Immigration, Disinformation, and Faith: Why Getting This Issue Right Should Matter To People Of Good Will
The 2024-2025 Hispanic Ministry and Theology Community Conversation
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Follow along with the event program and handout:
Event Program: Immigration, Disinformation and Faith
Handout - Fact Sheet on Immigration and Disinformation
Separata - la inmigración y la desinformación
About the Event: During the 2024 election season, immigrants and their families have become major targets of political disinformation campaigns. Voters frequently hear them falsely branded as fraudulent voters, dangerous criminals, political tools, or even prisoners on the loose. What is political disinformation, and why are immigrants such a target? What is at stake ethically and theologically when disinformation goes unchecked? What challenges and opportunities does this current landscape of disinformation offer to people of good will, including people of faith?
Panelists:
- Alejandra Alarcón, Communications Manager, Thomas & Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles at LMU
- María Barragán, Director of LMU's Student Support Services. Director Barragán is dedicated to creating a brave space for students and educators to feel welcomed, inspired, and celebrated.
- Brett Hoover, PhD is Professor of Pastoral and Practical Theology in the LMU Department of Theological Studies. He is the author of several books and articles, including Immigration and Faith: Cultural, Biblical, and Theological Narratives (Paulist, 2021
- Moderator: Rubén Martínez, Professor, Fletcher Jones Chair in Literature and Writing with Joint Appointment in the Departments of English and Chicana/o Latina/o Studies and Acting Chair of Journalism
- Online Moderator: Jennifer Owens-Jofré, PhD, , Assistant Professor in the Theological Studies Department at Loyola Marymount University
Cosponsors
Catholic Studies
Center for Ignatian Spirituality
Center for Religion and Spirituality
Chicano Latino Student Services
CSJ Center for Reconciliation and Justice
Dept. of Modern Languages & Literatures
Dept. of Theological Studies
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Division of Student Affairs
Graduate Students of LMU
LMU Jesuit Community
LMU School of Education
Mission and Ministry
Office of the President
Office of the Provost
Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary
T. Marie Chilton Chair in Catholic Theology
Past Lectures
"Migration in the Thought and Pontificate of Pope Francis"
Dr. Austen Ivereigh
January 31, 2023
The 2023 LMU Hispanic Theology and Ministry Lecture was given by journalist and scholar Austen Ivereigh, D.Phil.
John Courtney Murray University Chair in Public Service at Loyola University Chicago, and United States Ambassador to the Holy See, Retired
Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Santa Clara University, and past President of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theology in the United States
Professor of Theology at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, and Kellogg Institute Visiting Fellow at the University of Notre Dame
Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Diego
Dean of the Faculty of Theology at the Catholic University of Argentina
Professor of Biblical and Rabbinic Literature, and Rector of the Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano in Buenos Aires
Associate Professor of Theology at the Catholic Theological Union
Professor of Theological Studies and Charles S. Casassa Chair of Social Values at Loyola Marymount University
Archbishop of Los Angeles