Climate & Global Migration Sessions
Climate and Human Mobility 101: Faith Perspective
This session will offer a theological and ethical grounding for our learning track on Climate and Migration. Presenters in this opening session will describe the moral and ethical imperative to address climate and human mobility from faith perspectives. It will offer a frame for reflecting on the experiences of climate-impacted communities in the US and globally, and for incorporating new ideas and perspectives from this learning track into the ways that we live out our faith.
Presenters
Emily Askew, Associate Professor of Theology, Lexington Theological Seminary
Emily teaches theology at Lexington Theological Seminary and has a PhD from Vanderbilt University. She has studied theology and migration over the course of the last 15 years, frequently taking students to the US/Mexico border to learn about issues surrounding migration from migrants themselves. She has presented on climate migrancy worldwide but also specifically in the United States as “climate gentrification.” In addition to climate migrancy she is presently doing cross cultural work into the special conditions for LGBTQ asylum seekers into the EU and US.
Elena Cedillo, Program Executive for Climate Justice, Lutheran World Foundation
Elena Cedillo is Program Executive for Climate Justice, with the Lutheran World Foundation’s Department for Theology, Mission and Justice. Elena previously served as LWF’s regional representative for Central America, and as executive director for Diaconia Peru.
Rev. Dr. David Vasquez-Levy, President, Pacific School of Religion
Rev. Dr. David Vásquez-Levy serves as President of Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California –a progressive, multidenominational seminary and center for social justice that prepares theologically and spiritually rooted leaders to work for the well-being of all. A committed pastor, a nationally recognized higher education and immigration leader, and a sought after speaker, Vásquez-Levy leads at the intersection of faith, higher education, and social change.
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