Lipscomb University’s Center for
International Peace and Justice will host two programs designed to increase
awareness of issues facing the growing refugee and immigrant populations in
Nashville.
Each program will begin at 7 p.m. in Shamblin Theatre, located in
the Lipscomb Student Center, 3901 Granny White Pike. Admission is free.
* Monday, Sept. 17: ” ‘I Was a Stranger:’ Refugees,
Immigrants, and Christian Imperatives.” This program will feature refugees
from Bosnia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iraqi Kurdistan, and Mexico, speaking about
their homelands, their reasons for coming to the United States, and their
plans.
* Monday, Sept. 24: This program will feature a panel
discussion on efforts to assist refugees and immigrants in the city, and
needs for volunteer workers. Panelists will include Carter Moody, chair,
Nashville Task Force for Refugees and Immigrants; Sarah Nichols,
coordinator, Refugee English Program, Metro Public Schools; Holly Johnson,
director, Refugee Resettlement, Catholic Charities; Barron Jones, minister,
Iglesia de Cristo Grandview Heights; C. Lee Eloy, affiliate director, World
Relief.
“The purpose of hosting these programs is to increase awareness
within the Lipscomb campus and the community of the large, diverse
population of refugees and immigrants in Nashville, and opportunities to
serve them,” said Guy Vanderpool, assistant director of the Center for
International Peace and Justice.
The programs are co-sponsored by the university’s “Conversations”
program, a student-directed effort to encourage critical thinking and an
awareness of world issues among students.
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