Sacraments & Testaments at the Border
Award-winning writer & immigrant advocate Alejandra Oliva speaks about border work & the role of churches in border justice movements.
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:: Livestream available
:: DePaul Student Center, Rm. 220 (2nd floor)
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5:30pm ~ Dinner for in-person guests
6:00pm ~ Livestream begins
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The first in this year's "Catolicismo, Cultura y Comida" series,* organized by CWCIT and Tepeyac/Catholic Campus Ministry, this event features the award-winning writer and immigration justice advocate, Alejandra Oliva. In 2019, while doing accompaniment work at the U.S.-Mexico border, Oliva attended a bilingual, binational Mass. Reflecting on that experience, she explores, in this talk, the transformations and translations inherent in border work, and the role churches have in border justice movements, past and present.
*Limited seating; light dinner will be served, including pan dulce y cafe.
:: ABOUT THE COVER IMAGE ::
(c) Alejandra Oliva, 2019: A small altar stands at the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Tijuana, marked with a cross as well as a Mexican monument, inscribed with the words, "End of the Mexican Republic; the destruction or displacement of this monument is a crime punishable by Mexico or the United States."
Award-winning writer & immigrant advocate Alejandra Oliva speaks about border work & the role of churches in border justice movements.
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:: Livestream available
:: DePaul Student Center, Rm. 220 (2nd floor)
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5:30pm ~ Dinner for in-person guests
6:00pm ~ Livestream begins
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The first in this year's "Catolicismo, Cultura y Comida" series,* organized by CWCIT and Tepeyac/Catholic Campus Ministry, this event features the award-winning writer and immigration justice advocate, Alejandra Oliva. In 2019, while doing accompaniment work at the U.S.-Mexico border, Oliva attended a bilingual, binational Mass. Reflecting on that experience, she explores, in this talk, the transformations and translations inherent in border work, and the role churches have in border justice movements, past and present.
*Limited seating; light dinner will be served, including pan dulce y cafe.
:: ABOUT THE COVER IMAGE ::
(c) Alejandra Oliva, 2019: A small altar stands at the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Tijuana, marked with a cross as well as a Mexican monument, inscribed with the words, "End of the Mexican Republic; the destruction or displacement of this monument is a crime punishable by Mexico or the United States."
:: ABOUT THE SPEAKER ::
Alejandra Oliva is an essayist, embroiderer, and translator. Her writing has been included in Best American Travel Writing 2020 and was honored with an Aspen Summer Words Emerging Writers Fellowship. Her book, Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration, was published by Astra House and received a Whiting Nonfiction Grant. Kirkus Reviews named it as among the best nonfiction of 2023, and The Boston Globe said it’s “one of the most thoughtful meditations on our nation’s immigration policy in recent memory.”
Oliva holds a master of theological studies (MTS) degree from Harvard Divinity School and was the Spring 2022 Franke Visiting Fellow at Yale University’s Whitney Humanities Center.