2. R E S ILIE N C E A N D H O P E : # S h a re T h e J o u r n e y w i t h C o n g o l e s e R e f u g e e s
H o u s e k e e p i n g
ā¢ Webinar being recorded
ā¢ Mute
ā¢ Live tweeting ā via @EMMRefugees, @TheEPPN
ā¢ #ShareTheJourney
ā¢ #Episcopal
ā¢ #DRC, #Congo, #Congolese
ā¢ #refugee, #refugees
ā¢ Use question function to submit questions; introduce yourself. Submit throughout
webinar; we will answer at the end. If needed, follow-up post-webinar.
ā¢ Technical issues? Use chat function to contact Wendy Johnson, or email Wendy at
wjohnson@episcopalchurch.org
3. R E S ILIE N C E A N D H O P E : # S h a re T h e J o u r n e y w i t h C o n g o l e s e R e f u g e e s
I n t r o d u c t i o n s
Allison Duvall
Manager for Church
Relations & Engagement
aduvall@episcopalchurch.org
Kurt Bonz
Program Manager, Post-Arrival
kbonz@episcopalchurch.org
Katie Conway
Immigration & Refugee
Policy Analyst
Office of Government Relations
kconway@episcopalchurch.org
Wendy Johnson
Manager for Communications
wjohnson@episcopalchurch.org
4. R E S ILIE N C E A N D H O P E : # S h a re T h e J o u r n e y w i t h C o n g o l e s e R e f u g e e s
I n t r o d u c t i o n s
5. R E S ILIE N C E A N D H O P E : # S h a re T h e J o u r n e y w i t h C o n g o l e s e R e f u g e e s
S e t t i n g t h e S t a g e
ā¢ Context
ā¢ History of conflict/violence/push factors
ā¢ Geography of displacement
ā¢ Journey to America
ā¢ Integration and Community
ā¢ #ShareTheJourney with Your Neighbors
ā¢ Become an Advocate
ā¢ Be Part of Our Ministry - #ShareTheJourney Pilgrimage
ā¢ Q&A
ā¢ Resources for Further Learning
ā¢ Stay in Touch
6. Pray for an end to the conflict [in the
Democratic Republic of Congo], an end to
violence and the atrocities, that the needs
of the suffering may be supplied, and that
peace may prevail.
The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori
Presiding Bishop and Primate
The Episcopal Church
R E S ILIE N C E A N D H O P E : # S h a re T h e J o u r n e y w i t h C o n g o l e s e R e f u g e e s
B a c k g r o u n d : T h e C h u r c h S p e a k s
7. R E S ILIE N C E A N D H O P E : # S h a re T h e J o u r n e y w i t h C o n g o l e s e R e f u g e e s
B a c k g r o u n d : H i s t o r y
8. R E S ILIE N C E A N D H O P E : # S h a re T h e J o u r n e y w i t h C o n g o l e s e R e f u g e e s
B a c k g r o u n d : H i s t o r y
9. R E S ILIE N C E A N D H O P E : # S h a re T h e J o u r n e y w i t h C o n g o l e s e R e f u g e e s
B a c k g r o u n d : H i s t o r y
10. R E S ILIE N C E A N D H O P E : # S h a re T h e J o u r n e y w i t h C o n g o l e s e R e f u g e e s
B a c k g r o u n d : H i s t o r y
11. R E S ILIE N C E A N D H O P E : # S h a re T h e J o u r n e y w i t h C o n g o l e s e R e f u g e e s
B a c k g r o u n d : H i s t o r y
12. R E S ILIE N C E A N D H O P E : # S h a re T h e J o u r n e y w i t h C o n g o l e s e R e f u g e e s
B a c k g r o u n d : H i s t o r y
13. R E S ILIE N C E A N D H O P E : # S h a re T h e J o u r n e y w i t h C o n g o l e s e R e f u g e e s
B a c k g r o u n d : H i s t o r y
14. R E S ILIE N C E A N D H O P E : # S h a re T h e J o u r n e y w i t h C o n g o l e s e R e f u g e e s
B a c k g r o u n d : H i s t o r y
15. R E S ILIE N C E A N D H O P E : # S h a re T h e J o u r n e y w i t h C o n g o l e s e R e f u g e e s
B a c k g r o u n d : H i s t o r y
16. R E S ILIE N C E A N D H O P E : # S h a re T h e J o u r n e y w i t h C o n g o l e s e R e f u g e e s
B a c k g r o u n d : H i s t o r y
17. R E S ILIE N C E A N D H O P E : # S h a re T h e J o u r n e y w i t h C o n g o l e s e R e f u g e e s
B a c k g r o u n d : H i s t o r y
Photo: ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images
18. R E S ILIE N C E A N D H O P E : # S h a re T h e J o u r n e y w i t h C o n g o l e s e R e f u g e e s
B a c k g r o u n d : G e o g r a p h y o f D i s p l a c e m e n t
Photo: Tristan McConnell Sake
19. R E S ILIE N C E A N D H O P E : # S h a re T h e J o u r n e y w i t h C o n g o l e s e R e f u g e e s
B a c k g r o u n d : G e o g r a p h y o f D i s p l a c e m e n t a n d D u r a b l e S o l u t i o n s
ā¢ Map
20. R E S ILIE N C E A N D H O P E : # S h a re T h e J o u r n e y w i t h C o n g o l e s e R e f u g e e s
B a c k g r o u n d : O v e r s e a s P r o c e s s i n g
21. Episcopal Migration Ministriesā 30 affiliate agencies in 26 dioceses collectively serve about 5,000 refugees
every year.
R E S ILIE N C E A N D H O P E : # S h a re T h e J o u r n e y w i t h C o n g o l e s e R e f u g e e s
J o u r n e y t o A m e r i c a
22. R E S ILIE N C E A N D H O P E : # S h a re T h e J o u r n e y w i t h C o n g o l e s e R e f u g e e s
J o u r n e y t o A m e r i c a
23. R E S ILIE N C E A N D H O P E : # S h a re T h e J o u r n e y w i t h C o n g o l e s e R e f u g e e s
E p i s c o p a l M i g r a t i o n M i n i s t r i e s
24. R E S ILIE N C E A N D H O P E : # S h a re T h e J o u r n e y w i t h C o n g o l e s e R e f u g e e s
I n t e g r a t i o n a n d C o m m u n i t y
Photo: Exodus Refugee, Episcopal Migration Ministries
How do we welcome our new neighbors?
ā¢ Welcome begins before refugees arrive
ā¢ Arranging decent safe and sanitary housing
ā¢ Furniture (need not be new, but in good
condition), cleaning supplies, toiletries
ā¢ Seasonal clothing and clothing for work
ā¢ Stocking the kitchen, pantry, and refrigerator
ā¢ Welcome at arrival
ā¢ Greeting refugees at the airport
ā¢ Ready to eat and culturally appropriate meal
upon arrival
ā¢ Welcome and orientation to their new community
ā¢ Case management: Assistance applying for social security card, enrollment in English
language programs, employment services
ā¢ Ensure every refugee has health assessment within 30 days of arrival
ā¢ Transportation assistance
ā¢ Assistance with filing with family overseas
25. R E S ILIE N C E A N D H O P E : # S h a re T h e J o u r n e y w i t h C o n g o l e s e R e f u g e e s
I n t e g r a t i o n a n d C o m m u n i t y
Discerning How You Can Welcome
1. Assess Your Gifts, Resources, and Skills
2. Match Gifts, Resources, and Skills with Opportunities
1. Get to know your local resettlement office. How can your gifts, resources, and
skills be matched to support the vision and mission of the local resettlement office?
2. Learn about and meet your new neighbors. How can your gifts, resources, and
skills welcome your new neighbors?
26. R E S ILIE N C E A N D H O P E : # S h a re T h e J o u r n e y w i t h C o n g o l e s e R e f u g e e s
I n t e g r a t i o n a n d C o m m u n i t y
Discerning How You Can Welcome
3. Build Your Team
4. Make a Plan
5. Communicate with Local Partners
6. Put Plan into Action
7. Evaluate
27. R E S ILIE N C E A N D H O P E : # S h a re T h e J o u r n e y w i t h C o n g o l e s e R e f u g e e s
# S h a r e T h e J o u r n e y w i t h Yo u r N e i g h b o r s
#ShareTheJourney as The Episcopal Church celebrates 75 years of
resettling refugees in the United States.
#ShareTheJourney is a multi-media effort to educate, form, and equip
Episcopalians to engage in loving service with resettled refugees and
to become prophetic witnesses and advocates on behalf of refugees,
asylees, migrants, and displaced persons throughout the world.
28. R E S ILIE N C E A N D H O P E : # S h a re T h e J o u r n e y w i t h C o n g o l e s e R e f u g e e s
B e c o m e a n A d v o c a t e
ā¢ Advocate: Our voices are needed!
ā¢ Robust funding is needed for the immediate needs of
those who flee and for the services resettled refugees
receive when they arrive in the U.S
ā¢ Contact your Members of Congress and let them know
that you support robust funding for the protection and
reception of refugees
ā¢ Specifically, the following accounts
ā¢ Department of State
ā¢ Migration and Refugee Assistance
ā¢ Emergency Migration and Refugee Assistance
(ERMA)
ā¢ International Disaster Assistance Account
ā¢ Health and Human Services
ā¢ Refugee Entrant Assistance Account
ā¢ Congress will be
working on the FY16
budget throughout the
spring and summer
Photo credit The Minnesota Post
29. R E S ILIE N C E A N D H O P E : # S h a re T h e J o u r n e y w i t h C o n g o l e s e R e f u g e e s
S t a y i n T o u c h
Stay up to date by
following us on
Twitter:
@TheEPPN
@EMMRefugees
#refugees
#ShareTheJourney
ā¢ http://advocacy.episcopalchurch.org/action
30. R E S ILIE N C E A N D H O P E : # S h a re T h e J o u r n e y w i t h C o n g o l e s e R e f u g e e s
B e P a r t o f O u r M i n i s t r y
#ShareTheJourney:
Like us on Facebook
ā¢ Facebook.com/EMMRefugees
ā¢ Facebook.com/theEPPN
Follow us on Twitter
ā¢ @EMMRefugees
ā¢ @TheEPPN
Connect with one of our 30 local affiliate organizations.
www.EpiscopalMigrationMinistries.org
www.advocacy.episcopalchurch.org
Follow the virtual pilgrimage:
www.episcopalchurch.org/sharethejourney
31. R E S ILIE N C E A N D H O P E : # S h a re T h e J o u r n e y w i t h C o n g o l e s e R e f u g e e s
# S h a r e T h e J o u r n e y P i l g r i m a g e
#ShareTheJourney Pilgrimage
ā¢ 8 Episcopalians selected through
churchwide application process
ā¢ EMM staff
ā¢ Episcopal News Service
ā¢ The Rev. Ranjit Mathews, Officer for
Global Relations and Networking
Purpose: to follow the process of in-country
preparation for refugee resettlement to the
United States, to witness the plight of
Congolese and Central African refugees
Visiting Gihembe Camp, north of Kigali,
Rwanda
Also, examining issues of gender-related
violence, persecution of LGBTI refugees,
unaccompanied children
32. R E S ILIE N C E A N D H O P E : # S h a re T h e J o u r n e y w i t h C o n g o l e s e R e f u g e e s
Q u e s t i o n s
Questions?
What has inspired you?
What has challenged you?
33. R E S ILIE N C E A N D H O P E : # S h a re T h e J o u r n e y w i t h C o n g o l e s e R e f u g e e s
L e a r n m o r e
ā¢ Books
ā¢ Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of
Africa by Jason Stearns
ā¢ King Leopoldās Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa by
Adam Hochschild
ā¢ Congo: The Epic History of a People by David Van Reybrouck
ā¢ Africaās World War by Gerard Prunier
ā¢ Web resources
ā¢ UNHCR Portal, Democratic Republic of Congo
ā¢ Center for Applied Linguistics
ā¢ Video: Congolese refugees in the United States
ā¢ Backgrounder: Congolese Refugees
ā¢ Refugee Council USA (RCUSA) DRC webpage
ā¢ The Atlantic
ā¢ Article: The Origins of the War in the DRC
ā¢ Refugees International
ā¢ Field Report: Congolese Women: What Happened to the Promise to Protect?
ā¢ Film: Who am I going to be? ā About young adult Congolese resettled to New
Hampshire
ā¢ Call to Prayer: Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, Advent 2012
34. R E S ILIE N C E A N D H O P E : # S h a re T h e J o u r n e y w i t h C o n g o l e s e R e f u g e e s
S t a y i n T o u c h
ā¢ EMM Website: www.episcopalchurch.org/emm
ā¢ Facebook:
www.facebook.com/emmrefugees
ā¢ Twitter: www.twitter.com/EMMRefugees
ā¢ Tumblr: www.emmrefugees.tumblr.com
ā¢ Episcopal Public Policy Network Website:
www.advocacy.episcopalchurch.org
ā¢ Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheEPPN
ā¢ Twitter: www.twitter.com/TheEPPN
35. R E S ILIE N C E A N D H O P E : # S h a re T h e J o u r n e y w i t h C o n g o l e s e R e f u g e e s
S t a y i n T o u c h
Katie Conway
Immigration and Refugee Policy Analyst
kconway@episcopalchurch.org, (202) 599-8601
Allison Duvall
Manager for Church Relations and Engagement
aduvall@episcopalchurch.org, (212) 716-6027
Wendy Johnson
Manager for Communications
wjohnson@episcopalchurch.org, (212) 716-6143
Kurt Bonz
Program Manager
kbonz@episcopalchurch.org, (212) 716-6254
Notas do Editor
Each of us say hello and introduce ourselves, where weāre located.
ALLISON
ALLISON ā briefly go over agenda
Context ā Kurt (15-20 minutes)
History of conflict/violence/push factors
Geography of displacement
Journey to America (Overseas refugee processing, durable solutions & resettlement)
Integration and Community ā Allison (5-7 minutes)
#ShareTheJourney with Your Neighbors ā Wendy (3 minutes)
Become an Advocate (5 minutes) āKatie (5 minutes)
Be Part of Our Ministry - #ShareTheJourney Pilgrimage (Wendy ā 5 minutes)
Q&A
Resources for further learning
Stay in Touch
Allison - speak to Bishop Katharineās statements/prayers, open in a prayerā¦ then turn it over to Kurt.
Week of Prayer for Peace in DR Congo: 26 Nov ā 2 Dec 2012 Updated 22.11.2012
www.congochurchassn.org.uk www.cms-uk.org
Prayer Resources ā with thanks to the Rev Ian Tarrant and the Rev Tim Naish
A short prayer, based on part of the South African national anthem:
God bless Congo:
guard her children,
guide her leaders.
and give her peace;
for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen
Longer intercessions for use in a service or meeting:
Almighty God, maker of all, enemy of none,
we pray to you for the people of Congo,
whose troubles are in your heart and ours,
whose hopes are set in your promises.
Stretch out your arm, your mighty hand,
and touch this wounded land.
Lord of heaven and earth: bring peace and healing
Touch those whose lives have been scarred by violence and death;
as they look on the cross of Christ, bring them from pain to joy.
Lord of heaven and earth: bring peace and healing
Touch those who are guilty of greed and cruelty;
by your Spirit bring them through repentance to new life.
Lord of heaven and earth: bring peace and healing
Touch those who wield power, of government, of arms, and of commerce:
give them a vision of Congo rebuilt, united, free and prosperous.
Lord of heaven and earth: bring peace and healing
Touch your church, troubled and tired, and give it new strength,
so that with Bible and hoe, prayer and medicine,
it can tell of your love and show your compassion.
Lord of heaven and earth: bring peace and healing
Touch our hearts too, renew our solidarity with our brothers and sisters,
and show us how we can support them in their difficulties.
Lord of heaven and earth: bring peace and healing
Stretch out your arm, your mighty hand,
and touch the wounded land of Congo;
for Jesusā sake. Amen
A dialogue based on Isaiah 43, for use at the beginning or end of a service:
Leader The God of Israel has redeemed us
All He has created us and called us by name
Leader He is with us and we need not fear
All Rivers will not overwhelm us
Leader Flames shall not consume us
All For the Holy One of Israel is our Saviour.
Week of Prayer for Peace in DR Congo: 26 Nov ā 2 Dec 2012 Updated 22.11.2012
www.congochurchassn.org.uk www.cms-uk.org
Litany:
For the diverse beauty and potential glory of all your creation, and especially the land and people of
the Congo, we give you thanks O Lord.
For the faithful and perfect witness to your love borne by Jesus Christ your Son to the whole world,
including the people of the Congo, we give you thanks O Lord.
For all those who despite their flaws have mirrored that witness in the proclamation and living out of
the gospel among the people of the Congo, we give you thanks O Lord.
For the worship and mission of the body of Christ in Africa, and particularly of the Anglican Church of
the Congo, we give you thanks O Lord.
For faithful and persevering parishes, for health care and education, for work with young people and
for the Mothersā Union, for evangelism and training, for ministry and service to the desperate in the
Congo, we give you thanks O Lord.
For your steadfast love, for Christās bearing of the worldās woe, for the promise of ultimate
reconciliation and the hope of glory even in the Congo, we give you thanks O Lord.
Silence
As we move from thanksgiving to intercession, the response to the words āā¦and we turn to youā is
āhear our cry O Lord.
When we recoil from the worst of the forces of evil, from oppression and corruption, from cruelty and
great suffering, and we turn to you, hear our cry O Lord.
When we long for the leaders of the peoples, especially in the Great Lakes region of East Africa, to
find in their hearts compassion, wisdom and the springs of right action, and we turn to you, hear our
cry O Lord.
When we fear for the well-being and the very lives of your poor and those we love, when our hearts
are breaking and we turn to you, hear our cry O Lord.
When we see discord and hatred seeming to prevail and bitterness fuelling human hearts for violence,
and we ache for change and we turn to you, hear our cry O Lord.
When we hope with passion for the development of life, material emotional and spiritual, and find our
hopes in part frustrated and we turn to you, hear our cry O Lord.
When we wait boldly for the coming of your kingdom and lament the dullness of our perception of your
mission and the fragility of our participation with you, and we turn to you, hear our cry O Lord.
We pray now in silence for each of the dioceses of the Anglican Church of the Congo ā Aru, Boga,
North Kivu, Kisangani, Kindu, Bukavu, Katanga, Kasai, Kinshasa (or other churches known to us):
Blessed and holy Trinity,
within the mystery of your perfect love the Son knows the depth of human brokenness,
the Spirit is constantly in movement for abundant life, the Father is working out your glorious purpose;
receive our thankfulness and attend to our plea for the whole life of the Province of the Anglican
Church of the Congo,
heal its brokenness, renew its life, and bring to fulfilment your purposes for it and through it,
for the sake of your kingdom, through Christ,
Amen
Week of Prayer for Peace in DR Congo: 26 Nov ā 2 Dec 2012 Updated 22.11.2012
www.congochurchassn.org.uk www.cms-uk.org
A Prayer for the People of DR Congo
O God,
Loving parent of all,
comfort your children
displaced, wounded, lost or orphaned by conflict in D R Congo;
and give the people of that country
courage to seek enduring peace with justice and freedom,
that their children might grow up without fear,
for the sake of Your Son, Jesus Christ
Amen
KURT
KURT
KURT
The Congo Free Stateā
Congolese Refugees
KURT
KURT
KURT
Belgian Congoā
Rwandan and Burundian Migrants and Refugeesā
KURT
The Republic of Congo/ The Democratic Republic of Congo/ Zaireā
Rwandan and Burundian Refugees
KURT
The Republic of Congo/ The Democratic Republic of Congo/ Zaireā
Rwandan and Burundian Refugees
KURT
Genocide/ Interhamwe
Rwandan and Burundian Refugees
KURT
The First and Second Congo Warsā
Rwandan, Burundian, and Congolese Refugeesā
KURT
Current Conflict
KURT
Violence against women
KURT
Congolese Flight
Durable Solutions
Repatriation
Local Integration
Resettlement
KURT
Reception & Placement
Matching Grant
Preferred Communities
Reception & Placement
Matching Grant
Preferred Communities
Allison
ALLISON
ALLISON
Assess your gifts, resources, and skills:
Time, talent, treasure
Desire to learn
Cross-cultural understanding
Openness, flexibility
Spirit of partnership
Being a vital member of community, a good neighbor
Match Gifts, Resources, and Skills with Opportunities
How can your gifts, resources, and skills be matched to support the vision and mission of the local resettlement office? How can your gifts, resources, and skills welcome your new neighbors?
Get to know your local resettlement office.
Learn about your new neighbors.
Build Your Team
Make a Plan
Communicate with Local Partners
Put Plan into Action
Evaluate
What did you learn?
Where did you grow, as individuals and as a community?
What will you do differently in the future?
Revise the plan, repeat!
ALLISON
Assess your gifts, resources, and skills:
Time, talent, treasure
Desire to learn
Cross-cultural understanding
Openness, flexibility
Spirit of partnership
Being a vital member of community, a good neighbor
Match Gifts, Resources, and Skills with Opportunities
How can your gifts, resources, and skills be matched to support the vision and mission of the local resettlement office? How can your gifts, resources, and skills welcome your new neighbors?
Get to know your local resettlement office.
Learn about your new neighbors.
Build Your Team
Make a Plan
Communicate with Local Partners
Put Plan into Action
Evaluate
What did you learn?
Where did you grow, as individuals and as a community?
What will you do differently in the future?
Revise the plan, repeat!
WENDY
KATIE
What you need to speak and serve
The Episcopal Public Policy Network is a grassroots network of Episcopalians across the country dedicated to carrying out the Baptismal Covenant call to "strive for justice and peace" through the active ministry of public policy advocacy.
The EPPN is a part of The Episcopal Church Office of Government Relations located in Washington, DC. The actions, programs, and ministry of the Office of Government Relations are based entirely on policies approved by the Church meeting in General Convention or by the Executive Council. As Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori reminds us, "The voices of the people of faith must be a prophetic impetus for lasting change, toward healing the body of God.ā
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WENDY
WENDY
WENDY & ALLISON facilitate?
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