Worldview Forum: Welcoming the Sojourner: Christian, Legal, and Economic Perspectives

How should Christians and citizens should respond to U.S. immigration? A discussion entitled, "Welcoming the Sojourner: Christian, Legal, and Economic Perspectives" will take place between immigration lawyer Richard Herman and pastor Isaac Villegas at Malone University on October 23 at 7 p.m. in the Johnson Center dining room. Elizabeth Patterson Roe, Associate Professor of Social Work, will moderate the discussion. 

Isaac S. Villegas is pastor of Chapel Hill Mennonite Fellowship in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He is a member of the governing board of the North Carolina Council of Churches and has served on on the denominational board of Mennonite Church USA, as well as non-profit organizations, including School for Conversion and Open Table Ministries. He is the co-author of Presence: Giving and Receiving God. He has a B.A. from Westmont College and an M.Div. from Duke Divinity School.

Richard Herman is an immigration lawyer and founder of Richard T. Herman & Associates, LLC, a Cleveland-based immigration law firm. He is co-author of Immigrant, Inc.,  and the High Skill Immigration Policy which has been adopted by 30 chambers of commerce in the Midwest from Chicago to Pittsburgh. He is the co-founder of TiE-Ohio, a chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs Association based in Silicon Valley. He has appeared on FOX News (The O'Reilly Factor), ABC's 20/20, National Public Radio, affiliates of NBC, CBS, and ABC, and has been interviewed by numerous television and radio stations around the U.S. He has a B.A. from University of Cincinnati and a J.D. from Case Western Reserve University Law School. 

Elizabeth Patterson Roe is associate professor of Social Work and recently spent her sabbatical working with World Relief of Akron in their local refugee resettlement efforts. She is co-editing a special issue of Social Work and Christianity on practice with immigrants and refugees. She has a B.A. from Mount Vernon Nazarene University, an M.S.W. from Roberts Wesleyan College, and a Ph.D. from Memorial University (Canada) School of Social Work.