Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. and
Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights
are pleased to announce the second lecture in our
Immigration Speaker Series
Immigration in America:
The Intersection of Faith and Immigration
Panelist include:
Rabbi Morris Allen, Pastor Sergio Choy,
Pastor Yar Gonway-Gono, Imam Hassan Mohamud
Friday, May 19, 2006, 12:00 – 1:15 p.m.
at
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
U.S. Bank Plaza
200 South Sixth Street, Suite 4000, Minneapolis, MN
How do faith and immigration intersect? What is missing from the immigration debate from a faith perspective? Join us to hear panelists from a variety of faith perspectives address these questions.
Sergio Choy is pastor at a church he and his wife founded, Maranatha Evangelistic World Ministries, in the Twin Cities. Originally from Guatemala, he was raised in the U.S. Pastor Choy comes from a family of ministers. He decided to accept God’s calling and follow in his father’s footsteps, who worked as an advocate for immigrant rights in Hawaii with Sergio serving as his interpreter. His wife is a U.S. citizen originally from Honduras. They have two boy, ages 7 and 5.
Morris Allen is Rabbi of Beth Jacob Congregation in Mendota Heights. He was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1984 and received his Bachelor’s and Masters’ degree in Social Work from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Rabbi Allen is involved in numerous local and national initiatives including the Jewish Community Action and its work on behalf of undocumented workers, particularly in the Hispanic community.
Yar Gonway-Gono is Pastor of Discipleship of Park Avenue United Methodist Church, a multicultural church in South Minneapolis. She graduated from Gbarnga School of Theology in Bong County, Liberia; and earned her Masters of Divinity from Gammon Theological Seminary and her Masters of Theology from Candler School of Theology. In 2001 she earned her Ph.D from Emory University. Ms. Gonway-Gono has served congregations in Liberia, Georgia, Oklahoma and Minnesota.
Hassan Mohamud is Imam of Al-taqwa Mosque in St. Paul, Minnesota, vice-president of the Muslim-American Society of Minneapolis, and Director of the Islamic Law Institute of MAS-MN. A graduate in law from the Somali National University School of Law, he currently works as an immigration advocate for the Legal Aid Society of Minnesota. He has a Master of Arts in Islamic Law from the Higher Institute for Islamic Studies in Cairo, Egypt and a Juris Doctor from William Mitchell College of Law.
This immigration speaker series will be held on April 21, May 19 and June 16, 2006. Lectures are free and open to the public with advance registration. Lunch will be provided for those who pre-register. One Standard CLE will be requested. For more information, please contact Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights. You may find directions to Fredrikson & Byron at: www.fredlaw.com/contact.htm
Please R.S.V.P. to Aaron Van Alstine at Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights by noon on Tuesday, April 18, 2006. Phone: (612) 341-3302, ext. 127, avanalstine@mnadvocates.org.
Since 1993, Minnesota Advocates’ Building Immigrant Awareness and Support (B.I.A.S.) Project has been providing education on immigrant issues to combat anti-immigrant sentiment.
