Schedule

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Please note: Schedule is subject to change.

Friday, Nov. 16th

3:30      Registration Begins

4:30      Gathering, Music & Reconnecting

4:50      Welcome and Introductions

5:00      Opening Prayer

5:15        Breaking Open the IFTJ Theme

5:25       Keynote: Simone Campbell, S.S.S., Executive Director, NETWORK-A Catholic Social Justice Lobby

5:55       Student Speakers -
The Jesuit Just Employment Project: Felicia Carter and Vail Kohnert-Yount
The St. Louis Project: Extending Jesuit Community to the Marginalized: Trevor Schramm

6:10       Dinner Break

8:00      Networking Session #1

8:40      Student Speakers
A Lesson from Celina and Elba Ramos: Recognizing the Theologians in Our Midst: Beth Mueller and Natalie Terry
Living Nostra Aetate: Dialoguing with Muslims: Jordan Denari

9:10     Keynote: Gabriel Bol Deng, Former Lost Boy of Sudan and Founder of Hope for Ariang

9:40     Closing Prayer

9:55     T-Shirt Swap

Saturday, Nov. 17th

8:30     Re-gather/ Announcements

8:45     Opening Prayer/Music

9:00     Student Speaker
Remembering the Jesuit Martyrs of El Salvador: Laura Snowden and Beth Keenan

9:10      Keynote:  Merlys Mosquera Chamat, Regional Director of Jesuit Refugee Service Latin America and Caribbean

9:40     Student Speaker
On a Mission: Turning Passion into Action for the Anti-sweatshop Movement: Andrew Hermann

10:00     Breakout Session #1

10:50   Break

11:10    Breakout Session #2

12:00    Lunch Break

1:30     Breakout Session #3

2:20    Break

2:35    Networking Session #2

3:10    Advocacy Training

4:35   Student Speaker
Tutoring Tomorrow Today: An Innovative Initiative Building a More Inclusive Society: Nestor Pimienta 

4:50   Keynote: Fred Kammer, S.J., Executive Director of Jesuit Social Research Institute

5:20    Prayer for the Martyrs and all those who stood up for justice

5:45    Break and Dinner

8:20    Public Witness (will take place at Lower Senate Park adjacent to Capitol Hill)

Sunday, Nov. 18th

9:00     Advocacy Networking Session

10:00  Liturgy