The Tennessee World Affairs Council
in association with
Belmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce present a symposium
Migration: Global to Local Challenges
October 13, 2021 – 11:30am-1:00 pm CT
Moderator
David Plazas
Opinion and Engagement Director for the USA TODAY Tennessee Network and The Tennessean
Global Migration Trends
Dr. Marie McAuliffe, Head, Migration Policy Research Division, UN International Organization for Migration, Geneva
Climate and Migration
Pablo Escribano, Regional Thematic Specialist in Migration, Environment and Climate Change in the Regional Office for Central America, North America and the Caribbean of the International Organization for Migration (IOM)
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Migration and America
Molly Hilligoss, Network Director, Welcoming America
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Migration and the State of Tennessee
TBD
David Plazas
David Plazas is the Opinion and Engagement Director for the USA TODAY Network newsrooms in Tennessee and The Tennessean where he serves an editorial writer, opinion columnist, op-ed editor and an editorial board member. He has written award-winning columns on affordable housing, government accountability and civic engagement. He leads the acclaimed Civility Tennessee campaign.
Dr. Marie McAuliffe
Marie McAuliffe is the head of the Migration Policy Research Division in the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the co-chief editor of the next World Migration Report (with Martin Ruhs).
Marie is an international migration specialist with almost 20 years of experience in migration as a practitioner, program manager, senior official and researcher. Marie has published/edited in academic and policy spheres on migrant smuggling, asylum seekers, refugees, irregular migration and enhancing protection in Southeast Asia.
She is an elected member of the Scientific Committee of the Swiss Network for International Studies in Geneva. She is a Senior Fellow at the Global Migration Centre at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, and a visiting scholar at the Population Institute at Hacettepe University in Ankara. Marie is also a member of the Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection’s Migration Research Advisory Group.
Marie has led research, analysis and policy teams in government and has consulted to IOM, ILO as well as in the private sector, including in South Korea, Russia, Central Asia and Turkey. For three years (2012–2014) Marie directed the Australian irregular migration research program.
In late 2014 she was awarded a Sir Roland Wilson scholarship to complete her doctoral research at the Australian National University’s School of Demography on the irregular maritime migration of Hazara asylum seekers to Australia.
Pablo Escribano
Pablo Escribano is the Regional Thematic Specialist in Migration, Environment and Climate Change in the Regional Office for Central America, North America and the Caribbean of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). He has held various positions within IOM both at Geneva Headquarters and at the Regional Offices based in Brussels and Dakar. He has a Master’s Degree in Political Science and a Master’s Degree in History from the Institute of Political Studies in Paris.
About the International Organization for Migration
IOM works to help ensure the orderly and humane management of migration to promote international cooperation on migration issues, to assist in the search for practical solutions to migration problems and to provide humanitarian assistance to migrants in need, including refugees and internally displaced people. More
Mollie Hilligoss
Molly is the Network Director at Welcoming America. Previously, she was the Midwest Regional Manager providing technical assistance to community partners and members of the Welcoming Network based in the Midwestern U.S.
Before joining the organization, Molly served as the Social Justice and Advocacy Director for YWCA La Crosse, where she focused on mission impact strategy and public policy initiatives. She also worked as the director of Volunteer Services for La Puente Home in Alamosa, CO, where she supervised a large residential AmeriCorps Program and oversaw a wide range community engagement projects.
Molly has experience in capacity building, equity work, and is strongly committed to building community through constructive dialogue and meaningful action. Molly attended Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH, where she studied social and global studies. She lives with her wife and two sons in La Crosse, WI.
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