Engage Your Family

Engage Your Family

by | Nov 1, 2018 | Migration 2018 Middle School

WATCH Pope Francis’ Video (Above) on the four action steps for migration.  DISCUSS:  What was most impactful in this video for you?  As a family how can we be motivated and driven by love to take at least one of these action steps?...
Raise Your Voice

Raise Your Voice

by | Nov 1, 2018 | Migration 2018 Middle School

We all have a choice to be driven by love or be driven by fear.  Start a movement by making buttons, signs, and use social media to encourage others to be driven by love.  Begin in your classrooms, youth groups, and families and then move out to the...
Step 4: Take Action

Step 4: Take Action

by | Oct 31, 2018 | Migration 2018 Middle School

DEVELOP AN ACTION PLANDivide the class/group into four groups Welcome, Protect, Promote, Integrate.  Provide each group an explanation of one action step to accompany migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers (use the info from What Does the Church Say or find...
Neighbor Focus, Taiwan

Neighbor Focus, Taiwan

by | Oct 31, 2018 | Migration 2018 Middle School

Imagine that you see an ad that says “Help Wanted”- jobs in factories, construction, households, and fishing boats.  Hours: 12-15 hours a day; must leave your home country; working conditions-poor; pay below minimum wage.Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers...
Step 2: Make Personal Connections

Step 2: Make Personal Connections

by | Oct 31, 2018 | Migration 2018 Middle School

READ: the Faith Perspective article as a class/group. DISCUSS:  Around the world, the majority of refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers are compelled to leave their homes out of a sense of desperation.  They are seeking safety, food, shelter, work, and...