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DePaul Migration Collaborative

🌍 Building community-powered solutions for migration, mobility & human rights
📍 Chicago

05/29/2026

The DePaul Migration Collaborative Practitioner in Residence program is now accepting applications for the 2026–2027 cycle. Designed for advocates, practitioners, and experts working in migration and human rights, the program supports projects that advance practical and community-centered responses to today's most pressing challenges.

Practitioners gain access to research support, student assistants, university resources, and opportunities to engage with broader conversations around migration and policy. If your work seeks to create meaningful impact and develop solutions that can extend beyond a single project, we encourage you to apply.
📩 Want to get involved or learn more? Drop us a DM or email us at [email protected] — we’d love to connect!
[practitioner in residence, migration research, human rights, forced migration, immigration advocacy, research opportunities, DePaul migration collaborative]
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05/27/2026

The DePaul Migration Collaborative Solutions Lab Research Grant program is now accepting applications for the 2026–2027 cycle. Solutions Lab supports interdisciplinary and community-engaged research projects that address key migration challenges through collaboration and applied research.

Projects are designed in partnership with community organizations and support work that creates meaningful impact while expanding opportunities for research, learning, and engagement. If your work brings together scholarship and community collaboration, we encourage you to apply.
Link in bio
📩 Want to get involved or learn more? Drop us a DM or email us at [email protected] — we’d love to connect!
[migration research, community partnerships, solutions lab, interdisciplinary research, immigrant communities, applied research, DePaul opportunities]
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05/25/2026

Last chance to RSVP for From Hardship to Leadership: Cultivating Community Amongst Chicago's New Arrivals. Join Monica Reyes for a virtual conversation exploring research with Nuevos Vecinos and the ways newly arrived migrants in Chicago transform experiences of hardship into leadership through community, dignity, and collective care.

Drawing on community-based research, this talk highlights how support systems rooted in respect and reciprocity foster resilience and create spaces where people build connection, belonging, and a sense of chosen family.
Link in bio
📩 Want to get involved or learn more? Drop us a DM or email us at [email protected] — we’d love to connect!
[migrant communities, Chicago migration research, community resilience, migration studies, Nuevos Vecinos, immigrant communities, DePaul events]

05/22/2026

Applications are now open for the DePaul Migration Collaborative's Practitioner in Residence and Solutions Lab programs. Whether you are advancing community-engaged research, developing practical responses to migration challenges, or building partnerships that create meaningful impact, these opportunities support work at the intersection of migration, mobility, and human rights.

The Practitioner in Residence program supports advocates and external practitioners working on forced migration, immigration, and human rights, while Solutions Lab supports interdisciplinary faculty research projects developed in partnership with community organizations. Join a network of scholars, practitioners, and community leaders working toward innovative and community-centered solutions.

For Solutions Lab: Community organizations interested in partnering with DePaul faculty on a collaborative research or applied project are encouraged to connect with the DePaul Migration Collaborative directly regarding the Solutions Lab Research Grant Program. Organizations with a research need, programmatic challenge, communications initiative, evaluation project, storytelling effort, or other idea that could benefit from partnership with faculty and students are invited to reach out to [email protected] to explore potential project ideas and faculty matches prior to the application deadline.
🔗Links in Bio
📩 Want to get involved or learn more? Drop us a DM or email us at [email protected] — we’d love to connect!
[migration research, community partnerships, practitioner in residence, solutions lab, human rights research, DePaul opportunities, migration initiatives]
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05/20/2026

CIAS in Practice brings together practical tools and trauma-informed approaches for professionals working on asylum cases. Informed by the Dr. Bekteshi's CIAS (Contextual Influence in Acculturative Stress) framework participants can expect a hands-on practical application of tools for asylum interviewing, documentation, and cross-disciplinary coordination. Led by DMC Practitioner in Residence Dr. Venera Bekteshi, this applied session is designed for immigration attorneys, social workers, clinicians, and allied practitioners seeking strategies that support more responsive and effective practice.

Participants will explore topics including delayed disclosure, interpreter and dialect challenges, interdisciplinary coordination, and reflection practices for navigating difficult cases and follow-up needs. Through guided discussion and practical examples, the session creates space for learning, collaboration, and strengthening approaches to care and advocacy.

📅 June 9, 2026
🕛 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
🍽 Lunch Included
📍 1 East Jackson Blvd, Chicago IL 60604; 11th Floor, Room 11042 (North Cafe)
🗎 1.5 CLE credit
RSVP through the QR code or Link in bio
[asylum advocacy, trauma informed practice, immigration law, refugee support, legal practice, asylum interviewing, practitioner training]
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05/14/2026

Join us for a virtual talk with Monica Reyes sharing research conducted in partnership with Nuevos Vecinos, a Chicago-based organization supporting new arrivals. This conversation highlights how migrants navigate the challenges of displacement and the shelter system while building community, dignity, and support networks.
The research traces a powerful shift from hardship to leadership, as individuals who initially received support from Nuevos Vecinos often became active volunteers serving others. Through this process, communities form what many describe as a “chosen family,” creating spaces of trust, shared knowledge, and resilience.
Registration Link in bio
📩 Want to get involved or learn more? Drop us a DM or email us at [email protected]
— we’d love to connect!
[migrant communities, community research, Chicago migrants, mutual aid, community resilience, migration studies, DePaul events]

05/12/2026

How can community partnerships help bridge gaps in healthcare access for migrants? This Solutions Lab presentation brings together Dr. Jay Baglia, Alice Woo, and Dr. Jessica Jerome to explore how research, practice, and policy intersect to address systemic health inequities. Dr. Baglia's project draws on local collaboration with CommunityHealth, a partner focused on providing health services at no charge to low-income or uninsured adults in Chicago. The panel will highlight how communication strategies can improve access to care, while also examining broader healthcare systems and models such as preventative, community-based approaches that reduce barriers for marginalized populations. Together, the session offers practical and comparative insights into building more equitable healthcare access.
Registration Link in bio
📩 Want to get involved or learn more? Drop us a DM or email us at [email protected]
— we’d love to connect!
[health equity, migrant health, healthcare access, community partnerships, public health research, immigrant healthcare, solutions lab event]

05/08/2026

Still reeling from last week’s symposium.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for a day of urgent conversations, critical reflection, and collective imagining around migration, rights, and protections. We left energized by the students, advocates, attorneys, organizers, scholars, and community members who filled the space with honesty, determination, and care.

Some of our favorite moments were watching connections happen in real time: conversations continuing in hallways long after sessions ended, new collaborations taking shape over coffee, and standing-room-only sessions filled with people committed to building something better together.

At a moment when so many systems feel designed to isolate and divide, gathering in community reminded us that another future is possible and that none of us are building it alone.

We’re incredibly grateful to everyone who made the symposium such a meaningful experience. More photos, reflections, and a full event roundup will be coming soon!

Did you have a favorite moment, insight, or new connection from the day? Find your peers below and keep the conversation going.

📸 : Sebastian Alarcon, DePaul Student Photo Agency

[Broken by design, DMC, Depaul, Chicago, Migration]

05/04/2026

Join us for the upcoming Solutions Lab Series, featuring two sessions that explore community, research, and collaboration in supporting new arrivals in Chicago. These conversations highlight how lived experiences and applied research can inform more inclusive and community-centered approaches.
📅 May 27 | 4:20–5:20 PM
From Hardship to Leadership: Cultivating Community Amongst Chicago’s New Arrivals
📅 May 28 | 12:00–1:30 PM
Plain Language, Shared Mission: Expanding Community Access to Health Education
Link in bio to register
📩 Want to get involved or learn more? Drop us a DM or email us at [email protected]
— we’d love to connect!
[migration research, community engagement, Chicago migrants, solutions lab, immigrant communities, applied research, DePaul events]

04/29/2026

The symposium concludes with a powerful reflection on the role of higher education in shaping inclusive and resilient communities. Delivered by GianMario Besana, Associate Provost for Global Engagement and Online Learning at DePaul University, this closing address centers on how institutions can respond to displacement through both values and action.

Grounded in DePaul’s Vincentian tradition, the remarks will highlight the importance of welcoming displaced students not as an act of charity alone, but as a commitment to justice, accompaniment, and long-term community building. Drawing from DePaul’s initiatives and broader research, this session underscores how access to education can transform lives while strengthening the communities we share.
To register: check out the link in our bio
[migration and education, refugee students, higher education access, global engagement, community building, human rights symposium, DePaul initiatives]

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