9/26: BUSSW and BU School of Theology Discuss Migration — The Asylum Seekers Book Talk
Join BU School of Social Work (BUSSW) and BU School of Theology (STH) during Alumni Weekend 2025 for a conversation on migration. BUSSW Professor Luz López, director of the MSW/MPH dual degree program and faculty affiliate of the BU Center for Forced Displacement, will address issues at the border of Rio Grande Valley Texas and Mexico. She will be joined by Rev. Cristina Rathbone (STH’09) who will discuss her latest publication The Asylum Seekers: A Chronicle of Life, Death, and Community at the Border. STH PhD Candidate Daniel Montañez (’18, ’25) whose scholarship focuses on the church and migration, will moderate the conversation.
Event Date & Location
Friday, September 26, 2025
12:30 – 2pm EST | In-Person
BU School of Theology
3rd Floor, Room 325
745 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Mass.
This event is free and open to all BU community members.