Julie Gianelloni, a former employee of the US Foreign Service reflects on a valuable lesson she learned early in her career.

Immigration has recently appeared in the news as a hot-button issue. People have become bitterly divided whether, and how, we should welcome immigrants into our country.

Americans, too, can persevere. With humanity and civility in our hearts, we will overcome what divides us. 

The Racial Harmony Commission of the Diocese of Baton Rouge, in collaboration with the Southern University Law Center, the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University, the Sisters of St. Joseph and the Institute for Black Catholic Studies at Xavier University, sponsored a virtual lecture by Dr. Shannen Dee Williams, Professor of History at Villanova University.