Speaker Series
St. John’s Speaker Series is a popular adult education offering held between services at 10:00 AM on select Sundays from September to May. Nationally noted individuals, from scholars and poets to world leaders and faith leaders, present on pressing issues of the day and impactful historical events to expand our knowledge as individuals and as a community.
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May 4, 2025
The Refugee Committee will host policy expert Aaron Reichlin-Melnick.
He will discuss current policies impacting immigrants, refugees, and service providers.
May 4, 2025
10:00 am
This is the bio and photo for the confirmed May 4 Speaker Series. Title can be what I wrote below- “The Refugee Committee will host policy expert Aaron Reichlin-Melnick to discuss current policies impacting immigrants, refugees, and service providers." Thank you!
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick is Senior Fellow at the American Immigration Council, where he supports the Council’s administrative and legislative advocacy efforts to provide lawmakers, policymakers, advocates, and the general public with accurate and timely information about the role of immigrants in the United States. He previously served as the Policy Director, where he led the Council’s advocacy work. Before that worked at the Council as a Policy Counsel and as a Staff Attorney, where he worked in impact litigation aiming to address denials of due process to immigrants. Prior to joining the Council, he was an Immigrant Justice Corps Fellow placed as a Staff Attorney at the Immigration Law Unit of The Legal Aid Society in New York City, representing immigrants facing deportation. Aaron holds a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center and a B.A. in Politics and East Asian Studies from Brandeis University.