Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series, “Migration, Trade and Brutality: A Journey through Mexico and Central America”, written by David Schmidt regarding his travels in the summer of 2012.
Before I left home for this trip across Mexico and Central America, a friend in San Diego warned me to be […]Continue Reading →
Editor’s note: This blog originally appeared on Bread for the World’s blog. Permission was given by the moderator to repost. It also appeared on the G92 blog in December 2013. My dad was a born a migrant. He likes to talk about the storm that was raging the night of his birth, but […]Continue Reading →
Editor’s Note: This blog is the eighth part of a series, “Migration, Trade and Brutality: A Journey through Mexico and Central America”, written by David Schmidt regarding his travels in the summer of 2012. The goal of this series is to educate and inform readers about the reasons why immigrants come to our country so […]Continue Reading →
Editors Note: This first appeared on March 3, 2014 on the author’s blog, aboutproximity.com It was not something I thought so much about. Often, people in the shadows come to light, but the fact that we can do something about it… really […]Continue Reading →
Editor’s note: This blog originally appeared on Bread for the World’s blog. Permission was given by the moderator to repost. My dad was a born a migrant. He likes to talk about the storm that was raging the night of his birth, but there was an even greater […]Continue Reading →
I was born in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico. I am one of five children. When my parents decided to move to the United States, it was due to our living circumstances. My parents’ priority was ensuring that we, their children, would have a better education and a better childhood—one […]Continue Reading →
Editor’s note: This is a spoken word piece written by Sarah Northrup that was inspired by her reflections on immigration and the Statue of Liberty (Read the blog post here.). It originally appeared on Sarah’s personal blog, Seeds of Hope. Permission was given by the author to repost. […]Continue Reading →
Editor’s note: This blog is the sixth part of a series, “Migration, Trade and Brutality: A Journey through Mexico and Central America”, written by David Schmidt regarding his travels in the summer of 2012. The goal of this series is to educate and inform readers about the reasons why immigrants come to our country […]Continue Reading →
Editor’s note: This post originally appeared on Dr. M. Daniel Carroll Rodas’s blog on the Denver Seminary website. Permission was given by the author to repost. From July 5 to July 7, I was in Tijuana, Mexico. I flew into San Diego, and then took a bus and then the trolley to the Mexican border. I met Josh […]Continue Reading →
Editor’s note: This blog is the fifth part of a series, “Migration, Trade and Brutality: A Journey through Mexico and Central America”, written by David Schmidt regarding his travels in the summer of 2012. The goal of this series is to educate and inform readers about the reasons why immigrants come to our country […]Continue Reading →
