Guest Blog by: Sarah Quezada When my husband Billy came to California from Guatemala, he got a job as a laborer on an underground cable construction crew. During the next couple of years, he was promoted through the company and began working as a lead inspector. His bosses loved him. He was hard working, […]Continue Reading →
Guest blog by Tim Campbell In mid-June 2011, my wife Angela and I had lunch with five families involved in our programs at Hope for Atlanta. All of us are Latinos–well, I guess you could say that I have been graciously accepted as a part of the ‘Raza.’ Angela is an American citizen from […]Continue Reading →
Guest blog by: Natalie Burris Christians in the United States have historically been involved in important social issues. Unfortunately, Christians have far too often found ourselves on the wrong side of history. Throughout American history, Christians have supported issues that appeared to enjoy a Scriptural basis, but looking back today, it is clear that […]Continue Reading →
All Christians agree that we are called to care for those who are poor and vulnerable: the Scriptures are replete with statements both of God’s love for the poor and of his explicit command that his people love, protect, and seek justice for those who are impoverished or oppressed. Christians do not uniformly agree, […]Continue Reading →
The movie abUSed: The Postville Raid details how the small farming and manufacturing community of Postville, Iowa became the center of debate over immigration. Woody Guthrie’s age-old song ‘This Land Was Made for You and Me’ plays, as the movie begins, over a backdrop of scenery from small town America. The lyrics mirror Psalm […]Continue Reading →
Guest blog by: Will Coley Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. – Philippians 4:8 With so much news and information bombarding us each day, it’s good to take time to reflect on […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by Cindi Peterson A Better Life, PG-13, a drama released in limited theaters on June 24, 2011, is insightful, authentic, engaging, and much more than a search for a truck. My heart broke and my stomach grabbed in enough scenes to move me to a fresh appreciation of the value of […]Continue Reading →
Anyone paying any attention to the news over the past several weeks is aware that Libya is in the midst of a political upheaval inspired by the successful, peaceful revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia. Sadly, the Libyan situation has become very violent: as the Libyan government has stubbornly clung to power, as many as […]Continue Reading →
In 1960, a few college students started a sit-in movement that swept the nation. In 2010, a few college students set out on a mission to get their rooms in the Inn. It wasn’t until 1964 that Civil Rights legislation finally made it through Congress and became the law of the land. But the change began in 1960. And it may be a few more years until just and fair immigration reform becomes the law of the land, but the change has already begun. The Movement has started.Continue Reading →
In the world of policy it is easy to forget that policy affects people.
It’s certainly not that I don’t interact with undocumented immigrants. I’m sure I brush their shoulders everyday on the train as they’re riding to work. I’m sure I consume food they cook, purchase products they make, and lived in homes they’ve built. My everyday existence is deeply connected to a group of people that is more of a number to me than a face.Continue Reading →
