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Half Half

by CCDA Guest on June 1, 2023

by Dr. Sunny Sue Chang Jonas In 1992, May was officially designated as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.* As an Asian American, I am grateful to stand on the shoulders of those who identified as such before us and to stand alongside those who currently identify as Asian American. We [...]
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Filed Under: Affinity Networks, CCDA, Listening to the Community Tagged With: AAPI, intersectionality, liminal

Communal Stories for Community Thriving

by CCDA Guest on May 30, 2023

by Chandra Crane As a Mixed Thai-American minister working with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in the Jackson Metro area, one of the things that first drew me to the Christian Community Development Association is the emphasis on listening to the community in which we are serving. Healthy [...]
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Filed Under: Affinity Networks, CCDA, Listening to the Community Tagged With: AAPI, community, listening to the community, multiethnic

The Church Can Play a Role in Healing Trauma

by CCDA Guest on May 22, 2023

by Aminah Vargas, LSW Let's face it, trauma is a topic that's on everyone's lips. It's the response to a deeply distressing or disturbing event that overwhelms an individual's nervous system, disrupts their ability to cope, and causes feelings of helplessness. As a licensed social worker and [...]
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Filed Under: Listening to the Community Tagged With: behavioral health, church, healing trauma, mental health, mental health awareness month, trauma

From Despair to Hope: My Journey Navigating Grief and Trauma Following a Car Accident

by CCDA Guest on May 8, 2023

by Terence Lester, Ph.D. CW: car accident, trauma, depression Saturday, May 14 was one of the hardest nights of my life. It was the day after I received the “Humanitarian of the Year” award from the National Urban League of Greater Atlanta. After celebrating this honor with a few friends, [...]
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Filed Under: Affinity Networks, CCDA Tagged With: behavioral health, despair, grief, hope, mental health, mental health awareness month, Terence Lester, trauma

Doing Asian American Theology: Contextuality & Particularity

by CCDA Guest on April 28, 2023

by Dr. Daniel D. Lee "At an Asian American conference, after presenting a survey of current scholarship on Asian American theology, the speaker asked the attendees, mostly Asian American pastors, Is this helpful? Do we need this? While the speaker phrased the question as one of usefulness, [...]
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Filed Under: Book Reviews, CCDA Tagged With: AAPI, asian american, author meetup, book, context, theology

Listening for Change: From Food Pantry to Co-Op Market

by CCDA Guest on April 23, 2023

HOTEL INC is a community development center located in the Delafield neighborhood of the West End of Bowling Green, KY. We work with neighbors who experience chronic material poverty and with people across our county experiencing homelessness. Our area’s poverty rate can be as high as 44%. In March [...]
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Filed Under: Affinity Networks, Listening to the Community Tagged With: affinity networks, economic empowerment, food pantry, listening, market

The Once-For All-Ceremony & the Redemption of All Creation

by CCDA Guest on April 9, 2023

by Corey Greaves With Indigenous eyes, I am keenly and uncomfortably aware that Western Christianity has morphed into individualism and a sense of superiority with regards to the rest of creation. It seems to me that Easter, as with many things in Western culture, has become compartmentalized. [...]
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Filed Under: Affinity Networks, Devotionals Tagged With: Corey Greaves, creation, easter, indigenous, Lakota, Yakama

Peace in the Storm: Reflections on the 2023 Border Southwest Conference

by CCDA Guest on April 4, 2023

Reflections by: Reflections by Nancy Lam Ciudad Nueva Community Outreach, Abara Borderland Connections in El Paso “Do not try to save the whole world or do anything grandiose,” the quote by Martha Postlethwaite, a United Methodist pastor, spiritual director, and counselor for addiction [...]
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Filed Under: CCDA, Immigration, Local Network, Membership Tagged With: border southwest, local network, peace, reflections, regional conference, self care, spiritual practices, wellbeing

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Half Half

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by Dr. Sunny Sue Chang Jonas In 1992, May was officially designated as Asian Pacific [...]
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