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Immigrant Communities Teach A Lesson in Faith

by CCDA Guest on April 15, 2020

Reflections from Jarrett Meek, MDivPastor/Executive Director/Founder, Mission Adelante, Inc Mission Adelante did a survey of their Kansas City community during the first week of the "stay-at-home" order and found some sobering realities.  There were 339 total responses; 295 [...]
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Filed Under: Immigration Tagged With: City planning, Covid-19, economy, immigration, income, Kansas City, Mission Adelante

Building Bridges of Justice

by christina on April 15, 2020

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by Christina Foor “The bridges have closed.” We heard this untimely news at the "Voices from the Desert Conference", our Southwest Border Region’s Conference in February this year. Hours before, the “Remain in Mexico” Policy had been blocked in federal court. The atmosphere at the [...]
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Filed Under: Immigration Tagged With: Abara, border, bridge builder, conference, immigration, local network, migration, SW Border Conference, vote

Holding onto Hope

by CCDA Guest on December 9, 2019

I’ve been thinking a lot about the first Advent and the early years of Jesus’ childhood. I wonder what Mary was thinking as she brought her son into the world, so far from home.  Instead of nesting she had to flee to Bethlehem.  So much for planning a cozy home birth. And yet, she held [...]
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Filed Under: Devotionals, Immigration Tagged With: advent, hope, immigration, Mary, Nativity, sanctuary

CCDA & Value Our Families Coalition

by CCDA Guest on July 24, 2019

By Jamesetta Tambah On Wednesday, July 17th, I had the opportunity to advocate in Washington D.C. on behalf of my family on the issue of immigration.  I am Jamesetta Tambah, the daughter of Liberian refugees who came to the United States in the early 90’s under Temporary Protected [...]
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Filed Under: Immigration, Justice Initiatives & Advocacy, Listening to the Community Tagged With: Advocacy, immigration, refugee

Who is My Neighbor Part IV: Guatemala

by CCDA Guest on September 17, 2018

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CCDA Global Connections presents: Who is My Neighbor, a six-part blog series recounting stories and impacts from a trip to Central America, written from a CCDA perspective. Part IV: Guatemala, a Light in the Dark by Michael Phillip “GOD HAS COME HERE TO STAY SO DARKNESS HAS TO LEAVE!” It is hard to [...]
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Filed Under: General, Immigration, Justice Initiatives & Advocacy Tagged With: central america, Guatemala, immigration, slums

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