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Refugees & Immigration
This section includes articles with themes that include migrant workers, internally displaced peoples, and related topics.

The Virgin of Guadalupe in the North American Context

The story of the Virgin of Guadalupe is more than just a lens into indigenous Mexican Christianity, says Michael Phillips. It is a story of building cross-cultural alliances and subverting dominant understandings of power and relationship. [posted 1/27/05]

Ministering Unconditionally to Uprooted Peoples

The Gambia is a tiny African nation, a mere strip of land on the Atlantic Ocean. Refugees from throughout war-torn West Africa have come to it seeking aid. Bishop S. Tilewa Johnson describes the church's compassionate and powerful response to their plight. [posted 10/29/04]

Afghanistan Beyond Images

Afghanistan has fallen from the media's attention, and is now mostly considered to be a war-torn nation -- a modern-day Lebanon. Afghan refugee Leeza Ahmady wants people to know the other, beautiful face of her country. Sybille Ngo Nyeck shares Ahmady's love for her homeland. [posted 4/16/04]

Emigration from El Salvador: Exporting Hope

With El Salvador's election contextualized by endemic poverty, emigration has been a focus for hundreds of thousands. Almost 2 million Salvadorans live in the U.S., with only 6 million relatives in their home country. Susana Barrera examines the hope and despair in this international phenomenon. [ En Espanol and in English .]

Long Island Clergy Attend ?Immigration School?

March 7, 2004 was declared "Immigration Sunday" in the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island. Sybille Ngo Nyeck covered a diocesan-wide training event in February that looked at the plight of the quickly growing population of undocumented workers. [In French and English .] [posted 3/5/04]

A Tibetan Monk Escapes . . . to Brooklyn

Amchok Thubten spent three years in prison in China, jailed and tortured as a supporter of the Dalai Lama. An arduous path around the world landed him homeless and destitute in New York City, reports Robert Hirschfield, struggling with his pain and anger but finding hope in helping others. [posted 11/25/03]

Searching for Peace & Healing in Burundi

The Central African nation of Burundi has been enveloped in civil strife for years. South African priest Michael Lapsley visited the country recently to discuss methods of addressing personal trauma and communal reconciliation. He found Christianity complicit in its violent past. [posted 11/12/03]

Racial Profiling Will Not Create Peace
In the Second World War, Timothy Nakayama was taken from his Canadian home and put in an "internment camp" by his government. His wrongful war-time treatment has made him determined to resist current security measures that are targeted at specific ethnic groups. [posted 01/23/03]

Outside the City Walls: An Analysis of Immigration, Religious Urban Landscape, and Community
Xenophobia and nationalism are on the rise in Europe, a reaction to increased immigration in recent years. Searching for examples of peace amidst these rising tensions, Jonathan Reiber discovered The Community of St. Egidio. [posted 9/27/02]

How Many Immigrants Must You Imprison to Turn a Profit?
The private prison industry has grown exponentially in the past two decades, but recently their growth has stalled. May Va Lor reports that these politically opportunistic corporations have seized onto anti-immigrant sentiments as a way to sustain their profit margins. [posted 8/8/02]

The Hope of Immigrants
The greatest problem with the U.S. is that its citizens forget their familial stories — "or worse, we believe we have become better than our stories" — says Elizabeth Kaeton. As a parable, she relates the story of her grandmother’s lonely emigration to America at the age of 13. [posted 7/17/02]

You've Come Nowhere at All, Man!
How are DNA and sea anemones related to global violence? On the anniversary of the Second Intifada, Palestinian medical student Samah Jabr breaks down the brainless need of certain creatures — like humans — to choose war over peaceful coexistence. [posted 10/12/01]

Getting the Story Straight
What is terrorism? Human rights advocate Thomas Ambrogi finds fault with the U.S. media’s coverage of the Israel/ Palestine conflict.

The Church Up to Its Ears in Chicken
Having chicken for dinner? Think twice. Outspoken labor activist and Episcopal priest Jim Lewis reports on labor, environment, and social problems in the poultry industry.

From Cosmic Silence to Dancing Trinity: The Church of Sweden in a Time of Challenges
Mikael Mogren, reporting on the social and cultural challenges in his nation of Sweden, says that no one regularly goes to church. Even without parishioners, the relationship between church & state in his society won’t let the churches close.

Room 407
Everyone in the Immigration & Naturalization Service room is anxious and fearful: their lives will be permanently affected by what happens in that room. Robert Sterry tells the story of his visit to Room 407.

Violence Begets Violence
A one-time supporter of the State of Israel, Richard Toll has become heartsick by recent visits to the Middle East. In a Lenten sermon, Richard Toll reflects on violence during Jesus’ time and our own.