How to Expand Your Horizons Through Asylee Friendships
In reconnecting with an asylee friend on a recent trip to Washington D.C., the modern church lady reflects on how her friendships with asylees have enriched her life. Mahmoud is…
How to Keep Guatemalan Women Off the Migrant Caravan
The Modern-Day Church Lady recounts an inspiring economic solution she witnessed on a recent trip to Guatemala that helps women thrive in the countryside. The vehemently negative comments I get…
3 Reasons The Migrant Caravan Is Marching To The United States
Angered by the President’s gross mischaracterizations of the migrant caravan, the Modern-Day Church Lady sets the record straight about why people leave Central America based on her recent travels to…
The True Character of the People on the Migrant Caravan
While tear gas is lobbed over boarder walls at innocent women and children in the migrant caravan traveling from Central America, the Modern-Day Church Lady meets a young immigrant from…
5 Good Reasons To Host An Asylee In Your Home
With the holidays coming fast and furious, the Modern-Day Church Lady offers 5 reasons to host asylees (people who have been granted asylum) in your home, for the holidays or…
The Hopes and Fears of Living in a Black Swan World
As the church lady steels herself for the results of the mid-term elections, she is both wary of and hopeful for the unpredictable black swan moments that might emerge from…
Rejecting Inequity for a Comfortable Communal Life
The word socialism has sprung into our political discourse, but with a new hopeful and vibrant meaning. This new socialism has captured the imagination of the young and is beginning…
Why is an African Grandmother in Immigration Detention?
I tried to focus on the young woman I was visiting at the Elizabeth Detention Center. But my attention kept being drawn to the West African grandmother surrounded by her…
Great Advice from Uzo Aduba on How to Talk About Race
When the actress Uzo Aduba answered a question about how to talk about race when you don’t know what words to use, I leaned forward. Aduba, who is best known…
3 Unexpected Things Asylum Seekers Miss Most in Detention
“When I get out of here, I’m not taking anything for granted” Those were some of the first words out of the young African woman’s mouth when I sat down…
