How To Support Immigrants with a Fantastic T-Shirt
The Modern Church Lady had the great privilege of being interviewed by Edafe Okporo for his The Asylum series of his This is Edafe Okporo podcast. The interview focuses on…
Protesting Blood Money Made Off the Backs of Immigrants
Scenes from the Lights for Liberty protest held at Essex County Jail on July 12, 2019 Behind this barbed wire immigrants are warehoused Transformed into capital assets that generate funds for suburban…
New Year’s Resolutions Inspired by Courageous Asylum Seekers
Thinking about her 2019 New Year’s resolutions, the Modern-Day Church Lady revisits her 2018 resolutions to remove four self-defeating phrases from her vocabulary: I can’t, I couldn’t, Not Enough and…
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…
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…
A Surprisingly Good Nigerian Cocktail Not to Miss
Celebrating the successes of successful Asylum Seekers means adding new things to your entertaining repertoire. Enter the Chapman Cocktail from Nigeria.
Hope in a Dark Time for Asylum Seekers
Edafe Okporo’s story offers hope in a time when many of us feel despair about the state of immigration in the United States.
Detained Immigrants: Their Hope and Despair in One Photo
A life force distorted by captivity. Just like the asylum seekers I visit in detention. That was my first thought upon seeing these photos of the incarcerated trees from the…
Immigration Detention: The Agony in Haunting Pictures
“But when a people see their humanity denied, art is a defense of that humanity.” Héctor Tobar, New York Times I was moved by the New York Times Op-Ed written…
New Years 2018: An Inspiring Story of Caring
This is the last in a series of 4 stories that shaped the Modern Church Lady’s New Years resolutions. Here’s the third story about Edafe, an asylee who taught me…
