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…
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…
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…
