“The difference between charity and justice is changing the system. Haiti was a disaster even before the earthquake, but it was a disaster of our own doing, not natural forces.” — Trish Major (friend and local activist). I got my first passport to go to Haiti. I think the year was 1992, and I was [...]
Posts Tagged ‘refugees’
Guest country: Haiti
Posted in Africa, tagged Doctors Without Borders, earthquake, Habitat for Humanity, Haiti, refugees, UMCOR on January 16, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Breaking Bread & Barriers
Posted in dinner, tagged dinner, immigrants, refugees, United Methodist Church on December 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“Hospitality is in our DNA.” — Rev. Kalaba Chali, pastor of the Lover’s Lane UMC’s Heart of Africa Fellowship We went to a small but lovely event tonight. Breaking Bread & Barriers is a national movement with hopes of bringing immigrants and non-immigrants together to share a meal and to know each other. The idea [...]



