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Category: Atlanta Friends Meeting

A Happy, Hopeful, Hard New Year

January 1, 2021August 4, 2022 AntonLeave a comment

When a woman who is almost 50 years old requests a stuffed animal, you know it's a happy, hopeful, hard new year.

Posted in asylum, Atlanta Friends Meeting, hope, immigrants, Irwin County Detention Center, New Year's DayTagged asylees, asylum, immigrant women, Irwin County Detention Center, women's issues

Oooo, My Favorite!

December 25, 2020August 4, 2022 Anton1 Comment

There was room in the vehicle for an interfaith evening of illumination and joy.

Posted in Advent, asylum, Atlanta Friends Meeting, Christmas, hope, joy, love, peace, refugees

Yes, Please

August 24, 2020August 4, 2022 AntonLeave a comment

"My partner and I were attacked; he was killed and I had to flee."

Posted in asylum, Atlanta Friends Meeting, Black Lives Matter, COVID-19, Hospitality, immigrants, LGBTQ, love, Stewart Detention CenterTagged asylum, Hospitality, immigration detention, LGBTQ, trauma

This is not a “first-day-of-school” photo

August 15, 2020August 4, 2022 AntonLeave a comment

“M” is a high school student but this is not his “first-day-of-school” photo.

Posted in Atlanta Friends Meeting, Hospitality, Unaccompanied youth, Wage theftTagged Hospitality, Unaccompanied youth, Wage theft

The Happy Asylum-Seeker

August 13, 2020August 4, 2022 Anton1 Comment

"Allah must have a reason why I get to spend time with you. And for that I am happy!"

Posted in asylum, Atlanta Friends Meeting, COVID-19, hope, joy, Stewart Detention CenterTagged Arabian peninsula, Atlanta, immigration detention

Advent Every Day

December 28, 2019August 3, 2022 AntonLeave a comment

In the silence of last Sunday’s meeting for worship I heard one of the best Advent sermons ever.

Posted in Advent, Atlanta Friends Meeting, hope, joy, love, peace, silenceTagged Advent, hope, joy, love, peace, silence

What do you do?

November 4, 2019August 3, 2022 AntonLeave a comment

Someone at Atlanta Friends Meeting recently asked me, “What do you do?”

Posted in Atlanta Friends Meeting, cycling, Guatemala, immigrants, Innovation Law Lab, International Community School, Paz Amigos, Presencia, UncategorizedTagged Guatemala, Immigration, Innovation Law Lab, Paz Amigos, Presencia, Quakers

Rumblings

September 18, 2019September 25, 2019 Anton

Like the commuter trains that rumble just below the meetinghouse, already during my short tenure as Friend in Residence I sense the rumblings of Spirit.

Posted in Atlanta Friends Meeting, Charles Eisenstein, civic engagement, silence

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