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Category: Hospitality

Injustice, gratitude, and hope

November 25, 2022 AntonLeave a comment

Your gifts help curb literal and figurative hunger pangs as asylum seekers strive to fill a craving for justice.

Posted in accompaniment, Advent, asylum, Atlanta, Atlanta Friends Meeting, hope, Hospitality, housing, immigrants, immigration detention, UncategorizedTagged gratitude, hope, injustice

Come Down (Sermon on Luke 19:1-10)

October 30, 2022 AntonLeave a comment

Anton Flores-Maisonet delivered this sermon at Oakhurst Presbyterian Church.

Posted in asylum, Atlanta Friends Meeting, faith, Hospitality, Sermon, Stewart Detention CenterTagged Beloved Community, Gospel of Luke, Luke 19:1-10, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr, Oakhurst Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian

‘On the cusp of a crisis:’ Migrants make their way to Atlanta from border

September 16, 2022September 16, 2022 AntonLeave a comment

“Atlanta is on the cusp of a crisis,” Flores-Maisonet said. “Scores of vulnerable, unhoused people from a faraway land are arriving at our doorstep.”

Posted in asylum, Hospitality, housing, immigrants, Venezuela

CRISIS OR COMMUNITY? Welcoming unhoused Venezuelan asylum seekers

September 1, 2022September 1, 2022 AntonLeave a comment

The arrival of asylum seekers to Atlanta is an opportunity to build part of King's beloved community with those in need of refuge.

Posted in asylum, Atlanta, Hospitality, housing, immigrants, Uncategorized, Venezuela

Help us launch a new community

August 28, 2022October 1, 2022 Anton1 Comment

Casa Alterna is launching a new community in the city of Atlanta where asylum seekers and U.S. citizens can live together and exercise their communal gifts of hospitality, compassion, and solidarity.

Posted in asylum, Atlanta Mennonite Church, HospitalityTagged asylum seekers, Atlanta, community, Hospitality

On prophets and “pastorcitos”

July 15, 2022August 12, 2022 Anton2 Comments

I hope little Israel knows that I see that of God in him.

Posted in accompaniment, asylum, Atlanta Friends Meeting, Children, essay, hope, Hospitality, housing, immigrants, UncategorizedTagged asylum seekers, Children, Hospitality, Quakers

Hospitality is the gift of a mirror

July 9, 2022July 10, 2022 Anton1 Comment

Hospitality is a spiritual practice that reveals what our hearts believe.

Posted in accompaniment, asylum, Black Lives Matter, hope, Hospitality, immigration detention, UncategorizedTagged faith, God, Hospitality, self-reflection

One Long Journey

February 22, 2022July 10, 2022 Anton1 Comment

Life is one long journey. Along the way we encounter unexpected turns and moments when we wish we could just turn around but can't.

Posted in accompaniment, asylum, faith, hope, Hospitality, immigrants, immigration detention, love, Stewart Detention Center

Love Crosses Borders for Alumnus

February 21, 2022February 21, 2022 Anton1 Comment

Anton Flores-Maisonet (B.S.W. ’92) frequently commutes from Decatur, Ga., to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to provide hospitality, assistance and accompaniment to recently arrived immigrants and asylum seekers at no cost.

Posted in asylum, Atlanta Friends Meeting, hope, Hospitality, housing, immigrants, immigration detention, joy, love, Stewart Detention CenterTagged immigration detention

Surely, God is with us

December 18, 2021July 10, 2022 AntonLeave a comment

Jorge, with watery eyes proclaimed to Yeldín, "Seguramente, Dios está con nosotros." ("Surely, God is with us.")

Posted in Advent, hope, Hospitality, immigrants, immigration detention, Stewart Detention CenterTagged breaking bread, Ed Loring, generosity, God is with us, radical hospitality

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