The arrival of asylum seekers to Atlanta is an opportunity to build part of King's beloved community with those in need of refuge.
CRISIS OR COMMUNITY? Welcoming unhoused Venezuelan asylum seekers
Category: Hospitality
Help us launch a new community
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.
On prophets and “pastorcitos”
I hope little Israel knows that I see that of God in him.
Hospitality is the gift of a mirror
Hospitality is a spiritual practice that reveals what our hearts believe.
One Long Journey
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.
Love Crosses Borders for Alumnus
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.
Surely, God is with us
Jorge, with watery eyes proclaimed to YeldÃn, "Seguramente, Dios está con nosotros." ("Surely, God is with us.")
When ICE detainees are dropped off at Atlanta airport, this group helps
As travelers milled about Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on a recent Thursday afternoon, an unmarked white van came to a stop beside the airport’s domestic terminal, having completed its two-hour trip from a sprawling immigration detention facility in Southwest Georgia.
B.’s Attitude
The unspeakable happened; B.'s beloved suffered a miscarriage.
Fun with futons and new friends
This was our guest’s first full day of freedom in the United States; he had plenty of free time and wanted to see the area.
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