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Oct 18
3 min

you may want to sit down for this

Until today, we had never before sent the same email to subscribers of The Off Ramp and of Threads by Nomad. You may recall, however, tha...

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Butch Green

Oct 14
2 min

arrival during a pandemic

How have you been during this pandemic? Every one of us has been affected in some way. Consider for a moment how it might affect refugees...

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Basket-making in Uganda: How Your Gifts Are Changing Deborah's Life

Nell Green

Oct 11
2 min

Basket-making in Uganda: How Your Gifts Are Changing Deborah's Life

by Missy Ward Angalla Amani Sasa seeks to minister with and among refugees through offering safety, wholeness and empowerment so that the...

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Nell Green

Sep 22
1 min

a letter to you from dalia

Dear brothers, sisters, friends: We give thanks to the creative Force, God mother and father, for the opportunity to continue joining our...

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a few food pics for your monday morning (and an important announcement)

Nell Green

Sep 21
2 min

a few food pics for your monday morning (and an important announcement)

Why in the world would we be posting a bunch of food pics first thing on a Monday morning? Because these are some of the meals I was serv...

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one week, two events: how will you connect with us?

Nell Green

Sep 14
2 min

one week, two events: how will you connect with us?

These are busy days at The Off Ramp! We've got so much going on we can barely keep it all straight! So, assuming you're not paying as clo...

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Nell Green

Sep 14
2 min

one year later: someone was listening

by Christen One year ago, I traveled to Chiapas, Mexico. My job was to explore, on behalf of The Off Ramp, the possibility of a new proje...

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Nell Green

Aug 29
1 min

We must learn more so we can do more.

Human trafficking is a 9.5 billion-dollar industry. That is more than Nike, Starbucks, and Google combined. And the pandemic has only add...

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Nell Green

Aug 12
1 min

When crisis follows crisis...

An often overlooked consequence of the pandemic is the plight of refugees across the globe. Many more of them are in need of emergency as...

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What's in your "need to learn more about" box?

Nell Green

Jul 29
2 min

What's in your "need to learn more about" box?

If you are like me, you are ZOOMED OUT! These days of pandemic have meant that we are constantly online trying to work and/or connect fro...

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From Michoacán to Mexicali and a hopeful return to Chiapas

Nell Green

Jul 15
3 min

From Michoacán to Mexicali and a hopeful return to Chiapas

Do you remember Vero, the talented young weaver? Last summer, we met her and some of her friends in Chiapas, Mexico and offered her a gra...

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Nell Green

Jun 25
1 min

Finally, some good news!

I have known Missy Ward Angalla since she began her service with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship more than ten years ago. I have a dee...

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The Story of a Stole: Celebrating World Refugee Day

Nell Green

Jun 17
3 min

The Story of a Stole: Celebrating World Refugee Day

World Refugee Day is this Saturday, June 20. Originally we had planned on big events, both in Atlanta and in Washington, DC. We are of co...

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5 suggestions to move forward in ending racial discrimination

Nell Green

Jun 17
1 min

5 suggestions to move forward in ending racial discrimination

The protests resulting from George Floyd’s asphyxiation by a white police officer arose just as COVID-19 measures were being loosened som...

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face masks on the border: evidence of love

Nell Green

Jun 9
1 min

face masks on the border: evidence of love

Our face masks have arrived and are being worn by displaced people all along the US-Mexico border, a tangible image of the love that so m...

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Nell Green

May 26
2 min

a state of being exposed

Vulnerability, according to the dictionary, is a state of being exposed to the possibility of harm—physical or emotional. Like many of yo...

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Nell Green

May 13
2 min

the hunt: monday was a weird day

(written by Nell late Monday evening) Today has been such a weird day…like every day since the beginning of March hasn’t been weird. But ...

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making masks for camps and shelters at the border

Nell Green

May 3
2 min

making masks for camps and shelters at the border

You may recall that back in early January we made a trip to Juarez, Mexico on the Texas/Mexico border. The Off Ramp went to meet a group ...

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Nell Green

May 3
2 min

it really did happen that quickly

To say that our hearts broke when we had to tell the refugees who work for Threads by Nomad that the studio would close would be an under...

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reaching around the world: it's about more than face masks

Nell Green

Apr 30
2 min

reaching around the world: it's about more than face masks

We met Munir about two weeks after his arrival in the United States. A team of volunteers was delivering food baskets to newly arrived re...

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