Butch GreenOct 14, 20202 minarrival during a pandemicHow 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...
Nell GreenOct 11, 20202 minBasket-making in Uganda: How Your Gifts Are Changing Deborah's Lifeby Missy Ward Angalla Amani Sasa seeks to minister with and among refugees through offering safety, wholeness and empowerment so that...
Nell GreenSep 22, 20201 mina letter to you from daliaDear brothers, sisters, friends: We give thanks to the creative Force, God mother and father, for the opportunity to continue joining our...
Nell GreenSep 21, 20202 mina 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...
Nell GreenSep 14, 20202 minone 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...
Nell GreenSep 14, 20202 minone year later: someone was listeningby 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...
Nell GreenAug 29, 20201 minWe 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...
Nell GreenAug 12, 20201 minWhen 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...
Nell GreenJul 29, 20202 minWhat'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...
Nell GreenJul 15, 20203 minFrom Michoacán to Mexicali and a hopeful return to ChiapasDo you remember Vero, the talented young weaver? Last summer, we met her and some of her friends in Chiapas, Mexico and offered her a...
Nell GreenJun 25, 20201 minFinally, 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...
Nell GreenJun 17, 20203 minThe Story of a Stole: Celebrating World Refugee DayWorld Refugee Day is this Saturday, June 20. Originally we had planned on big events, both in Atlanta and in Washington, DC. We are of...
Nell GreenJun 17, 20201 min5 suggestions to move forward in ending racial discriminationThe protests resulting from George Floyd’s asphyxiation by a white police officer arose just as COVID-19 measures were being loosened...
Nell GreenJun 9, 20201 minface masks on the border: evidence of loveOur 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...
Nell GreenMay 26, 20202 mina state of being exposedVulnerability, according to the dictionary, is a state of being exposed to the possibility of harm—physical or emotional. Like many of...
Nell GreenMay 13, 20202 minthe 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...
Nell GreenMay 3, 20202 minmaking masks for camps and shelters at the borderYou 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...
Nell GreenMay 3, 20202 minit really did happen that quicklyTo 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...
Nell GreenApr 30, 20202 minreaching around the world: it's about more than face masksWe met Munir about two weeks after his arrival in the United States. A team of volunteers was delivering food baskets to newly arrived...
Nell GreenApr 28, 20202 minOn giving & gratitude: May 5 is Giving Tuesday and we've set an ambitious goal.From Christen: In times of uncertainty we realize that two things that are apparently opposite can both be true. For example, personally,...