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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,...
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Butch Green
- Oct 14, 2020
- 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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Nell Green
- Oct 11, 2020
- 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...
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Nell Green
- Sep 22, 2020
- 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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Nell Green
- Sep 21, 2020
- 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...
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Nell Green
- Sep 14, 2020
- 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...
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Nell Green
- Sep 14, 2020
- 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...
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Nell Green
- Aug 29, 2020
- 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...
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Nell Green
- Aug 12, 2020
- 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...
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Nell Green
- Jul 29, 2020
- 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...
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Nell Green
- Jul 15, 2020
- 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...
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Nell Green
- Jun 25, 2020
- 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...
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Nell Green
- Jun 17, 2020
- 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...
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Nell Green
- Jun 17, 2020
- 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...
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Nell Green
- Jun 9, 2020
- 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...
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Nell Green
- May 26, 2020
- 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...
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Nell Green
- May 13, 2020
- 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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Nell Green
- May 3, 2020
- 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, 2020
- 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...
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Nell Green
- Apr 29, 2020
- 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...
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