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I am a millennial so I probably shouldn't admit to this but I am amazed. I am amazed that on a random weekday morning I can spend twenty...

The Lupton Center is all about transformation. They help organizations like ours understand asset-based reform and empower them to bring...

Seven months ago, a group of eight women in Kampala, Uganda gathered for their first lesson in basket weaving. Two are Ugandan. Five are...

Thousands of asylum seekers reach the US-Mexico border each year. Often they get stuck there, in transition, without resources or...

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,...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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