There's a lot going on in the refugee space at the moment with a very real threat of the resettlement program being shut down here, and a lot of fear, hate and rhetoric being directed against them personally, and anecdotally. When it comes to refugee resettlement, the U.S. takes in less than half a percent … Continue reading Refugees: in an environment of fear, will you show solidarity?
Refugees
Dads and Daughters
I posted this photo a couple of weeks ago when I was in Lebanon, but I am again tonight so captured by it. We had spent an hour or so sitting with this Syrian family on the floor of their informal tent shelter in the Bekaa Valley, on the Lebanese side of the Syrian border. … Continue reading Dads and Daughters
One year on…
On September 2, 2015, one year ago today, the world was shocked by the images that emerged from a beach in Turkey. The body of a 3 year old Syrian boy, washed ashore after the inflatable vessel he and his family were traveling aboard seeking freedom in Europe, capsized. It’s safe to say my life … Continue reading One year on…