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Pillars of Poverty: LaGrange’s House Of Cards

January 8, 2013 alternacommunity 1 Comment

Imagine two families living in LaGrange. Both inhabit a 1500 square foot house, and this winter both have their heat set…

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Filed under: children, editorial, LaGrange, policies, poverty, probation, social security number, utilities, women

Suffering, Love, and the Path of Compassion

December 20, 2012 alternacommunity Leave a comment

by Anton Flores-Maisonet (Advent 2012)  The path of prayer and love and the path of suffering seem to be the…

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Filed under: Advent, children, detention, justice, love, mothers, prayer, suffering, transformation

Fostering Love

November 1, 2012 alternacommunity 2d Comments

written by Anton Flores-Maisonet Emanuel, Emanuel His name is called Emanuel God with us, revealed in us His name is…

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Filed under: Advent, children, Christmas, deportation, foster care, immigration, immigration detention, incarnation, mothers

Linda’s Cross (A story of “voluntary” deportation and the separation of a family)

April 7, 2009 alternacommunity Leave a comment

During all six days of the pilgrimage we are carrying a cross made as a gift by immigrants in Gainesville. …

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Filed under: children, cross, deportation, Mexico, Oppression, Pilgrimage for Immigrants, prayer, unlicenseable drivers

State Forces Victim of Domestic Violence to Walk to Court

February 27, 2009 alternacommunity Leave a comment

The petite, submissive Guatemalan immigrant and mother of two young children was forced to walk to and from court because the State of Georgia deems her unworthy of obtaining a driver’s license.

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Filed under: anti-immigrant laws, children, city council, court, domestic violence, Fast, guatemalan, immigrant, sidewalks, taxis, walking

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