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In this episode, author Karen González focuses on the importance of the collective stories of immigrants must be centered in our advocacy for immigration.  
Karen González is a speaker, writer, storyteller, and immigrant advocate, who herself immigrated from Guatemala as a child. She has been a non-profit professional, working for organizations that serve refugees and other immigrants. She is also the co-host of the Latina-focused podcast Cafe with Comadres. Find Karen on Instagram and Twitter.
Learn more about Beyond Welcome: Centering Immigrants in Our Christian Response to Immigration by Karen González at Karen-Gonzalez.com/Book, or pick up a copy from your favorite bookseller! Get 40% off + free shipping at BakerBookHouse.com – no discount code needed! https://bakerbookhouse.com/products/436013 
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Mexican and Cherokee community leader Kevin Garcia speaks about how to remain present while we are waiting for justice. His passion for liberating the marginalized will inspire you to center those who have the answers for their community. We talk housing, environmental racism, mentoring youth, and more! Kevin explains how our connection with the community fuels our long term advocacy? 
Kevin is a member of Cherokee Nation and Mexican who lives in Dallas with his wife Miriam. He is currently in grad school and works in Generation Liberation where he is involved with historically oppressed neighborhoods to help youth and families thrive. He aims to connect spirituality to activism in ways that refresh and inspire those who are involved in liberating work through writing and teaching.
Mentioned: Anticipating Creations Liberation by Kevin Garcia
Learn more about Beyond Welcome: Centering Immigrants in Our Christian Response to Immigration by Karen González at Karen-Gonzalez.com/Book, or pick up a copy from your favorite bookseller! Get 40% off + free shipping at BakerBookHouse.com – no discount code needed! https://bakerbookhouse.com/products/436013  
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How can proximity and presence change perspectives? This is what we learn from Gustavo De Los Rios and his experience mentoring youth and walking alongside immigrant families in their experience navigating the complexities of our legal system. 
Gustavo De Los Rios currently serves as the Juárez Shelter Connector. Through personal experience growing up on the border and crossing between both Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico and El Paso, TX, to visit family and friends, he is passionate about bringing awareness and collaborative solutions to the border issues faced every day by migrants. 
Mentioned: Abara , Cuidad Nueva
Learn more about Beyond Welcome: Centering Immigrants in Our Christian Response to Immigration by Karen González at Karen-Gonzalez.com/Book, or pick up a copy from your favorite bookseller! Get 40% off + free shipping at BakerBookHouse.com – no discount code needed! https://bakerbookhouse.com/products/436013  
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In this episode of the Chasing Justice Podcast, Native Zuni leader Renee Kylestewa Begay, contributing author to Voices of Lament, focuses on the importance of our lament, hope, and indigenizing our faith as followers of the Jesus way. How do we seek good in our own communities in the midst of accusations that we may not be good? Renee’s experience in liberating her theology and walking alongside Native students is a gift.Renee Kylestewa Begay is from the pueblo of Zuni, New Mexico.  She is the founder and national director of Nations which seeks to build relationships among the Native American community. You can find her at thetalkingcircle.com
Mentioned:
We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom(Author), Michaela Goade  (Illustrator)
First Laugh Welcome Baby (Navajo) by Rose Ann Tahe, Nancy Bo Flood, Jonathan Nelson
Healing the Soul Wound: Trauma-Informed Counseling for Indigenous by Eduardo Duran
Mission and the Cultural Other by Randy S. Woodley
The article Suspending Damage: A Letter to Communities Eve Tuck
Voices of Lament was edited by Natasha Sistrunk Robinson and is available at 30% off at BakerBookHouse.com. Learn more about the project and its contributors at VoicesofLament.com.
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Arwa speaks about everyday Justice from civic engagement to Halloween, food waste, raising biracial children who know their stories, you will learn it all from someone who has been practicing simplicity, compassion and advocacy in front of four tiny humans.
Arwa’s life trajectory was changed when she came to the US to study as an international student from Dubai. She has worked as a finance manager, a director of research administration and a Consultant. She lives in Chicago with her husband and her four kids. 
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Mentioned: MoonJar.com, Kid's Books
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Medgina Saint-Elien speaks about Beauty, Anger and Justice. Have you wondered what place anger has in justice? Learn about how we can fully engage our anger and move to beauty and hope. 
Medgina Saint-Elien is a Haitian American writer, creative and emerging voice of direction in the media industry. She currently works at House Beautiful where she champions the “lightbulb moment” in every maker's story and champions the work of BIPOC entrepreneurs.
Voices of Lament was edited by Natasha Sistrunk Robinson and is available at 30% off at BakerBookHouse.com. Learn more about the project and its contributors at VoicesofLament.com.
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