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Video: the Sanctuary Huddle at St. John’s

Click to watch video “St. John’s Sanctuary Huddle”, 2:31 mins

The Sanctuary Huddle
St. John’s Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, CA
Rev. Dr. Theresa Cho (she/her), Pastor
stjohnssf.org
stjohnssf.org/sanctuary

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Sacred Socio-Ecological Interconnectedness: Climate Change Refugees and the Eco-Memories of Migration

Sara Fread
Sara Fread

IM4HI staff member Sara Fread, seminarian at Pacific School of Religion, shares a reflection about climate migration and eco-womanist theology, centering IM4HI participant Misael Reyes and his family’s experience with the hurricanes in Honduras several years ago.

… Unfortunately, Misael’s story is not uncommon. Millions of immigrants from around the globe flee dangerous conditions in their home countries in hope of a better life in the United States. Once they make it across the border, though, they are met with continued violence and oppression through the US carceral immigration system. However, we rarely acknowledge a major underlying catalyst of migration: climate change…

— Sara Fread
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Danny Thongsy in Berkeley News

Danny Thongsy, a formerly incarcerated Laotian American student at UC Berkeley, shares his journey to America as a political refugee and the governor’s pardon that gave him hope for his future. (Illustration by Neil Freese, news.berkeley.edu)

IM4HI staff member S. Danny Thongsy was featured 1/20/2023 in the online newspaper at the University of California at Berkeley. The article includes artwork, photos and audio interviews with Danny and his remarkable life journey. Check it out!

News.berkeley.edu article:Student Danny Thongsy: We can look within ourselves to find strength and persevere