what did you do? (our pandemic-period impact report)
In March of 2020, within a week, we went from booking travel plans for big events to shutting down our studio and sending home our team....
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Nell Green
Jun 20, 20212 min read
What you need to know about refugees in 2021
Today, June 20, is World Refugee Day The United Nations originally designated the day to celebrate the strength and courage of people...
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Christen Kinard
Mar 14, 20212 min read
There's one more woman we want to celebrate...
Last week, we recognized and lifted up five women in honor of International Women's Day. There is one more woman though that we want to...
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Christen Kinard
Mar 11, 20212 min read
In Celebration of 5 Women: Missy Angalla
All week long, in honor of #InternationalWomensDay, we are lifting up five women we admire. We will send one quick email each day...
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Christen Kinard
Mar 10, 20212 min read
In Celebration of 5 Women: Dalia Juárez
All week long, in honor of #InternationalWomensDay, we are lifting up five women we admire. We will send one quick email each day...
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Christen Kinard
Mar 9, 20211 min read
In Celebration of 5 Women: Stacy Hollingsworth
All week long, in honor of #InternationalWomensDay, we are lifting up five women we admire. We will send one quick email each day...
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Christen Kinard
Mar 8, 20212 min read
In Celebration of 5 Women: Lupe Franco
All week long, in honor of #InternationalWomensDay, we are lifting up five women we admire. We will publish one quick blog post each day...
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Christen Kinard
Feb 15, 20211 min read
The Story Behind Kin and Care
I don't know about you but I struggle to find the time to innovate. It's not that I don't have new ideas and a vision for the future....
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Christen Kinard
Jan 18, 20212 min read
serving and sewing: meet joanne mwosana
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...
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Christen Kinard
Jan 12, 20212 min read
The Off Ramp's New Year Resolutions
The Lupton Center is all about transformation. They help organizations like ours understand asset-based reform and empower them to bring...
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Christen Kinard
Dec 16, 20202 min read
it's about more than baskets. it's about healing and transformation.
Seven months ago, a group of eight women in Kampala, Uganda gathered for their first lesson in basket weaving. Two are Ugandan. Five are...
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Nell Green
Nov 3, 20202 min read
125 people arrive every day
Thousands of asylum seekers reach the US-Mexico border each year. Often they get stuck there, in transition, without resources or...
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Nell Green
Oct 18, 20203 min read
you may want to sit down for this
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,...
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Butch Green
Oct 14, 20202 min read
arrival during a pandemic
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...
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Nell Green
Oct 11, 20202 min read
Basket-making in Uganda: How Your Gifts Are Changing Deborah's Life
by Missy Ward Angalla Amani Sasa seeks to minister with and among refugees through offering safety, wholeness and empowerment so that...
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Nell Green
Sep 22, 20201 min read
a letter to you from dalia
Dear brothers, sisters, friends: We give thanks to the creative Force, God mother and father, for the opportunity to continue joining our...
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Nell Green
Sep 21, 20202 min read
a few food pics for your monday morning (and an important announcement)
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...
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Nell Green
Sep 14, 20202 min read
one week, two events: how will you connect with us?
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...
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Nell Green
Sep 14, 20202 min read
one year later: someone was listening
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...
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Nell Green
Aug 29, 20201 min read
We must learn more so we can do more.
Human trafficking is a 9.5 billion-dollar industry. That is more than Nike, Starbucks, and Google combined. And the pandemic has only...
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